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By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. Olympic swimming gold medal prospect who declined a coronavirus vaccine has been strictly complying with health protocols while in Japan, as part of a team tha...

By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Silicon Valley Bank aims to hire around 150 staff in Europe this year, mainly in Britain, as it looks to capitalise on frenzied demand for investment in tech and i...

(Reuters) - The director of the Olympics opening ceremony was fired over an old comedy act in which he joked about the Holocaust https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/japan-former-pm-abe-will-not-a...

By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascan police this week arrested six people, including a foreign national, on suspicion of plotting to kill the president, after months of investigation, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Dutch taekwondo competitor Reshmie Oogink has tested positive for COVID-19 in Japan, public broadcaster NOS reported on Thursday. Oogink will go into mandatory 10-day quarantine, the...

PARIS (Reuters) - The fourth wave of COVID-19 infections should hit French hospitals in the second half of August, professor Jean-Francois Delfraissy said on Thursday. Delfraissy, who is the head of t...

LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays has appointed Ingrid Hengster as country Chief Executive for Germany, the British bank said on Thursday, as well as making her a global chairman for investment banking. Hen...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Skoda Auto will cancel several shifts ahead of the car maker's annual general two-week leave, as lingering shortage of parts blocks production, trade unions said on Thu...

MADRID (Reuters) - More than 200 migrants crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla early on Thursday, climbing the high fence that separates it from Morocco, local authorities said. More ...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's smartphone sales fell 13% in the second quarter compared with the previous one as a second wave of COVID-19 infections hurt demand in the world's No. 2 smartphone market,...