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Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 1,785 – RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 1,785 to 3,682,911, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The report...
May 31, 2021
As Japan loses training camps, Olympics buzz fades
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Japanese city of Kamo spent 70 million yen ($640,000) on horizontal bars, gymnastic mats and other upgr...
May 31, 2021
India reports 127,510 new COVID-19 infections, 2,795 deaths
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported on Tuesday its lowest daily rise in new coronavirus infections since April 8 at 127,510 cases over the past 24 hours, while deaths rose by 2,795. The South Asian n...
May 31, 2021
Swiss National Bank’s Zurbruegg says forex interventions remain important
ZURICH (Reuters) - Foreign currency interventions remain an important tool for the Swiss National Bank, Vice Chairman Fritz Zurbruegg said, despite a welcome weakening in the value of the Swiss franc ...
May 31, 2021
Vietnam says seeking to produce COVID-19 vaccines to supply COVAX
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam is seeking to buy COVID-19 vaccine production technology and wants to build a plant to supply the COVAX programme, its health ministry said on Tuesday, as the country tries t...
May 31, 2021
Canada’s Centerra Gold says Kyrgyz units seek bankruptcy after mine seizure
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Centerra Gold Inc on Monday said Kyrgyzstan units Kumtor Gold Co and Kumtor Operating Co have commenced bankruptcy proceedings in a U.S. court following nationalization of...
May 31, 2021
Sinopharm’s Wuhan affiliate boosts COVID-19 shot annual capacity to 1 billion doses
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Wuhan-based affiliate of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) said the start of operations at a new factory will raise the annual production capacity of its COVID-19 v...
May 31, 2021
China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's National Health Commission said on Tuesday that it had confirmed one case of human infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu in Jiangsu province. The case, detected in a ...
May 31, 2021
Toyota, Honda temporarily halt production in Malaysia due to COVID-19 lockdown
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese carmakers Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co have temporarily suspended production at their factories in Malaysia due to a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the companies s...
May 31, 2021
Athletics: Florida teen Knighton tops Bolt’s age group mark
(Reuters) - Florida teenager Erriyon Knighton toppled Usain Bolt's 200m mark for athletes under 18 at an American Track League meeting on Monday, while world champion Grant Holloway dominated a qualit...
May 31, 2021
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