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Volvo Cars EV road map includes better batteries, longer range
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Sweden's Volvo Cars on Wednesday laid out an extensive road map to becoming a fully electric car maker by 2030, including plans to sell 600,000 battery electric vehicles at...
Jun 30, 2021
Olympics-Putin hosts Russians heading to Tokyo without flag, anthem
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin hosted Russian athletes heading to the Tokyo Olympics at the Kremlin on Wednesday, wishing them medals and vowing to protect their rights as they are set to ...
Jun 30, 2021
Turkey says in talks with Russia on extending Syria aid
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is in talks with Russia and other members of the United Nations Security Council on the extension of a cross-border aid operation into war-torn Syria, Foreign Minister Mevlut...
Jun 30, 2021
TikTok removes nearly 62 million videos in first quarter for guideline violations
(Reuters) - Short-form video app TikTok said on Wednesday it had removed nearly 62 million videos from its platform during the first three months of the year for violating its guidelines, as it seeks ...
Jun 30, 2021
UK records 26,068 new daily COVID cases, highest since Jan. 29
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded a further 26,068 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest daily figure since January 29, and 14 deaths, official data showed. Daily cases have been ri...
Jun 30, 2021
Sun-starved Britons flood to Spain’s Mallorca after restrictions eased
By Marco Trujillo PALMA, Spain (Reuters) - Beach-craving British tourists flocked to the Spanish island of Mallorca on Wednesday after London added the Balearic archipelago to its "green travel list",...
Jun 30, 2021
Firms face owner disclosure as UAE acts to avoid dirty money list
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - More than 500,000 firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must disclose their ultimate owners from Wednesday or face penalties, as the Middle East financial hub tr...
Jun 30, 2021
Online broker Robinhood to pay $70 million for ‘systemic supervisory failures’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Online broker Robinhood Financial LLC has been ordered to pay $70 million for 'systemic supervisory failures' that harmed thousands of consumers in the process, an industry regu...
Jun 30, 2021
NYC mayoral race awaits fresh vote count after confusion over board error
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - New York City's Board of Elections is expected to release updated vote totals in the Democratic mayoral contest on Wednesday, a day after the board threw the race into confusi...
Jun 30, 2021
EU agrees ceasefire with Britain in “sausage war”
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union agreed on Wednesday to a ceasefire with Britain in a post-Brexit dispute dubbed the "sausage war" by extending a grace period for shipments...
Jun 30, 2021
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