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R-Zero, startup automating disinfecting born during pandemic raises $41.5 million
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - San Francisco-based R-Zero, a startup formed during the pandemic to make ultraviolet disinfecting machines for commercial and institutional customers, said on Wednesday ...
Jun 16, 2021
New York grapples with growing presence of homeless in midtown Manhattan
By Peter Szekely and Angela Moore NEW YORK (Reuters) - An influx of homeless people into Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood after an emergency move by New York City to ease crowding in shelters h...
Jun 16, 2021
‘The way to survive’: North Korea ramps up recycling amid sanctions and pandemic
By Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - With anti-pandemic border closures throttling imports of goods such as plastic from China, North Korea's state media has described a massive focus on recycling as a wa...
Jun 16, 2021
Polestar to make electric SUV at U.S. Volvo plant, starting in 2022
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Polestar, the premium electric vehicle maker owned by China's Geely and Volvo Cars, will build its Polestar 3 electric SUV at Volvo's U.S. plant in South Carolina st...
Jun 16, 2021
Investors ask U.S. SEC for more ESG disclosures as companies resist
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investor groups have asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for more corporate disclosures on climate change and other environmental, social and go...
Jun 16, 2021
Russia’s RDIF expects EMA approval of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine within two months -Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund expects to receive approval for the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 from the European Medicines Agency within two months, the Interfax news ag...
Jun 16, 2021
Soccer-Euro starter dishes provide just enough to whet the appetite
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo is a match-winner, France are better than Germany and Spain can pass the ball all day without scoring -- there really haven't many surp...
Jun 16, 2021
EU says J&J to miss vaccine supply target in second quarter
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson is expected to miss its COVID-19 vaccine supply target to the European Union for the second quarter after millions of doses were banned for use in Europe over saf...
Jun 16, 2021
Soccer-Sterling takes up meditation to ‘stay connected’ to body
(Reuters) - England forward Raheem Sterling has said he meditates in his downtime during the European Championship to "stay connected" to his body and brain. Sterling scored in Sunday's 1-0 win over C...
Jun 16, 2021
Chinese media mocks U.S. donation of 80 vaccine vials to Trinidad and Tobago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Striking a blow for China's so-called vaccine diplomacy, state media have mocked the United States for calling attention to its donation of 80 vials of COVID-19 vaccines to Trinida...
Jun 16, 2021
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