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Olympics-Swimming-Australian Stubblety-Cook wins men’s 200m breaststroke gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Izaac Stubblety-Cook of Australia won the gold medal in the men's 200m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Arno Kamminga of Netherlands won silver and Matti Mattsson of F...
Jul 28, 2021
Biden to ask federal workers Thursday to get vaccinated or face testing -source
By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday is expected to announce that about two million civilian federal workers will need to be vaccinated agai...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-American Finke wins men’s 800m freestyle
TOKYO (Reuters) - Robert Finke of United States won the gold medal in the men's 800m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy won the silver and Mykhailo Romanchuk of...
Jul 28, 2021
Powell presses pause on dollar’s rally; sterling surging
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered around a two-week low on Thursday, weighed down by the latest insistence from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell that rate increases aren'...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Rowing-Italy win lightweight women’s double sculls gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Italy won Olympic rowing gold in the lightweight women's double sculls on Thursday at Tokyo's Sea Forest Waterway. France took silver, while the Netherlands claimed bronze. (Reportin...
Jul 28, 2021
Hyundai Motor, LG’s battery unit to invest $1 billion in EV partnership
(Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said on Thursday they would set up a joint venture (JV) in Indonesia to establish a battery cell plant for electric vehicles (EV), ...
Jul 28, 2021
China regulator talks to investment banks to calm market jitters – sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Securities and Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Wednesday night held a meeting with executives of top global investment banks with an aim to calm financial markets nerves,...
Jul 28, 2021
Australia’s New South Wales reports biggest daily COVID-19 caseload
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, reported its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began as residents of state capital Sydney face another m...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Rowing-Ireland win lightweight men’s double sculls gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Ireland clinched the Olympic rowing gold in the lightweight men's double sculls on Thursday at Tokyo's Sea Forest Waterway. Germany won silver, while Italy claimed bronze. (Reporting...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Rowing-Croatia, New Zealand triumph in men’s and women’s pairs
(Corrects temperature in fourth paragraph) TOKYO (Reuters) -Croatia's mighty Sinkovic brothers came out on top in the men's pair and New Zealand's unstoppable crew triumphed in the women's event as Ol...
Jul 28, 2021
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