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Norway’s Telenor says Myanmar unit sale came after junta’s pressure on surveillance tech
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Norwegian telecom firm Telenor is selling its Myanmar operations to avoid European Union sanctions after "continued pressure" from Myanmar's military junta to act...
Sep 15, 2021
Zara owner Inditex sales rebound to top pre-pandemic levels
MADRID (Reuters) - Fashion brand Zara owner Inditex rebounded with an 850 million euro second-quarter profit on Wednesday as sales topped pre-pandemic levels, outshining Swedish rival H&M. The world's...
Sep 15, 2021
EU to re-start budget rules review in weeks to reach deal before 2023
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European Commission will re-launch a review of the European Union's budget rules in weeks, with a view to agree on a reform by 2023, the head of the Commission Ursul...
Sep 15, 2021
EU’s chief executive warns against ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’
By Yves Herman and Gabriela Baczynska STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) -The pace of vaccination against COVID-19 must be quickened to avert "a pandemic of the unvaccinated", the European Union's chief exe...
Sep 15, 2021
EU to donate another 200 million COVID-19 doses, Commission chief says
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union's chief executive Ursula von der Leyen pledged on Wednesday to accelerate the rate of vaccinations for COVID-19 around the world, offering another 200 million...
Sep 15, 2021
Thai court grants bail to 4 protest leaders held over unrest
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A court in Thailand granted bail on Wednesday to four leaders of an anti-government protest movement, their lawyer said, after more than a month in pre-trial detention over unrest ...
Sep 15, 2021
European stocks under pressure from weak China data
(Reuters) - European shares slipped on Wednesday as worries about a slowing Chinese economy, declines in travel and leisure stocks and soaring UK inflation dampened sentiment in early trading. The ben...
Sep 15, 2021
S.Korea successfully tests submarine-launched ballistic missile -Blue House
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on Wednesday, becoming the first country without nuclear weapons to develop such a system...
Sep 15, 2021
Investor group sets tough climate blueprint for Big Oil
By Ron Bousso and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Investors managing more than $10 trillion on Wednesday published an ambitious blueprint for energy companies seeking to tackle climate change, includi...
Sep 15, 2021
Ifo institute sees German inflation slowing to 2-2.5% in 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) - German inflation is expected to slow to 2% to 2.5% in 2022 from an estimated 3% this year, the Ifo economic institute said on Wednesday. "One-off effects will disappear at the start...
Sep 15, 2021
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