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Air taxi startup Volocopter gains key production certification
BERLIN (Reuters) - German flying taxi startup Volocopter said on Tuesday it was acquiring long-time partner DG Flugzeugbau, in a step that secures its compliance with the European Union air safety reg...
Jul 06, 2021
S.Africa’s ANC says Zuma exploring every legal avenue after jail sentence
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is exploring every legal avenue after being given a 15-month jail sentence for defying an order to appear at a corruption inquiry, a...
Jul 06, 2021
Euro zone retail sales rebound more than expected in May
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone monthly retail sales rose more than expected in May after a drop in April, driven mostly by purchases of non-food products and car fuel, data released on Tuesday showed....
Jul 06, 2021
Japan government expects economy to return to pre-COVID levels by year-end
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy is set to recover to pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year, helped by solid exports as well as consumer spending supported by progress in vaccin...
Jul 06, 2021
Turkish, U.S. defence ministers to discuss Kabul airport plan on Wednesday
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said he would discuss with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on Wednesday a plan for Turkey to operate and guard Kabul's Hamid Karzai airport af...
Jul 06, 2021
Japan’s Sumitomo Metal to invest $424 million to boost battery materials output
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd said on Tuesday it would spend 47 billion yen ($424 million) to boost production capacity of cathode materials for rechargeable batteries used in...
Jul 06, 2021
Net-zero carbon impact on UK debt could be less than pandemic hit – OBR
LONDON (Reuters) - The impact on Britain's public debt mountain caused by action to meet the country's net carbon zero target by 2050 could be less severe than that of the coronavirus pandemic, as lon...
Jul 06, 2021
HK activist returned from Chinese jail pleads guilty to attempted arson
By Sharon Abratique HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of the Hong Kong democracy activists who was returned from a Chinese jail after being captured at sea last year, pleaded guilty in court on Tuesday to cha...
Jul 06, 2021
Iran says small roof damage from June sabotage at nuclear site
DUBAI (Reuters) - There was limited damage from a sabotage attempt at a building of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization in June, the Iranian government said on Tuesday, despite satellite images appearin...
Jul 06, 2021
Man charged in Germany with spying for China
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has arrested and indicted a man suspected of spying for China's secret service, the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. The man, identified as Klaus L. according to German ...
Jul 06, 2021
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