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Tourists wade through Venice square hit by unseasonal flood
VENICE (Reuters) - Rare summer flooding submerged Venice's famed Piazza San Marco in up to a metre of water overnight. The lagoon city is often hit by so-called "acqua alta" (high water) in autumn and...
Aug 09, 2021
China central bank to keep monetary policy ‘flexible and appropriate’
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's central bank said on Monday it would keep monetary policy flexible and appropriate to maintain stability as the pandemic persists and domestic economic recovery is uneven. I...
Aug 09, 2021
Spain’s La Liga to launch its own streaming platform, El Confidencial says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's top soccer league and private equity firm CVC plan to launch their own streaming platform, Spanish online paper El Confidencial reported on Monday, a move that would challen...
Aug 09, 2021
S&P, Dow futures retreat as commodity losses weigh
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - The S&P and the Dow index futures fell from record highs on Monday with oil stocks reeling from a more than 4% slump in crude prices on concerns over rising COVID-19 cases...
Aug 09, 2021
Egypt receives first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Monday received its first shipment of one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, obtaining 261,600 doses in cooperation with the African Union, the health ministry said. ...
Aug 09, 2021
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - More than 202.73 million people have been reported to be infected with the novel coronavirus globally and 4,454,172 have died, according to a Reuters tally. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon u...
Aug 09, 2021
Factbox-Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee’s other legal woes
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, has qualified for parole. But he still has other serious legal woes. Following is a summary: ACCU...
Aug 09, 2021
Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee’s legal troubles
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, has qualified for parole. But he has two other trials to face - one in which he is accused of acc...
Aug 09, 2021
EU extends deadline for decision on Facebook, Kustomer deal to Dec. 15
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have extended the deadline for a decision on Facebook's acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer by a week to Dec. 15, a European Commission f...
Aug 09, 2021
Afghan forces battling to retake Kunduz as Taliban advance in north
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan commandoes launched a counter-attack on Monday to try to beat back Taliban fighters who overran the northern city of Kunduz a day earlier, with residents fleeing the conflict ...
Aug 09, 2021
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