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Bhutan king treks across mountains to hold down COVID-19 fatality count
By Gopal Sharma and Rupam Jain KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Wearing a baseball cap and knee-length traditional Gho robe, carrying a backpack, Bhutan's king has walked through jungles infested with leeches an...
Jun 25, 2021
Italy prosecutors seek trial for former Atlantia execs over bridge collapse – sources
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors investigating the collapse of a bridge in the port city of Genoa have asked for 59 defendants, including former Atlantia CEO Giovanni Castellucci, to be sent to t...
Jun 25, 2021
UN rights boss signals she may move on Xinjiang without China nod
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief should document her own findings on the plight of Uyghurs in Xinjiang even without China's blessing for a visit, activists...
Jun 25, 2021
Russia launches Sputnik Light vaccine into wide circulation -Kommersant
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday launched into circulation its fourth vaccine against COVID-19, the one-dose Sputnik Light, the Kommersant daily reported. Sputnik Light deploys just the first dose ...
Jun 25, 2021
South Africa’s Steinhoff half-year earnings up 7%
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African retail group Steinhoff reported on Friday a 7% increase in half-year core earnings, as store performance improved from COVID-19 lockdowns across its markets. Ste...
Jun 25, 2021
Russia says Britain, U.S. are trying to incite Black Sea conflict -RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday accused Britain and the United States of trying to incite conflict in the Black Sea and said it would defend its borders by all possible means, including with its m...
Jun 25, 2021
China will lower payment fees for small firms from Sept 30 – PBOC
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Friday that it would lower payment fees for small firms from September 30, including for bank account services, yuan settlement and electronic banking....
Jun 25, 2021
Rio kept destruction of Ice Age Australia heritage secret, Aboriginal group says
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A Rio Tinto Ltd forerunner failed to protect 18,000-year-old artefacts showing how people lived during the last Ice Age, part of destruction that the mining giant kept secret for...
Jun 25, 2021
Bank of England takes action against Euroclear for settlement outage
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Friday it had commenced supervisory action against Euroclear UK and Ireland over an outage last September of its CREST financial markets settlement syste...
Jun 25, 2021
BNL may spin off some assets to create JVs – paper
MILAN (Reuters) - Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL), the Italian unit of France's BNP Paribas, was considering spinning off some assets as it seeks to create partnerships with other operators, Italian ...
Jun 25, 2021
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