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Russia’s COVID-19 daily death toll climbs to new pandemic high
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia registered a record number of daily COVID-19-related deaths on Friday amid a surge in cases across the world's largest country that the authorities blame on the infectious De...
Jul 02, 2021
UK receives 6 million applications to EU settlement scheme before deadline
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it had received 6 million applications to its settlement scheme for European Union nationals before a June 30 deadline passed. After completing its exit from ...
Jul 02, 2021
Jobs boom buoys Spain as COVID curbs eased, tourists return
By Nathan Allen and Beln Carreo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain posted a record drop in jobless figures for the second month in a row in June, as looser COVID-19 restrictions, increased vaccination rates and...
Jul 02, 2021
ECB to come down on banks taking on too much financial risk, Enria says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank plans to come down on banks that are taking too much risk via financial instruments such as leveraged loans and equity-related derivatives, the ECB's to...
Jul 02, 2021
Cash keeps flowing into equities and bonds – BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors kept on injecting more cash into bonds and equities, BofA's latest fund flow statistics showed on Friday, as Wall Street hit new record highs and U.S. government bond yiel...
Jul 02, 2021
Tropical Storm Elsa strengthens near the Lesser Antilles – NHC
(Reuters) - The U.S National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday that tropical storm Elsa had strengthened a little and was very close to the Lesser Antilles. Elsa is located about 70 miles (110 km)...
Jul 02, 2021
Test and space: Barcelona telecoms bash lifts ‘hybrid’ trade fair hopes
By Supantha Mukherjee and Clara-Laeila Laudette BARCELONA (Reuters) - Its biggest act may have been beamed in on a screen, but a smaller, quieter 'hybrid' Mobile World Congress (MWC) has given others ...
Jul 02, 2021
Libya talks due to end on Friday with statement – U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N.-backed talks aimed at paving the way for year-end presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya are expected to end on Friday with a statement, but no press conference, a U...
Jul 02, 2021
Euro zone producer prices accelerate in May
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone producer prices accelerated in May, driven by a surge in energy prices, data from the European Union's statistics office Eurostat showed on Friday. Eurostat said prices ...
Jul 02, 2021
Ant-backed Kakao Pay expects IPO to raise up to $1.4 billion
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean fintech company Kakao Pay Corp's planned initial public offering (IPO) next month is expected to raise up to 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion), at the top end of an indicat...
Jul 02, 2021
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