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Indian court extends custody of businessman in porn film case
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Friday extended the custody of Raj Kundra, a businessman married to popular Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, police said, in a pornography ...
Jul 23, 2021
Deal to create $22 billion German property giant stumbles
By Alexander Hbner and Matthias Inverardi DUESSELDORF (Reuters) -Europe's biggest real estate takeover could fall through, at least for now, after Germany's Vonovia warned on Friday that it likely had...
Jul 23, 2021
Iran’s Khamenei: don’t blame people protesting over water crisis
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that people could not be blamed for protesting over water shortages, and called on officials to deal with the crisis. Peopl...
Jul 23, 2021
Rights experts urge UNESCO to defer heritage status for Thai park
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts urged UNESCO on Friday not to grant World Heritage Site status to a national park in Thailand where they said indigenous people are be...
Jul 23, 2021
ECB to lift bank dividend restrictions after Sept
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will lift restrictions on bank dividend payments and share buybacks beyond September, it said on Friday, clawing back a crisis measure that forced lende...
Jul 23, 2021
ECB’s Weidmann warns against keeping rates low for too long
BERLIN (Reuters) - German central bank chief Jens Weidmann said he is worried at the prospect of the European Central Bank's low-interest-rate environment being extended for too long, adding that his ...
Jul 23, 2021
U.S. buys 200 million more doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech said on Friday the U.S. government has purchased 200 million additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to help with pediatric vaccination as well as ...
Jul 23, 2021
China bars for-profit tutoring in core school subjects -document
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is barring tutoring for profit in core school subjects to ease financial pressures on families that have contributed to low birth rates, news that sent shockwaves through it...
Jul 23, 2021
Water infrastructure firm Core & Main valued at $7 billion as shares rise in debut
(Reuters) -Shares of Core & Main Inc, a water infrastructure company owned by private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), rose over 8% in their stock market debut, giving the company a market...
Jul 23, 2021
Electric air taxi startup Joby to add LinkedIn co-founder, Google exec to board
(Reuters) - Electric air taxi startup Joby Aero Inc will add Silicon Valley heavyweight Reid Hoffman and executives from Google and Toyota to its board, as the company prepares to go public through a ...
Jul 23, 2021
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