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Soccer-TV series on Maradona promises new details, and controversy
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A new drama series based on the life of late Argentine footballer Diego Maradona promises to reveal little-known details about the turbulent life and times of ...
Oct 28, 2021
Spain’s PharmaMar nine-month net profit falls 58%
(Reuters) - Spanish pharmaceutical group PharmaMar on Thursday said its nine-month net profit slipped to 54.7 million euros ($63.92 million), contracting 58% from a year ago when it booked a hefty gai...
Oct 28, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. oil refiner Citgo Petroleum readies new board shakeup
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) - Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum is preparing to name two of its executives as new members to its board of directors, to help steer the company during upcoming n...
Oct 28, 2021
UK study finds vaccinated people easily transmit Delta variant in households
LONDON (Reuters) - The Delta coronavirus variant can transmit easily from vaccinated people to their household contacts, a British study found on Thursday, although contacts were less likely to get in...
Oct 28, 2021
GlobalFoundries shares open flat on Nasdaq debut, valuing chipmaker at $26 billion
(Reuters) -Shares of GlobalFoundries Inc, which is owned by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co, opened flat on Nasdaq on Thursday, giving the chipmaker a market capitalization of...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. assurances not enough to avert Assange suicide risk, lawyers say
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's assurances to Britain about how Julian Assange would be treated if extradited to the United States do not avert the risk of suicide, the WikiLeaks founder's la...
Oct 28, 2021
UK to remove final seven countries from COVID-19 travel ‘red list’
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will remove next week the last seven countries on its coronavirus "red list", which currently requires newly arrived travellers from these destinations to spend 10 days in ho...
Oct 28, 2021
Halloween baby rhino treat born at Dutch zoo
ARNHEM, Netherlands (Reuters) - A Dutch zoo says it has received a pre-Halloween treat in the form of a baby male square-lipped rhinoceros born on Tuesday. Marleen Giesen of the Royal Burgers' Zoo in ...
Oct 28, 2021
Game delays force French game maker Ubisoft to cut annual guidance
(Reuters) - French video game group Ubisoft cut its full-year forecasts on Thursday, held back by game delays. The maker of the blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" franchise now expects net bookings for it...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. settles suit over 2015 massacre at historic South Carolina church
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday said it settled civil cases brought by survivors and families of victims of a massacre in which nine Black people were killed at a historic Sout...
Oct 28, 2021
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