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Ex Rio Tinto chief Walsh joins Aboriginal group’s board
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sam Walsh, a former chief executive of Rio Tinto Ltd, has joined the board of an Aboriginal group on whose traditional lands in Western Australia Rio Tinto and BHP Group have ope...
Jul 28, 2021
UK house prices fall in July as tax cut is scaled back – Nationwide
LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices fell in July after a coronavirus emergency tax break for buyers was scaled back at the end of June but demand for bigger homes as a result of the pandemic is li...
Jul 28, 2021
Wizz Air sees summer capacity close to pre-pandemic levels
LONDON (Reuters) - Hungarian airline Wizz Air said it expected capacity to ramp up to between 90% and 100% of pre-pandemic levels in July and August as summer demand for European travel grows, and any...
Jul 28, 2021
Russia ready to help Tajikistan amid Afghan conflict -TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to provide its ally Tajikistan with any assistance needed amid a worsening conflict in neighbouring Afghanistan, the TASS news agency cited Defence Minister Sergei S...
Jul 28, 2021
Tokyo COVID cases exceed 3,000 for first time -Kyodo
(Corrects paragraph 1 day of the week) TOKYO (Reuters) - The number of Japan's new COVID-19 cases exceeded 3,000 for the first time, Kyodo News said on Wednesday, citing government sources. Japan has ...
Jul 28, 2021
AstraZeneca second dose doesn’t raise risk of rare blood clots – study
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot did not increase the instances of rare blood clots with low platelets in people after the second dose, a study showed on Wednesday, potentially easing some worr...
Jul 28, 2021
Aston Martin’s first SUV helps push up sales by more than 200%
LONDON (Reuters) -Carmaker Aston Martin reported on Wednesday a 224% increase in sales to its dealers, boosted by its first sport utility vehicle, the DBX, as losses fell in the first half of the year...
Jul 28, 2021
UK’s Johnson keen for U.S. travellers as hopes rise for easing restrictions
LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wants U.S. citizens to come to England "freely" and he was talking to the United States about a travel corridor, LBC radio reported on Wednesday....
Jul 28, 2021
British American Tobacco first-half sales beat estimates on strong demand for e-cigarettes
(Reuters) - British American Tobacco on Wednesday reported better-than-expected revenue for the first half of the year as the Lucky Strike cigarette maker added a record number of new customers for it...
Jul 28, 2021
World faces shortage of merchant sailors to crew ships -study
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - There could be a shortage of merchant sailors to crew commercial ships in five years if action is not taken to boost numbers, raising risks for global supply chains...
Jul 28, 2021
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