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Japanese regions see record COVID-19 infections as Delta variant spreads -media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Record COVID-19 cases sprang up across Japan on Wednesday, media said a day after the government expanded emergency measures to fight a wave fuelled by the infectious Delta variant t...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
China rebukes 43 apps including Tencent’s WeChat for breaking data transfer rules
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Wednesday that 43 apps, including Tencent Holdings Ltd's WeChat, were found to have illegally transferred us...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Sport-China’s Olympic body says illegal use of athletes’ names as trademarks must stop
(Reuters) - China's Olympic Committee (COC) said it will protect its athletes from the unlawful registration of their names as trademarks, Xinhua news agency reported. Several Chinese gold medallists ...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
German cabinet backs 30 billion euro flood recovery fund
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German cabinet on Wednesday approved a 30 billion euros ($35.16 billion) recovery fund for areas in western and southern Germany hit by heavy rainfall and flooding last month th...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Tencent second-quarter profit rises 29%, beats estimates
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings posted a 29% rise in second-quarter profit, a slower pace of growth after the coronavirus pandemic led to a boom in online ga...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Crypto exchange Binance hires former US Treasury criminal investigator
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Binance said on Wednesday it had appointed a former U.S. Treasury criminal investigator as its global money laundering reporting officer, part of an attempt by one of the world's...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Philippines’ Duterte tables bill seeking to ease bank secrecy rules
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has included a bill seeking to ease the country's strict bank secrecy rules in his list of legislative priorities in his final year in office, t...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Motor racing-Japanese F1 Grand Prix cancelled for 2021
(Reuters) -The 2021 Japanese Formula One Grand Prix has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the second successive year, race organisers said on Wednesday. The cancellation of the race, sch...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Chief editor of independent Belarus news agency missing after raid -association
KYIV (Reuters) - The chief editor of one of Belarus' leading independent news organisations has gone missing after police searched her home overnight, the country's reporters' association said on Wedn...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Indonesia project to convert fuel-powered motorbikes to electric
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Wednesday launched a pilot project to convert motorcycles that run on combustion engines into electric-powered vehicles, part of a national drive to make transport mor...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
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