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Index Ventures raises $3.1 billion in new funds
BERLIN (Reuters) - Index Ventures said on Thursday it had raised $3.1 billion from investors, stepping up the scale of its operations amid a record-breaking boom in venture capital funding, after pull...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. names special envoy to Haiti to help facilitate peace, probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced a special envoy to help coordinate U.S. assistance in Haiti, including efforts promoting long-term peace and elections after the assassin...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Archery-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Five archers to watch at the Tokyo Olympics: BRADY ELLISON (UNITED STATES) Ranked number one in the world, and a three-times Olympic archery medallist, Ellison is enjoying the best t...
Jul 22, 2021
Uber’s trucking unit to buy Transplace for $2.25 billion
(Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc said on Thursday its trucking unit would buy transportation logistics company Transplace for about $2.25 billion from private equity firm TPG Capital. The deal consist...
Jul 22, 2021
French army says it has killed two ‘terrorists’ in Mali
PARIS (Reuters) - The French army has killed two members of the EIGS "terrorist" group, which France says has links to Islamic State, in Mali, French armed forces minister Florence Parly said on Thurs...
Jul 22, 2021
ECB sees some risks to outlook from fresh pandemic wave
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A fresh wave of the coronavirus pandemic could pose a risk to the euro zone's economic recovery, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday, after the ban...
Jul 22, 2021
UK’s Johnson urges EU to consider post-Brexit proposals seriously
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday to consider seriously Britain's proposals to change what he call...
Jul 22, 2021
Factbox-States using ID.me, rival identity check tools for jobless claims
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Twenty-seven U.S. states are using identity proofing service ID.me, which compares selfies to official photo documentation, to vet whether jobless applicants are who they sa...
Jul 22, 2021
Anger over COVID rules gives new impetus to France’s Yellow Vests
By Caroline Pailliez and Clotaire Achi TREMBLAY-EN-FRANCE, France (Reuters) - Working from his one-room apartment near Paris airport, Jerome Rodrigues has been trying to re-invigorate a Yellow Vest pr...
Jul 22, 2021
Factbox-Five ways fraudsters try to claim U.S. unemployment benefits
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - The U.S. government's preliminary "conservative" estimates show improper unemployment benefits payments during the pandemic could exceed $87 billion nationwide. Here are som...
Jul 22, 2021
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