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China anti-graft body criticizes business drinking after Alibaba scandal
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, its top anti-corruption agency, has criticised what it called a "disgusting" culture of business drinking following a sexual ...
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Trial starts in Sweden of man accused of role in Iran prison executions
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - About 100 demonstrators gathered outside a court in Stockholm on Tuesday to protest against the Iranian regime on the opening day of the trial of a 60-year-old Iranian citizen su...
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Hong Kong teachers’ union to disband due to ‘drastic’ political situation
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's largest teachers' union said on Tuesday it would disband, days after it was criticised by Chinese state media and the city's Education Bureau severed ties, accusing t...
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Norway should reclaim energy regulation from EU, eurosceptic opposition says
By Terje Solsvik ASKIM, Norway (Reuters) - Power and gas exporter Norway should seek to reclaim authority over energy regulation from the European Union as a first step towards renegotiating its wider...
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Robust exports drive up Japan’s current account surplus in Jan-June
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's current account surplus jumped in the first half of this year as exports to the United States and Asia boomed, data showed on Tuesday, with robust global dema...
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Unvaccinated Germans face more COVID tests to avoid restrictions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs to increase testing and boost vaccinations to avoid another COVID-19 lockdown, the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor said on Tuesday, befor...
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Bayer loses third appeals case over glyphosate weedkiller
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer lost a third appeal against U.S. court verdicts that awarded damages to customers blaming their cancers on use of its glyphosate-based weedkillers, leaving the German drugs...
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Motorcycling-Savadori has surgery after fiery MotoGP crash
(Reuters) - Aprilia MotoGP rider Lorenzo Savadori has undergone surgery to a broken ankle after a fiery crash in Austria at the weekend, the Italian manufacturer said. The Styrian Grand Prix at the Re...
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Australia lowers bar on public companies’ disclosures, extends virtual AGMs
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday eased so-called continuous disclosure laws for publicly listed companies, which will now protect companies and their officers against liabiliti...
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Irregular rains, prolonged dry seasons threaten Cameroon’s cocoa economy
By Josiane Kouagheu and Blaise Eyong Nkengu, Cameroon (Reuters) - For more than six decades, the cocoa that Richard Ambassa Mbassiga harvested from his plantation in central Cameroon paid for everythi...
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