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China’s Didi adds banks to work on mega U.S. IPO, sources say
(Corrects spelling of company name in paragraph 1) By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's biggest ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has appointed five more investment banks to work as book run...
Jun 17, 2021
Saudi air defences intercept drone launched by Yemen’s Houthis – Al Arabiya TV
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted a drone launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group on Thursday toward Khamis Mushait, home to the main Saudi air base in the border region, ...
Jun 17, 2021
Toshiba’s top shareholder calls board ‘ineffective’ – statement
By Makiko Yamazaki and Chavi Mehta TOKYO (Reuters) -Toshiba Corp's biggest shareholder Effissimo Capital Management described the conglomerate's board as "ineffective" in a statement on Thursday, and ...
Jun 17, 2021
Texas and California call for power restraint during heatwave
(Reuters) - Texas and California urged consumers to conserve energy this week to reduce stress on the grid and avoid outages as homes and businesses crank up air conditioners to escape a scorching hea...
Jun 17, 2021
Technology helps disabled student play the harp with her eyes
By Deborah Kyvrikosaios ATHENS, (Reuters) - Alexandra Kerlidou sits in her wheelchair on stage in Athens. With only the shift of her eyes across a computer screen, the 21-year-old fills the air with h...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased last week for the first time in more than a month, but layoffs are easing amid a ...
Jun 17, 2021
Analysis: Inside Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, China’s besieged liberal media icon
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Journalists at Apple Daily, a feisty Hong Kong newspaper, had been bracing for some kind of a crackdown. The splashy Chinese-language tabloid - w...
Jun 17, 2021
2% of us do THIS seven times a day. What is it?
June 17, 2021 Q: 2% of us do THIS seven times a day. What is it? A: Drink a cup of coffee
Jun 17, 2021 mabelleaf / CC
Vatican to host ‘Faith and Science’ talks to raise stakes ahead of U.N. climate summit
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican will host a major gathering of world religious leaders and scientists ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November ...
Jun 17, 2021
Factbox: What you need to know about Hong Kong’s national security law
(Reuters) - China imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong in June 2020 that punishes what authorities broadly refer to as secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forc...
Jun 17, 2021
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