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South Korea pledges $200 million to international COVID-19 vaccine effort
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has pledged to donate a total of $200 million to the COVAX programme that is supplying coronavirus vaccines for lower-income countries, the Global Alliance for Vaccines a...
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UK’s Johnson ‘very confident’ about lifting restrictions on July 19
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was very confident that he would be able to lift remaining coronavirus restrictions on his new target date of July 19, based o...
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Tennis-Rublev advances to first grasscourt semi-final of career at Halle
HALLE (Reuters) - Fourth seed Andrey Rublev moved into the semi-finals of a grasscourt tournament for the first time in his career after beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(4) 6-2 at the ATP Tour 500 ev...
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Grant Thornton loses fight in UK top court over 32 million sterling swaps bill
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's highest court on Friday backed a 32 million pound ($44.49 million) negligence claim from Manchester Building Society against its former auditor Grant Thornton...
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Ukraine’s inseparable couple ditches the handcuffs and parts ways
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko KYIV (Reuters) - After 123 days handcuffed together to save their on-again off-again relationship, Ukrainians Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova have split up, she...
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Exclusive-Google’s adtech business set to face formal EU probe by year-end -sources
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet unit Google could face its biggest regulatory threat, with EU antitrust regulators set to open a formal investigation into its lucrative digital advertisin...
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Austria to provide a million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Western Balkans
VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria will provide a million doses of coronavirus vaccine to the countries of the Western Balkans in addition to the doses it is funnelling towards the region on behalf of the Euro...
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Chilean author Isabel Allende fired up in the ‘solitude’ of lockdown
By Lucila Sigal (Reuters) - Isabel Allende has been busy during the pandemic. The 78-year-old Chilean author, feminist and national treasure says the tranquility helped her publish a book, write anoth...
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ECB extends capital relief for banks as pandemic continues
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has extended relief from a key bank capital requirement by nine months, citing "exceptional macroeconomic circumstances" amid the coronavirus pandemic, ...
Syndicated Content Jun 18, 2021
Motor racing-Bottas leads Mercedes one-two in first French GP practice
(Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas led Formula One world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two in first practice for the French Grand Prix at Le Castellet on Friday. After two tough street ...
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