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Futures little changed after mixed tech earnings, Fed decision in focus
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were muted on Wednesday after mixed results from large technology and internet giants, with investors awaiting the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision later...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Judo-Japan’s Arai wins women’s -70 kg gold medal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese judoka Chizuru Arai won the gold medal in the women's judo -70 kg category in the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, beating Michaela Polleres of Austria in the final. Sanne Van D...
Jul 28, 2021
Ukraine expects more vaccines, plans new rules for unvaccinated travellers
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine expects to have secured more than 47 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal told a televised government meeting on Wednesday. ...
Jul 28, 2021
Iran’s Khamenei blames “cowardly” U.S. for pause in nuclear talks
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday declared Tehran would not accept Washington's "stubborn" demands in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal and said the United States...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Coe excited by 400m hurdles showdowns
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - World Athletics president Sebastian Coe is looking forward to some "sumptuous head to heads" when the Olympic athletics programme gets underway on Friday and said t...
Jul 28, 2021
Amid pandemic, Argentine couples ask ‘can I bring a child into this world?’
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, a city famed for its passionate tango dancing and romance, the pandemic is putting a dampener on couples making babies, ...
Jul 28, 2021
Zimbabwe approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has authorised the emergency use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, the first Western-made shot to be approved by the southern African nation, its medicines regulator...
Jul 28, 2021
Exchange operator CME Group’s profit rises in second quarter
(Reuters) - CME Group Inc reported a 1.4% rise in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by lower expenses and higher trading across asset classes. Sales volume for the exchange operator's rates p...
Jul 28, 2021
Unilever rejects boycott movement, CEO tells U.S.-based Jewish groups
By Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) - Coming under fire for Ben & Jerry's decision to stop selling ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories, parent company Unilever sought to assuage concerns of several Am...
Jul 28, 2021
Tanzania leader launches COVID-19 vaccination drive, orders more jabs
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan received her COVID-19 vaccine in public on Wednesday, in the most decisive signal yet of a break from the policies of her late predecessor ...
Jul 28, 2021
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