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France expresses support for Cyprus in light of latest Turkish moves
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian expressed support for Cyprus on Wednesday, after a move by Turkish Cypriot authorities to partially reopen an abandoned town for po...
Jul 21, 2021
No more survivors likely to be found in German flood zone-relief official
BERLIN (Reuters) - Rescue crews are unlikely to find any more survivors among the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western Germany, a senior Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) officia...
Jul 21, 2021
SoftBank’s robotics ambitions short circuit as Pepper loses power
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - When SoftBank Group Corp's CEO Masayoshi Son unveiled the wide-eyed android Pepper in 2014, he painted a vision, once confined to science fiction, of a new era of perso...
Jul 21, 2021
Floods wreck towns, but Europe’s wind power goals tangled in red tape
By Nina Chestney, Angeliki Koutantou and Stephen Jewkes EVIA, Greece (Reuters) - Climber Tassos Baltas points up at a 22-metre high mast which is monitoring wind speeds on the summit of a rocky hillsi...
Jul 21, 2021
Marketmind: A rocky road
A look at the day ahead from Karin Strohecker Markets are still trying to find their feet after Monday's bruising selloff and now the focus is shifting to Thursday's ECB meeting in a week that's seen ...
Jul 21, 2021
Russia to reinforce military base in Tajikistan – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will reinforce its military base in Tajikistan with 17 infantry fighting vehicles, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday citing the military, amid conflict in neighbouri...
Jul 21, 2021
Vietnam produces first batch of Russian COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The first test batch of Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 has been produced in Vietnam, Russia's sovereign wealth fund RDIF and Vietnamese pharmaceutical firm VAB...
Jul 21, 2021
Japan’s factory output likely rebounded in June but retail sales soften: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory output likely rebounded in June from the prior month's drop, while retail sales growth was expected to slow as new coronavirus infections dampened consumer confidence...
Jul 21, 2021
Olympics-Softball-Italy draws fuel from late coach, seeks first medal
By Paresh Dave FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Italy's softball team suffered a shutout loss in its Tokyo Games opener on Wednesday but aims to bounce back and honour late manager Enrico Obletter, who di...
Jul 21, 2021
UK’s Next smashes sales forecast, upgrades profit guidance
LONDON (Reuters) - British fashion retailer Next said it had soundly beaten its expectations for full-price sales, with a rise of 19% in the last 11 weeks compared with two years ago, and as a result ...
Jul 21, 2021
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