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Japan’s household spending likely rebounded in June, new curbs cloud outlook: Reuters poll
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending likely rebounded in June from last month's slump, according to a Reuters poll, as a temporary fall in coronavirus infections during the mon...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Judo-France’s Riner suffers shock defeat in hunt for 3rd straight judo gold
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - French heavyweight judoka Teddy Riner suffered a shock defeat on Friday, losing to Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team in the men's judo...
Jul 30, 2021
Air France-KLM narrows second-quarter losses as bookings begin recovery
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - An easing of coronavirus travel restrictions is generating the first signs of recovery at Air France-KLM, said the airline group, as its unveiled narrower losses for th...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Badminton-New winners and big losers, as COVID-19 upends event
By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Badminton in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics over the past week has been a saga of upsets and near-upsets, attributable to a large extent to the exceptional conditions wrought...
Jul 30, 2021
U.S. CDC internal report calls Delta variant as contagious as chickenpox – NYT
(Reuters) - The Delta variant is much more contagious, more likely to break through protections afforded by the vaccines and may cause more severe disease than all other known versions of the virus, a...
Jul 30, 2021
France’s Amundi reports $8.5 billion in net inflows in second quarter
PARIS (Reuters) - French asset manager Amundi reported on Friday 7.2 billion euros ($8.55 billion) in net inflows in the second quarter, saying investors' appetite for more risky assets such as equity...
Jul 30, 2021
U.S. swimmer sparks doping controversy, high octane BMX marred by crashes
By Simon Evans, Mari Saito and Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - An American swimmer sparked controversy at the Tokyo Games on Friday when he said it would take a long time to clear his sport of doping ...
Jul 30, 2021
BNP Paribas posts a profit rise on retail rebound and lower provisions
PARIS (Reuters) - French bank BNP Paribas reported a 26.6% rise in net income in the second quarter, spurred by a rebound of French retail banking activity and as provisions for bad loans dropped back...
Jul 30, 2021
Explainer: Major Ethereum upgrade set to alter supply, fix transaction fees
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain network, is about to undergo a technical adjustment that will significantly alter the way transactions are proc...
Jul 30, 2021
First batch of U.S. donated Pfizer vaccines arrives in Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand received its first batch of 1.5 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines donated by the U.S. government on Friday, as the Southeast Asian country battles its biggest COVI...
Jul 30, 2021
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