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Olympics-Volleyball-Canada subdue Iran in straight sets, U.S. and Argentina win
By Toshiki Hashimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Canada claimed their first men's volleyball win at Tokyo 2020 on Wednesday, overcoming Pool A's in-form team Iran in straight sets, while the United States beat ...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-For Team USA, spectator-less arena is like fighting at home
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - For boxing's Team USA there's no such thing as a quiet fight - even in a spectator-less Tokyo Olympics arena. At U.S. featherweight Duke Ragan's round-of-16 match ag...
Jul 28, 2021
Telecom Italia-DAZN deal averts watchdog precautionary measures
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it had accepted amendments to a deal between Telecom Italia (TIM) and sports streaming service DAZN that would avert precautionary meas...
Jul 28, 2021
Column: Markets tire of anti-dollar bet as central banks diverge
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - After 16 months of betting against the U.S. dollar, currency speculators appear to have thrown in the towel. Whether that's positive or negative for the world's bigges...
Jul 28, 2021
China’s regulatory crackdown a drag on HK’s IPO pipeline – bankers
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's buzzing IPO pipeline is likely to taper off in the second half of 2021, as Chinese firms temper their expectations for valuations amid a drastic regu...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Roglic takes road TT gold as Ganna blows it
By Martyn Herman OYAMA TOWN, Japan (Reuters) -Primoz Roglic claimed Slovenia's first-ever Olympic cycling gold medal with a perfectly-executed ride in the road time trial to dominate the field on Wedn...
Jul 28, 2021
Chinese national shot and wounded in Pakistan’s Karachi
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Chinese national was shot and wounded in an attack in Pakistan's largest city Karachi on Wednesday, police said, two weeks after nine Chinese workers were killed when a...
Jul 28, 2021
Road, railway linking Djibouti to Addis Ababa is blocked – Ethiopian official
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The president of Ethiopia's Somali region said on Wednesday a vital road and rail trade artery linking the landlocked capital of Addis Ababa to the sea port of Djibouti was bloc...
Jul 28, 2021
Japanese automaker Nissan posts surprise Q1 profit, raises full-year forecast
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co on Wednesday raised its earnings outlook for the year, helped by a weaker yen and favourable demand in the United States, after reporting a surprise...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Judo-Japan’s Arai shines with eyes on women’s -70 kg gold in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's double world champion judoka Chizuru Arai advanced into the semi-finals of the Olympic competition by pinning German Giovanna Scoccimarro for a solid ippon 10-0 victory in th...
Jul 28, 2021
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