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Hiscox agrees deal with UK policyholders over COVID-19 losses
LONDON (Reuters) - Hiscox has agreed an arbitration settlement with a group of policyholders over business interruption losses due to the government's COVID-19 lockdown last year, the Lloyd's of Londo...
Jun 28, 2021
EU countries approve landmark climate change law
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries on Monday gave the final seal of approval to a law to make the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding, as EU policymakers ...
Jun 28, 2021
ECB should retain flexibility of emergency stimulus scheme – Panetta
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must not reduce stimulus too early and should retain the exceptional flexibility of its emergency bond purchase scheme beyond the current crisis, ECB bo...
Jun 28, 2021
Motor racing-‘Wacky’ set-up direction may have backfired on Mercedes
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - A 'wacky' car set-up approach may have backfired on Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes in Sunday's Styrian Grand Prix, according to the Formula One team's head of trackside operat...
Jun 28, 2021
Swisscom turns to AWS for enterprise IT, 5G core on cloud
By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Supantha Mukherjee BARCELONA (Reuters) - Swisscom plans to switch to the cloud platform of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for a range of applications which power its enterprise...
Jun 28, 2021
Russia to keep U.S. dollar in its forex reserves, central bank says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to keep the U.S. dollar in its international forex reserves despite the general "de-dollarisation" of its financial system, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said...
Jun 28, 2021
Belgium’s goal hero steps out from brother’s shadow
SEVILLE (Reuters) - Belgium goal hero Thorgen Hazard came out from under the shadow of brother Eden with the winner against Portugal in Seville on Sunday, ensuring his team a place in the European Cha...
Jun 28, 2021
Iran says no decision has been made yet on IAEA monitoring deal
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it has yet to decide whether to extend a monitoring deal with the U.N. nuclear watchdog which lapsed last week, amid Washington's warning that Te...
Jun 28, 2021
S.Korea to develop ‘Iron Dome’-style defence system to counter North’s artillery
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea approved plans on Monday to pursue a $2.6-billion artillery interception system, similar to Israel's "Iron Dome", designed to protect against North Korea's ...
Jun 28, 2021
Baidu’s EV firm Jidu hires ex-Cadillac designer – sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - Jidu Auto, a smart electric vehicle venture between China's tech giant Baidu Inc and Chinese automaker Geely, has hired Frank Wu, formerly at Cadillac, to lead its design studio, t...
Jun 28, 2021
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