Category Archives:
Italy antitrust probes Atlantia’s motorway unit for not cutting tolls
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it was investigating Atlantia's motorway unit Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) for failing to lower tolls, as previously requested by the...
Jul 21, 2021
Spanish holiday rental bookings in August exceed pre-pandemic levels
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish holiday rentals for August are more heavily booked than before the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to domestic tourism and a perception that rented properties are safer than hotel...
Jul 21, 2021
China says it will continue to open up financial sector
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will continue to open up its financial sector and improve rules for foreign banks and insurance firms entering the market, state media quoted the cabinet as saying on Wednesd...
Jul 21, 2021
Olympics-Shooting-Britain’s Hill out of Games due to COVID-19 positive
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's world number one shooter Amber Hill withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday after she tested positive for COVID-19 before departure, Team GB said in a statement. Hil...
Jul 21, 2021
Germany’s coronavirus incidence to surpass 400 in September at current pace – minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of infections per 100,000 people over seven days in Germany will reach more than 400 in September if case numbers keep rising at their current pace, Health Minister Jens ...
Jul 21, 2021
Argentina’s Buenos Aires says makes breakthrough in $7 billion debt talks
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Buenos Aires province, which has been negotiating a $7 billion restructuring of its foreign debt for over a year, said that it had reached a breakthrough agreement...
Jul 21, 2021
Porsche must pay 40 million eur for breach of duty on tax filings – prosecutor
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmaker Porsche must pay a fine of 40 million euros ($47 million) for breach of duty relating to its tax filings, German prosecutors said on Wednesday. ($1 = 0.8494 euros...
Jul 21, 2021
Olympics-Soccer-Britain’s women’s team take knee in Olympic opener
TOKYO (Reuters) - Great Britain's women's footballers took the knee before their Tokyo Olympics opening 2-0 win over Chile on Wednesday, fulfilling a pre-Games promise to support racial equality and e...
Jul 21, 2021
Kanye West teases new music ahead of ‘Donda’ album release
(Reuters) - Kanye West will release his 10th solo studio album "Donda" on Friday, teasing his new music in an advert during the NBA Finals featuring U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, who missed out ...
Jul 21, 2021
No health pass, no cinema or museum: France tightens COVID-19 rules
By Emilie Delwarde PARIS (Reuters) - Where's your health pass? Visitors heading to museums, cinemas or swimming pools in France will be denied entry from Wednesday if they cannot show the document tha...
Jul 21, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
45 °F Clear
