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Athletics-American McLaughlin breaks women’s 400m hurdles world record
(Reuters) - Sydney McLaughlin broke the women's 400 metres hurdles world record with a time of 51.90 seconds in the final of the U.S. Olympic athletics trials on Sunday. The 21-year-old, who booked he...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
Exclusive: Groups urge G20 to adopt Brady-style debt-for-climate swaps
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three think-tanks will unveil a proposal on Monday to avert a looming debt crisis and help heavily-indebted countries accelerate moves toward more sustainable g...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
All washed up: furloughed Londoner finds fortune in the Thames
By Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - Furloughed from her job and confined to London by coronavirus lockdowns, Flora Blathwayt founded a business based on rubbish she retrieves from the muddy banks of th...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
Analysis-North Korea sees ‘propaganda value’ in slimmer Kim, analysts say
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A rare mention in North Korean state media of leader Kim Jong Un's health could be intended to head off speculation and play up shared sacrifice amid food shortages, an...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
Philippine fintech firm raises $167 million from KKR, Tencent
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine digital and financial services firm Voyager Innovations has raised $167 million for its expansion programme, including a venture into digital banking, its listed and larg...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
Fed’s Rosengren says U.S. can’t afford housing market ‘boom and bust’ – FT
(Reuters) - The United States cannot afford a "boom and bust cycle" in the housing market that would threaten financial stability, Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren told the Financi...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
Gymnastics-‘Super Simone’ books ticket to second Olympics
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - It was not the night Simone Biles wanted but it was still good enough to secure her ticket to the Tokyo Games as the four-time Olympic champion finished first at the end of ...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
With cloud and AI, IBM broadens 5G deals with Verizon and Telefonica
By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Supantha Mukherjee BARCELONA (Reuters) - IBM will offer telecom operators Verizon and Telefonica new services ranging from running 5G over a cloud platform to using artifi...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
India reports 46,148 new COVID-19 cases, 979 deaths
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported on Monday 46,148 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed. The South Asian country's total COVID-19 case load now stand...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
Intense heat wave blisters U.S. Northwest with record temperatures
By Sergio Olmos PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Temperatures soared on Sunday to an all-time high of 112 degrees Fahrenheit in Oregon's largest city as a record heat wave blistered the Pacific Northwest, s...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
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