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Future Volvo electric cars will be safer, come with insurance – CEO
(Reuters) - Future electric vehicles from Geely's Volvo Cars will come bundled with insurance, CEO Hakan Samuelsson said during a global technical briefing on Wednesday. The company's goal is to build...
Jun 30, 2021
Exxon to sell elastic polymers business to Celanese for $1.15 billion
(Reuters) -Oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it would sell its Santoprene business, which makes elastic polymers used in automotive, industrial and consumer products, to chemical maker Cela...
Jun 30, 2021
Worsening power cuts show depth of Sudan’s economic challenge
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - For 17-year-old Wa'ad, frequent power cuts in Sudan's capital have meant struggling to revise for secondary school exams by candlelight on many nights. The inc...
Jun 30, 2021
Ethiopian troops ‘forced’ out of Mekelle, Tigray forces spokesman says
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopian forces were forced to withdraw this week from the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle, a spokesman for the Tigrayan forces said on Wednesday, calling Prime Minister Abiy A...
Jun 30, 2021
Brazil’s unemployment rate at historic high 14.7% in quarter through April
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's unemployment rate held steady at a historic high of 14.7% in the three months through April, figures showed on Wednesday, with the rate of deterioration in the labor mark...
Jun 30, 2021
Exclusive: Angola’s oilfield debts to energy majors hit $1 billion – sources
By Noah Browning and Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - Angola has accumulated around $1 billion in debt to western oil companies operating its oilfields, with the bill prompting the African country's rece...
Jun 30, 2021
Seoul using AI to detect and prevent suicide attempts on bridges
By Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Is the young woman in the summer dress just admiring the view off the bridge? That is the question South Korean researchers and the emergency services are working to a...
Jun 30, 2021
IMF chief economist: inflation pressures in U.S. transitory, risks on upside
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. is seeing transitory pressures around inflation, with risks on the upside, International Monetary Fund chief economist Gita Gopinath said on Wednesday. "There are supply de...
Jun 30, 2021
Funds eye central banks’ guidance for investment decisions: Reuters poll
By Tushar Goenka BENGALURU (Reuters) - Investment decisions over the next three months will be influenced by forward guidance from central banks, according to global fund managers in Reuters polls who...
Jun 30, 2021
Swiss give 4 million AstraZeneca shots to COVAX, keep mRNA shots for domestic use
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland will give 4 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that it has reserved to the vaccine-sharing programme COVAX, the government said on Wednesday, t...
Jun 30, 2021
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