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Zimbabwe’s biggest business group warns local currency could collapse
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's currency is in danger of collapsing as companies resort to the U.S. dollar for transactions, the country's main business group said in a letter to its members, amid a cra...
Oct 11, 2021
Energy from bogs: Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries
By Janis Laizans and Andrius Sytas TARTU, Estonia (Reuters) - Peat, plentiful in bogs in northern Europe, could be used to make sodium-ion batteries cheaply for use in electric vehicles, scientists at...
Oct 11, 2021
Coughing Putin says he’s fine, tests for COVID daily
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, seen coughing during a televised government meeting, reassured officials on Monday that he was fine and said he was being tested for COVID-19 virtu...
Oct 11, 2021
Mexico president says foreign companies transported contraband fuel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that well-known foreign companies have transported fuel improperly and that his government was committed to ending c...
Oct 11, 2021
Athletics-Kenya dominates Boston Marathon as Kipruto, Kipyogei win
(Reuters) -Kenya's Benson Kipruto won the men's race and Diana Kipyogei led a Kenyan sweep of the women's podium at the Boston Marathon on Monday, each picking up their first-ever major title. America...
Oct 11, 2021
Ancient factory exposes secrets of winemaking in the Holy Land
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A 1,500-year-old wine factory the size of a modern-day football field has been unearthed in Israel, showing how vintners met demand for high quality white wine popular throughout...
Oct 11, 2021
Italy’s mandatory health pass not boosting jabs as hoped, data shows
By Francesco Zecchini ROME (Reuters) - Italy's attempt to boost vaccinations by making a contested health pass necessary to go to work is not having the desired effect, data shows. Prime Minister Mari...
Oct 11, 2021
U.S. IPO boom braves market volatility
By Echo Wang and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Weeks of stock market volatility have done little to dent the record-setting pace of U.S. initial public offerings, with capital market insiders forecasting a ...
Oct 11, 2021
Two Norway wind farms lose licence in landmark ruling over indigenous rights
By Nora Buli and Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's supreme court stripped two wind farms of their operating licences on Monday in a case that could boost the legal rights of the country's indige...
Oct 11, 2021
U.N. chief urges world leaders to clinch WTO fisheries deal, document shows
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to world leaders calling on them to clinch a deal on curbing fisheries subsidies as negotiations near their final p...
Oct 11, 2021
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