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Column: Dominance of mega firms may undermine monetary policy
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - If central banks' policies of zero interest rates and trillions of dollars of bond buying struggled to lift growth and inflation for over a decade, tighter monetary po...
Jul 23, 2021
FOCUS ON-Water polo at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on water polo at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * 12 men's and 10 women's teams are split into two groups with qualifying teams moving into knockout rounds. * Games tak...
Jul 23, 2021
Russia reports 23,811 new COVID-19 cases, 795 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 23,811 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 3,425 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 6,078,522. The government coronavirus ...
Jul 23, 2021
Kazakhstan to directly elect hundreds of village mayors for first time
ALMATY (Reuters) - Voters in one-third of Kazakhstan's rural districts will directly elect their mayors for the first time on Sunday, one of the first steps in the oil-rich Central Asian nation's caut...
Jul 23, 2021
Russia to help Tajikistan build outpost on Afghan border -report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will help its ally Tajikistan build a new outpost on the Tajik-Afghan border, a senior Russian diplomat said, amid worsening conflict in Afghanistan as U.S.-led troops withdr...
Jul 23, 2021
Euro zone businesses boomed in July but confidence weakened
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity expanded at its fastest monthly pace in over two decades in July as the loosening of more COVID-19 restrictions gave a boost to services but fears of ano...
Jul 23, 2021
China says U.S. slandering its efforts to pursue suspects overseas
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday the United State was slandering its efforts to pursue criminal suspects overseas, after a Chinese prosecutor was charged in an alleged plot to intimidate citiz...
Jul 23, 2021
ECB survey sees higher growth, inflation in next 2 years
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone growth and inflation could be higher this year and next than earlier predicted, the European Central Bank's Survey of Professional Forecasters showed on Friday. Inflati...
Jul 23, 2021
FOCUS ON-Volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on volleyball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * Both men's and women's tournaments feature 12 teams divided into two pools, with games played in a round-robin format....
Jul 23, 2021
Indonesia to launch new bid to host 2036 summer Olympics
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's National Olympic Committee plans to launch a bid to host the summer Olympics in 2036 after losing out this week to a bid by Brisbane to hold the 2032 Games, the head of...
Jul 23, 2021
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