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Olympics-Swimming-Tears and triumph as Britain hit a 113-year high
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tears were shed and dreams came true for Britain's 4x200m freestyle relay team as they celebrated an historic first at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday and their country's best perfor...
Jul 28, 2021
Three Armenian soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan -Armenian defence ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three Armenian soldier were killed in an exchange of gunfire with Azerbaijan forces, Armenia's defence ministry said on Wednesday. In six weeks of fighting last September to Novembe...
Jul 28, 2021
Factbox-Olympics-Athletics-Eight athletes to watch in the women’s 100m in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Jamaica look favourites to top the podium in the women's 100 metres for a fourth successive Olympics but plenty of competitors will be bidding to end the streak. Here are eight conte...
Jul 28, 2021
Adecco Group to buy AKKA Technologies in $2.4 billion deal
ZURICH (Reuters) - Adecco Group has agreed to buy AKKA Technologies in a deal worth 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) on an enterprise value basis, the companies said on Wednesday, with Adecco combining ...
Jul 28, 2021
BASF reports second-quarter net profit beat on increased volumes, prices
(Reuters) - The world's largest chemical producer BASF reported a better-than-expected second-quarter net profit as it managed to increase volumes and prices thanks to strong demand. Low commodity pri...
Jul 28, 2021
Exclusive-North, South Korea in talks over summit, reopening liaison office – sources
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations, thre...
Jul 28, 2021
ATP roundup: Stefanos Tsitsipas moves into third round of Olympics
Third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece avenged his loss to Frances Tiafoe at Wimbledon, defeating the American 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to advance to the third round of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Tsits...
Jul 28, 2021
Hong Kong home prices flat in June but seen hitting record soon
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong private home prices were flat in June, official data showed on Wednesday, but realtors expect they will hit a new record high in the third quarter, supported by a recov...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Fraser-Pryce on brink of amazing 100m hat-trick
By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be looking to make history on Saturday as the first woman to win three Olympic 100m gold medals and cement her place as one of...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Badminton- Tai Tzu Ying gets her mojo back
TOKYO (Reuters) - In a string of women's singles matches on Wednesday, Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying reminded the world why she's number one when she had France's Qi Xuefei struggling to match up through thei...
Jul 28, 2021
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