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NAB in talks to buy Citi’s Australia consumer unit
(Reuters) - National Australia Bank Ltd, the country's third-largest lender, said on Tuesday it was in talks with Citigroup Inc to potentially buy the U.S. bank's Australian consumer business. Citi ha...
Jul 13, 2021
Death toll in Iraq COVID hospital fire rises to 66- health officials
NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - The death toll in a fire at a coronavirus hospital in a southern Iraq city has risen to 66, health officials said on Tuesday, as an angry crowd gathered near the city's mor...
Jul 13, 2021
Work from home fuelling cyber attacks, says global financial watchdog
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Financial firms may need to bolster their defences in the face of rocketing cyber attacks after employees began working from home, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) s...
Jul 13, 2021
In South African COVID-19 ward, medics battle worst infection wave yet
By Sisipho Skweyiya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - At an emergency COVID-19 ward run by a charity in southern Johannesburg, medics wheel gasping patients to their beds, rush from room to room with oxygen cy...
Jul 13, 2021
At least 2 dead after heavy rains swamp hilly northern Indian state
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least two people were dead and 10 missing after heavy rains in a hilly northern Indian state triggered landslides and flash floods that destroyed homes, damaged roads and swep...
Jul 13, 2021
Looting, violence spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Rioters looted shops and threw stones at police on Tuesday as violent protests triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma spread across South Africa. The military ...
Jul 13, 2021
China central bank says macro policy will depend on domestic conditions
BEIJING (Reuters) -China will base the pace and intensity of monetary policy on the domestic economy and inflation trends in the second half of the year, a central bank official said on Tuesday, follo...
Jul 13, 2021
China says it opposes U.S. interference in internal affairs related to Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it opposed the United States interfering in its internal affairs, in response to a report that Washington will warn U.S. companies of risks of operating in Ho...
Jul 13, 2021
Olympics: Ukraine gymnast Verniaiev to miss Tokyo due to positive doping test
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian gymnast Oleg Verniaiev said on Tuesday he will miss the Tokyo Olympics due to a failed doping test. The 2016 Olympics parallel bars champion and all-around silver medallist ...
Jul 13, 2021
France fines Google $500 million over copyright row
PARIS (Reuters) - France's antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for failing to comply fully with temporary orders it had given in a row wit...
Jul 13, 2021
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