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Walmart dropping $1 a day fee for employees’ college degrees
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc on Tuesday said it will pay the full cost of college tuition and books for its roughly 1.5 million full and part-time employees, effective Aug. 16. The largest private...
Jul 27, 2021
Cyber insurance startup At-Bay raises $185 million at $1.35 billion valuation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Cyber insurance startup At-Bay said on Tuesday it raised $185 million at a $1.35 billion valuation to expand its business as many in the cyber industry face growing losses due to...
Jul 27, 2021
Outrage in Greece at killing of Kostis, a rare Monk seal rescued by fishermen
By Phoebe Fronista ATHENS (Reuters) - An orphaned Monk seal known as Kostis which had become a local celebrity in Greece after being rescued by fishermen three years ago has been found harpooned from ...
Jul 27, 2021
Spain keeps unchanged 2021 and 2022 GDP growth forecasts
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government kept unchanged its economic growth forecast for this year at 6.5% as it was set in April, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Tuesday. The economy is likel...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Taekwondo-Russian Larin wins men’s +80kg gold medal
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - The Russia Olympic Committee's Vladislav Larin defeated North Macedonia's Dejan Georgievski to win the men's taekwondo +80kg category gold medal on Tuesday. Cuba's Rafael Yuni...
Jul 27, 2021
Attackers kill five soldiers, one civilian in north Cameroon, say officials
DOUALA (Reuters) - Unidentified attackers killed five Cameroonian soldiers and one civilian during a raid on a military outpost in the far north of the country, local authorities said on Tuesday, the ...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Softball-Japan win gold in 2-0 shutdown of United States
By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan won the gold medal in softball at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday by beating the United States 2-0. The result left the United States with the silver medal....
Jul 27, 2021
IMF lifts forecast for UK growth in 2021 after vaccine roll-out
LONDON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund sharply revised up its growth forecast for Britain's economy in 2021 on Tuesday after giving a more downbeat assessment in April when the country was...
Jul 27, 2021
IMF raises Russia’s 2021 economic growth forecast
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's economy is on track to grow more than expected in 2021 but less than previously thought in 2022, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Tuesday. Russia's gross...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Gymnastics-Russia Olympic Committee win women’s team gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Russian Olympic Committee won the gymnastics women's team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, denying American Simone Biles the first of what she hoped would be six gold meda...
Jul 27, 2021
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