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Twitter testing ads on Fleets to catch up to Snap, Facebook
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said Tuesday it will begin testing ads on its disappearing posts feature called Fleets, as it works to offer more options for advertisers. The social media compa...
Jun 01, 2021
Tennis-Nadal magic yet to rub off on Auger-Aliassime as he loses to Seppi
PARIS (Reuters) - Toni Nadal moulded his nephew Rafael into the greatest claycourt player the world has ever seen but the magic is yet to rub off on his new charge, Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime. Wit...
Jun 01, 2021
Biden says nearly 14% of his 1,500 agency appointees identify as LGBTQ
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 14% of U.S. President Joe Biden's 1,500 federal agency appointees identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, he said on Tuesday in a procl...
Jun 01, 2021
Canada panel says COVID-19 shots can be mixed, move could hit AstraZeneca
OTTAWA (Reuters) -An official Canadian panel on Tuesday said people who received a first shot of AstraZeneca PLC's COVID-19 vaccine can choose to receive a different shot for their second dose, dealin...
Jun 01, 2021
Robinhood adds three new board members ahead of planned listing
(Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc has appointed three new directors to its board ahead of its planned stock market listing, the online brokerage said in a blog post on Tuesday. The company named forme...
Jun 01, 2021
World Bank chief says $12 billion in vaccine funds available, need to speed supplies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank now has $12 billion in COVID-19 vaccine financing available and will have approved vaccination financing operations in over 50 countries by the end of June, the d...
Jun 01, 2021
UK reports no new COVID-19 deaths for first time since March 2020
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded no new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Tuesday. The last time Britain recorded no deaths was in March 2020, before the country had entered its ...
Jun 01, 2021
Analysis-China’s banks are bursting with dollars, and that’s a worry
By Winni Zhou and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A mountain of dollars on deposit in China has grown so large that banks are struggling to loan the currency and traders say it poses a ri...
Jun 01, 2021
Swimming-Sjostrom returns to competition after elbow break
(Reuters) - Sweden's Olympic 100m butterfly champion Sarah Sjostrom returned to competition in France on Tuesday after having surgery for a broken elbow she suffered falling on ice in February. The 27...
Jun 01, 2021
IMF says most of proposed $50 billion COVID vaccine project will be grants
GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it envisaged grant financing for $35 billion of a proposed $50 billion project needed to ramp up global vaccinations agai...
Jun 01, 2021
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