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GSK sees smaller 2021 profit fall after Q2 beat
By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -GSK forecast a smaller drop in 2021 profit on Wednesday as the drugmaker beat second-quarter earnings expectations, buoyed by a recovery in routine visits to doctors as ...
Jul 28, 2021
Norway again postpones end to COVID lockdown
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway postponed for a second time on Wednesday a planned final step in the reopening of its economy from pandemic lockdown, due to the continued spread of the Delta variant of COVID-...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. mortgage applications rise in latest week as rates decline
By Evan Sully (Reuters) - The number of applications for U.S. home mortgages increased last week, driven by an uptick in refinancing activity and a decline in purchase activity as mortgage rates fell....
Jul 28, 2021
Could display drones snuff out the firework?
FROME, England (Reuters) - Concerns about pollution and the environment could see drone displays - such as the one featured in the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony - replace fireworks as the light show...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Six days into the Tokyo Games, athletes are returning home
By Ilze Filks TOKYO (Reuters) - It has only been six days since the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games but already athletes are starting their return trips as strict COVID-19 measures in Japan forbid ...
Jul 28, 2021
Canada’s Shopify beats quarterly revenue expectations on online shopping boom
(Reuters) -Canada's e-commerce giant Shopify Inc beat second-quarter revenue expectations on Wednesday, on the back of a resilient online shopping trend precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Shopify'...
Jul 28, 2021
Peasant roots to president: the unlikely rise of Peru’s Pedro Castillo
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA/CHUGUR, Peru (Reuters) - As a boy in Peru's rural north, Pedro Castillo would help collect and crush cane on his family's small farm. Now he is president of ...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S., Russia hold nuclear talks in Geneva after summit push
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and Russian officials began talks on Wednesday on strategic nuclear stability, with a fresh mandate from their presidents who held a summit in Genev...
Jul 28, 2021
EU signs deal with GSK for supply of potential COVID drug
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union has signed a contract with GlaxoSmithKline for the supply of up to 220,000 treatments of its investigational monoclonal antibody therapy sotrovimab against COVID...
Jul 28, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: U.S. urges vaccinated Americans to wear masks indoors in many places Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should go bac...
Jul 28, 2021
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