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China to launch carbon trading for electricity sector in July
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch a nationwide carbon emissions trading scheme for the electricity sector in July, the cabinet said on Wednesday. The launch of the scheme aims to control and reduc...
Jul 07, 2021
China clampdown could spur fresh short-selling of U.S.-listed shares, says S3
(Reuters) - China's clampdown on domestic companies listed on the U.S. stock market may prove the spark for a new burst of short-selling in Hong Kong and China-based firms after bears were forced to c...
Jul 07, 2021
Olympics-UK’s Johnson “instinctively” against sporting bans
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he was "instinctively" against sporting boycotts when asked whether he would support a boycott of the Winter Olympics in China...
Jul 07, 2021
Lithuania to build barrier on Belarus border to stop migrants, says PM
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania will build a barrier on its border with Belarus and tap the army to patrol it to deter migrants, the prime minister said on Wednesday, after Belarus decided to allow cros...
Jul 07, 2021
Earthquake shakes Taiwan’s capital Taipei
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Buildings shook briefly in Taiwan's capital Taipei on Wednesday during an earthquake, with no immediate reports of damage. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said the magnitude 5 quake...
Jul 07, 2021
Japan’s SoftBank hires NBCUniversal exec as global communications head
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp has hired Mark Kornblau, a NBCUniversal executive and former communications director in the Obama administration, to head its global communications team, the Japanese c...
Jul 07, 2021
Paris to quit Franco-German MAWS defence programme, La Tribune says
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris is about to leave the Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare System (MAWS) defence procurement programme, online newspaper La Tribune reported on Wednesday, following Germany'...
Jul 07, 2021
Athletics-Rules for intersex athletes similar to apartheid, says Cameroon minister-counsellor
(Reuters) - World Athletics is discriminating against women with intersex variations by requiring them to reduce high testosterone levels to participate in the female category and the rules are simila...
Jul 07, 2021
India’s patchy monsoon rains to pick up later this week -weather official
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's crucial monsoon rains, which turned patchy at the tail-end of June, will pick up later this week, a weather department official said, helping farmers a...
Jul 07, 2021
India expects 3-4 million Pfizer, Moderna vaccine doses through COVAX by August- sources
By Rupam Jain and Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India expects to receive 3 million to 4 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 shots through the COVAX facility by August, two sources said...
Jul 07, 2021
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