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COVID app told nearly 620,000 to isolate in England, Wales
LONDON (Reuters) - Almost 620,000 people in England and Wales were told to isolate by the health service COVID app after they came into contact with someone with the virus in the week up to July 14, o...
Jul 22, 2021
Visa to acquire Currencycloud at 700 million pounds valuation
By Anna Irrera (Reuters) - Visa Inc said on Thursday that it had agreed to buy British cross-border payments provider Currencycloud at a valuation of 700 million pounds ($962.01 million). Visa has bee...
Jul 22, 2021
Port of Rotterdam freight volumes rise as trade recovers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Freight volumes in the port of Rotterdam rose 5.8% on a yearly basis in the first half of 2021, as international trade recovered from its coronavirus slump, Europe's largest sea ...
Jul 22, 2021
Spain’s Prado overhauls collection to highlight women artists
By Corina Pons and Guillermo Martinez MADRID (Reuters) - Seeking to breathe new life into Madrid's Prado museum after the long months of the pandemic, curators have overhauled the collection to displa...
Jul 22, 2021
Factbox: EU’s COVID-19 vaccine donations so far
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU member states have pledged to share about 160 million COVID-19 vaccines, but only a small portion has been shipped so far, according to an EU internal do...
Jul 22, 2021
Briton held over 2020 Twitter hack to appear in court in Spain, source says
MADRID (Reuters) - A 22-year-old Briton arrested in Spain in connection with a Twitter hack which compromised the accounts of several U.S. politicians in 2020 is due to appear by video call in the Spa...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. retailers scramble to stock shelves as kids head back to school
By Lisa Baertlein and Joyce Philippe LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - At Stationery and Toy World, a family-owned shop in New York's Upper West Side, manager Gary Rowe is having difficulty getting all...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. donates 3 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will send 3 million more doses of the Moderna Inc COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam on Thursday, bringing total donations to the Southeast Asian country to 5 milli...
Jul 22, 2021
Dow profit doubles on higher prices
(Reuters) -Dow Inc on Thursday said its second-quarter profit doubled from the prior period, as prices for its chemicals used in plastics and packaging rose on the back of strong consumer and industri...
Jul 22, 2021
EU has shipped tiny percentage of planned COVID-19 shot donations – document
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries have so far donated just a tiny portion of excess COVID-19 vaccines to poor nations, mostly AstraZeneca shots, less than 3% of the 160 million ...
Jul 22, 2021
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