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SoftBank to raise $7.35 billion in offshore bond sale
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Thursday it plans to raise $7.35 billion this month by selling U.S. dollar- and euro-denominated bonds, the Japanese conglomerate's first such foreign bon...
Jun 30, 2021
Twitter’s website not working for some users – Downdetector
(Reuters) - Twitter was down late on Wednesday for multiple users, with most of them reporting issues with the social media platform's website, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector. Mor...
Jun 30, 2021
Olympics-Samoa govt pulls team from Tokyo Games – Radio New Zealand
TOKYO (Reuters) -Samoa has pulled its Olympics team from the Summer Games in Tokyo due to worries over the rising COVID-19 infections in host nation Japan, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) reported on Thursday...
Jun 30, 2021
China’s Xi pledges ‘reunification’ with Taiwan on party’s birthday
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to complete "reunification" with self-ruled Taiwan and vowed to "smash" any attempts at formal independence for the island, taking ...
Jun 30, 2021
Dollar hits 15-month high vs yen as U.S. payrolls test looms
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar hit a fresh 15-month high versus the yen and hovered near multi-month peaks against other major peers on Thursday, ahead of a key U.S. jobs report that s...
Jun 30, 2021
Tennis-Gasquet relishing Wimbledon date with ‘classic’ Federer
LONDON (Reuters) - When Richard Gasquet won his Wimbledon first-round match against Yuichi Sugita, the Frenchman killed two birds with one stone -- he earned a clash with eight-times champion Roger Fe...
Jun 30, 2021
China’s Didi to be added to FTSE’s equity indexes on July 8
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Didi Global Inc will be added to FTSE Russell's global equity indexes on July 8 in an expedited entry following Wednesday's U.S. stock market debut of the Chinese ride-hailing com...
Jun 30, 2021
Thailand reports daily record of COVID-19 deaths as some tourists return
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday reported a daily record of 57 deaths from the coronavirus, the second day in a row of record-high fatalities as the Southeast Asian country struggles to quell ...
Jun 30, 2021
S.Korea unveils $29 billion extra budget to aid small businesses, create jobs
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea unveiled a 33 trillion won ($29.2 billion) supplementary budget on Thursday, the largest on record for extra spending outside its annual budget, to offer pan...
Jun 30, 2021
S.Korea exports extend double-digit growth; Delta variant, China demand pose risks
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean exports marked a fourth consecutive month of double-digit growth in June, albeit at a reduced pace, propelled by solid economic recovery in major markets glo...
Jun 30, 2021
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