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Japan medical adviser says hosting Olympics ‘not normal’ in current pandemic state
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top medical adviser said on Wednesday that hosting the Olympics amid the country's current state of coronavirus infections was "not normal", in one of the strongest warnings ...
Jun 02, 2021
Korea’s business leaders call on Moon to free jailed Samsung boss Lee
By Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -Leaders of South Korea's largest conglomerates urged President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday to pardon Jay Y. Lee, the jailed vice chairman of Samsung Electro...
Jun 02, 2021
Japan growth strategy draft calls for digitalisation, greener society
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government called for raising the country's economic growth through innovation, which it hopes will lead to a boost to real wages and the labour participat...
Jun 02, 2021
Chad, Central African Republic call for international investigation into border incident
(Reuters) - Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) have called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident at a border post in which at least six Chadian soldiers were kill...
Jun 02, 2021
Russia reports 8,832 new COVID-19 cases, 394 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 8,832 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 2,842 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,090,249. The government coronaviru...
Jun 02, 2021
Activist fund asks French watchdog to probe Vivendi’s music spin-off
PARIS (Reuters) - Activist fund Bluebell has asked France's markets regulator to look into disclosures by media company Vivendi around its Universal Music Group spin-off, arguing the company did not r...
Jun 02, 2021
Australia central bank governor to hold news conference after July rate decision
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank said on Wednesday Governor Philip Lowe will hold a news conference after the Board's July 6 meeting, in a departure from its recent procedure. Lowe last hel...
Jun 02, 2021
Tesla to buy more than $1 billion of Australian battery minerals a year
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tesla said it expects to spend more than $1 billion a year on battery raw materials from Australia given the country's reliable mining industry and responsible ...
Jun 02, 2021
Police release body-camera footage from California rail yard shooting
(Reuters) - Police on Tuesday released body-camera footage from the California rail yard shooting last week in which an employee gunned down nine co-workers and then killed himself, showing officers e...
Jun 02, 2021
Hong Kong sports club tells staff to get vaccinated or no bonus
By Pak Yiu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - A private Hong Kong sports club has instructed all staff to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of June or be denied future bonuses, promotions and...
Jun 02, 2021
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