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‘Pingdemic’ grips Britain as fears of food shortages grow
LONDON (Reuters) - British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said he was concerned by a so-called 'pingdemic' in which hundreds of thousands of workers have been told to isolate by an official app as ...
Jul 22, 2021
As Indonesia mulls easing lockdown, WHO urges tougher restrictions
By Tom Allard JAKARTA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged Indonesia to implement a stricter and wider lockdown to combat surging COVID-19 infections and deaths, just days...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Australia’s top-ranked McKeown to withdraw from 200 medley
TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one Kaylee McKeown of Australia will be withdrawing from the women's 200 metres medley at this week's Olympic Games to focus on her backstroke events, the national team ...
Jul 22, 2021
Britain tells EU on Brexit deal: it wasn’t going to last forever
LONDON (Reuters) - British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the European Union had been inflexible over renegotiating the Northern Ireland part of the Brexit divorce deal and cautioned Brussels ...
Jul 22, 2021
Factbox-Tokyo 2020 plagued by embarrassing scandals and gaffes
(Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday, a day before the Games were due to start, after past comments he made about the Holocaust spar...
Jul 22, 2021
Morrisons shareholders to vote on Fortress offer on Aug 16
LONDON (Reuters) -Shareholders in British supermarket group Morrisons will get to vote on a 6.3 billion pound ($8.7 billion) takeover offer from a consortium led by the SoftBank owned Fortress Investm...
Jul 22, 2021
UK government to sell up to 15% of NatWest via share sale
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government said on Thursday that it plans to sell up to a 15% stake in NatWest over a 12 month window. The finance ministry said it had instructed Morgan Stanley to sell N...
Jul 22, 2021
Australian regulator to probe Amazon, eBay among online markets
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian antitrust regulator on Thursday began an inquiry into the local units of Amazon.com Inc, eBay Inc and other online markets to ensure fairness in a secto...
Jul 22, 2021
For deaf transgender athlete, Tokyo 2020 brings hope for change
By Sakura Murakami TOCHIGI, Japan (Reuters) - So Sato, a transgender pole vaulter, expects to represent Japan at the Deaflympics next year in Brazil. But for now, he's closely watching Tokyo 2020, whe...
Jul 22, 2021
Sweden’s NENT reports rise in streaming subscribers, income
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - NENT, the Swedish company challenging streaming giants like Netflix in the Nordics, reported a rise in subscribers and quarterly operating income as it expands beyond Scandinavia...
Jul 22, 2021
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