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Dominican court grants bail to fugitive Indian-born jeweller Choksi
By Abhirup Roy MUMBAI (Reuters) - A Dominican court on Monday granted bail to Mehul Choksi on medical grounds, less than two months after the fugitive jeweller wanted in India's largest bank fraud cas...
Jul 12, 2021
Russian central bank says inflationary pressure remains high, but is easing
MOSCOW (Reuters) - EMBARGO 1730 GMTInflationary pressure remains high in Russia, the central bank said in a report on Monday, but there are signs that some pressure is easing and annual inflation will...
Jul 12, 2021
At a Rio cafe, cats and coffee combine for a cause
By Leonardo Benassatto (Reuters) - At the Gato Caf in downtown Rio de Janeiro, coffee and tea are served with whiskers and a purr. In its pink-walled interior, customers can purchase lattes dusted wit...
Jul 12, 2021
Soccer-F1 world champion Hamilton condemns racist abuse of England players
(Reuters) - Seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has voiced support for the three Black England soccer players who missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, after they were s...
Jul 12, 2021
Biden to call efforts to restrict voting ‘authoritarian’ in speech -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will call efforts to strip the right to vote from some Americans "authoritarian" in a speech on Tuesday, the White House said on Monday. Biden "will lay out t...
Jul 12, 2021
Italy antitrust gives conditional OK to TIM buying some BT units
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's competition watchdog said on Monday it had cleared, with conditions, Telecom Italia's proposed acquisition of some of British telecoms group BT's business units in the countr...
Jul 12, 2021
Analysis-Baseball-Japan’s Ohtani could soon emerge as new face of MLB
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Shohei Ohtani has proved this year that the hype ahead of his MLB debut in 2018 was not overblown but, while the Japanese two-way standout has arrived as a must-see player,...
Jul 12, 2021
Draft UN agreement on biodiversity targets conservation, pollution, finance
By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.N. negotiators released a set of proposals to protect nature on Monday, including a plan to put at least a third of the planet under conservation protection...
Jul 12, 2021
Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region say they are say pushing south
By Dawit Endeshaw and Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Forces from Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray said on Monday they were pushing south and had recaptured a town from government forces, unde...
Jul 12, 2021
Chile, buoyed by copper price and vaccines, sees 2021 GDP growth at 7.5%
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's government on Monday revised upwards its projection for 2021 economic growth to 7.5% for 2021, from 6% previously. Inflation will hit 3.7% in 2021, up fr...
Jul 12, 2021
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