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IMF says Africa urgently needs vaccines to halt repeated COVID waves
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections in Africa will likely exceed previous peaks within days, underscoring an urgent need to accelerate vaccine supplies and financing to the region, Internationa...
Jun 28, 2021
Disney postpones test cruise on ‘inconsistent’ COVID-19 test results
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's cruise division said on Monday it is postponing its first test cruise from a U.S. port after a few volunteers showed "inconsistent" test results for COVID-19. Disney Cruis...
Jun 28, 2021
SoftBank-backed Dingdong downsizes U.S. IPO, targets up to $94.4 million raise
(Reuters) - Chinese grocery app Dingdong, backed by SoftBank Vision Fund II, downsized its U.S. initial public offering on Monday, according to a filing. It is now looking to raise up to $94.4 million...
Jun 28, 2021
US judge tells FTC to file new complaint against Facebook
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has granted Facebook's motion to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook without prejudice and has said that an amended complaint should be file...
Jun 28, 2021
Juventus sounds out banks for potential capital hike – sources
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Serie A club Juventus FC has sounded out banks as it considers a capital increase among options to boost its pandemic-stricken finances, two sources close to the matter said ...
Jun 28, 2021
U.S. administers 324 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 324,414,371 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday. The...
Jun 28, 2021
Peru’s Fujimori loses allies as bid to flip election result falters
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, who has been battling to overturn the initial result of a June 6 election that showed her behind socialist riv...
Jun 28, 2021
Soccer-Morata rises to occasion as Spain outlast Croatia in eight-goal thriller
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Spain striker Alvaro Morata enjoyed sweet redemption by helping fire his side to a 5-3 win over Croatia after extra time on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 in an ...
Jun 28, 2021
Desperate expatriate workers storm Islamabad vaccination centre
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani expatriate workers, desperate to obtain a Pfizer/BioNTech or AstraZeneca COVID shot so they can travel to work in Saudi Arabia, stormed a vaccination cen...
Jun 28, 2021
Samsung unveils new smartwatch interface
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Monday unveiled its new smartwatch interface at the Mobile World conference, for the operating system it co-developed with Alphabet Inc's Google. Th...
Jun 28, 2021
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