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Gunmen kill two, abduct one in raid on Nigerian army training base
ABUJA (Reuters) - Gunmen killed two Nigerian military personnel and abducted another in an attack on an army training college in the northern state of Kaduna on Tuesday, a spokesman said, highlighting...
Aug 24, 2021
Baidu’s AI voice assistant Xiaodu closes funding at $5.1 billion valuation
(Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Baidu Inc said on Tuesday its artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistant Xiaodu Technology has closed Series B financing at a $5.1 billion valuation. This comes in the...
Aug 24, 2021
Best Buy raises annual sales forecast as electronics demand holds strong
(Reuters) -Best Buy Co Inc raised its full-year comparable sales forecast on Tuesday, as the electronics retailer expects demand to be resilient compared to analysts' fears of a drop in growth from a ...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. retailers bring back ‘above-the-keyboard’ clothes as Delta surge persists
By Arriana McLymore and Aishwarya Venugopal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailers from Macy's Inc to Target Corp, keen to see the apparel sales momentum of the second quarter keep going, are stocking shelves...
Aug 24, 2021
Group14 partners with InoBat to make batteries for electric vehicles
(Reuters) - Group14 Technologies will supply battery materials to Europe's InoBat under a partnership to manufacture high-energy density cells for electric vehicles, the companies said on Tuesday. Dem...
Aug 24, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. SEC to scrutinize firms’ digital-engagement practices as investor worries grow
By Katanga Johnson and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will seek input on whether digital customer engagement innovations used by financial firm...
Aug 24, 2021
Russia uses new hardware to target Navalny’s anti-Kremlin app – experts
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is using new digital hardware to target an online app that jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team created to undermine the Kremlin at next month's parliamentary election...
Aug 24, 2021
South Africa’s state insurer to raise cover for unrest following riots
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's only insurer covering political violence will increase its premiums to cover a rise in reinsurance costs following some of the worst unrest in decades, the head...
Aug 24, 2021
Greece to end free COVID testing for unvaccinated
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece said it would end free testing for unvaccinated people to boost inoculation rates and head off any renewed spike in Delta variant infections of the coronavirus. The country h...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. shiping 3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan – official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will ship just over 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan via the COVAX global distribution program on Tuesday, bringing the total number of doses se...
Aug 24, 2021
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