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Three banks pledge interest-free loans to prop up Vietnam Airlines
By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) - Three Vietnamese banks have pledged to lend 4 trillion dong ($173.8 million) to Vietnam Airlines to help the troubled flag carrier weather the impact of the pandemic and ...
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Iran set to stay on hardline course after Raisi win, Saudi commentators say
DUBAI (Reuters) - The election of a hardline Iranian president has so far been met with silence from Saudi Arabia, but commentators in state-controlled Saudi newspapers forecast little change in Iran'...
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Cambodia charges conservationists with plotting, royal insults
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court has charged four environmental activists with insulting the country's king and conspiracy to plotting, a prosecutor said on Monday, following the arrest of thr...
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Olympics-Sponsorship pours in for India after dropping Chinese kit partner
By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's cricket board (BCCI) has offered $1.35 million in financial support to the country's National Olympic Committee, which dropped Chinese sportswear mak...
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Israel allows some Gaza exports, one month after truce
GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip on Monday in what it called a "conditional" measure one month after a truce halted 11 days of fi...
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Tesco old boys square up in U.S. bid for Morrisons
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice's (CD&R) pursuit of British supermarket group Morrisons has set up an intriguing clash of former Tesco colleagues. M...
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Cryptocurrencies tumble amid China crackdown on bitcoin miners
TOKYO (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Monday as China's crackdown on bitcoin mining expanded to the province of Sichuan. Bitcoin fell to as low as $32,288 for the first time since June 8, and ...
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Syrian drought puts Assad’s ‘year of wheat’ in peril
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - The "year of wheat" campaign pushed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in jeopardy after low rainfall risked leaving an import gap of at least 1.5 million ...
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German union calls for Amazon workers to strike on ‘Prime Day’
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German trade union called on workers at seven Amazon warehouses to go on strike on Monday for several days to coincide with the global Prime Day promotion. Verdi said it was organ...
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French regional vote marks form of failure for Macron’s party -interior minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The first round results of France's regional elections marked a form of failure for President Emmanuel Macron's party, said Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Monday, although he a...
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