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Chad, Central African Republic call for international investigation into border incident
(Reuters) - Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) have called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident at a border post in which at least six Chadian soldiers were kill...
Jun 02, 2021
Russia reports 8,832 new COVID-19 cases, 394 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 8,832 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 2,842 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,090,249. The government coronaviru...
Jun 02, 2021
Activist fund asks French watchdog to probe Vivendi’s music spin-off
PARIS (Reuters) - Activist fund Bluebell has asked France's markets regulator to look into disclosures by media company Vivendi around its Universal Music Group spin-off, arguing the company did not r...
Jun 02, 2021
Australia central bank governor to hold news conference after July rate decision
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank said on Wednesday Governor Philip Lowe will hold a news conference after the Board's July 6 meeting, in a departure from its recent procedure. Lowe last hel...
Jun 02, 2021
Tesla to buy more than $1 billion of Australian battery minerals a year
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tesla said it expects to spend more than $1 billion a year on battery raw materials from Australia given the country's reliable mining industry and responsible ...
Jun 02, 2021
Police release body-camera footage from California rail yard shooting
(Reuters) - Police on Tuesday released body-camera footage from the California rail yard shooting last week in which an employee gunned down nine co-workers and then killed himself, showing officers e...
Jun 02, 2021
Hong Kong sports club tells staff to get vaccinated or no bonus
By Pak Yiu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - A private Hong Kong sports club has instructed all staff to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of June or be denied future bonuses, promotions and...
Jun 02, 2021
Mining rig maker Canaan argues against wholesale crackdown on bitcoin mining in China
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A major Chinese maker of bitcoin mining machines argued against an indiscriminate crackdown on cryptocurrency mining in China, saying the business helps make better use ...
Jun 02, 2021
Badminton-Chinese trio named in BWF’s Hall of Fame
(Reuters) - China's Olympic gold medallists Zhang Ning, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng have been inducted into the Badminton World Federation's Hall of Fame, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday. Zhan...
Jun 02, 2021
GAVI in talks with China’s Sinovax to expand COVAX supply – spokesperson
GENEVA (Reuters) - The GAVI vaccine alliance is in talks with Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotch to expand the COVAX dose-sharing portfolio available to poor countries following the World Health Organiz...
Jun 02, 2021
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