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Canada leads call on China to allow Xinjiang access – statement
(Refiles to remove extraneous text in headline) By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 40 countries urged China on Tuesday to allow the U.N. human rights chief immediate access to Xinjiang ...
Jun 22, 2021
Polls open in Ethiopia’s Sidama region, counting continues elsewhere
By Dawit Endeshaw and Ayenat Mersie ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Voters in Ethiopia's Sidama region went to the polls a day late on Tuesday as officials counted ballots from other regions in an election ma...
Jun 22, 2021
Germany’s Merkel sees “gigantic” spending in coming years
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will in the next few years have to spend "gigantic" amounts to help it address environmental and technological challenges once the coronavirus pandemic has receded, Chancell...
Jun 22, 2021
Trust comes before EU access for City of London – EU finance chief
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union is not intent on stealing business from the City of London, but future access for Britain to the bloc's financial market will hinge on whether it can be trusted t...
Jun 22, 2021
G20 to endorse OECD deal on global minimum corporate tax – draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world's financial leaders will endorse on July 9-10 a deal setting a global minimum corporate tax and call for technical work to be finished so they can approve the framework ...
Jun 22, 2021
Austrian online tutoring startup GoStudent gains valuation boost
BERLIN (Reuters) - Austrian online tutoring startup GoStudent has raised 205 million euros ($244 million) in new funding to reach a valuation of 1.4 billion euros, it said on Tuesday, as the business ...
Jun 22, 2021
EU needs comprehensive cross-border banking rules – UBS chairman
ZURICH (Reuters) - International banks need comprehensive rules and regulations to operate more smoothly across the European Union, UBS Chairman Axel Weber said at an event on Tuesday. "They need a cr...
Jun 22, 2021
Academic close to Kuroda calls for ‘flexible inflation target’
By Kaori Kaneko and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan must make its inflation target more flexible so it can take into account not just price growth but also the output gap and job...
Jun 22, 2021
Toshiba board chair likely to scrape through with reappointment at crucial AGM – sources
By Makiko Yamazaki and Yuki Nitta TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp Board Chairman Osamu Nagayama is tipped to win reappointment at a pivotal shareholders' meeting this Friday - albeit by a thin margin, ...
Jun 22, 2021
Nokia to allow employees to work remotely for three days a week
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Nokia said its employees can choose to work up to three days a week remotely with increased support for flexible working hours from January after its current work from home polic...
Jun 22, 2021
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