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No future for women like me, says exiled Afghan soccer player
By Stephane Mahe PIRIAC-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - As a former player in the Afghanistan women's national soccer team, Fanoos Basir saw no future for herself under Taliban rule. She fled, and is now ...
Syndicated Content Aug 31, 2021
Australian state rejects POSCO’s bid to build new coal mine, rail line
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New South Wales's planning regulator on Tuesday rejected a plan by a unit of South Korea's POSCO to develop a coking coal mine and rail line in the Australian state, saying that ...
Syndicated Content Aug 31, 2021
Eight Taliban killed in Panjshir fighting, Afghan militia forces say
(Reuters) - Taliban forces clashed with militia fighters in the Panjshir valley north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday night, losing eight killed, a representative of the main anti-Taliban opposi...
Syndicated Content Aug 31, 2021
Euro zone inflation surges to 10-year high, in big headache for ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation surged to a 10-year-high this month with further rises still likely to come, challenging the European Central Bank's benign view on price growth and its commi...
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China’s market regulator proposes amendments to e-commerce law
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's market regulator proposed amendments to the country's e-commerce law, saying that licences can be revoked if the platforms fail to take necessary measures against vendors w...
Syndicated Content Aug 31, 2021
Russia, U.S. to hold talks on nuclear strategic stability next month – Ifax
TOKYO (Reuters) - Russia will hold a new round of talks with the United States on nuclear strategic stability next month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. The Interfax news agen...
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Tennis-‘Perfectionist’ Osaka keen to change mindset at US Open and beyond
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka said on Monday she had put undue pressure on herself by constantly striving for perfection and that going forward she wanted to stop picki...
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Hong Kong July retail sales rise 2.9% as pandemic threat eases
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong retail sales rose 2.9% in July from a year earlier, the sixth consecutive month of growth, as demand benefited from a stabilising of COVID-19 and an improved labour mar...
Syndicated Content Aug 31, 2021
UK households rein in borrowing in July, repay mortgages
LONDON (Reuters) -British consumers curbed their borrowing in July when the country was hit by a rise in COVID-19 cases which triggered tough self-isolation rules, and homeowners made a rare net repay...
Syndicated Content Aug 31, 2021
Exclusive-Thailand’s elderly lag behind in COVID vaccination drive, data show
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Just two weeks before her long-awaited vaccine appointment in Bangkok, Anyamanee Puttaraksa's 62-year-old mother became feverish. Three days later, her m...
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