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MLB roundup: Red Sox end Astros’ winning streak
Christian Arroyo smacked a three-run homer and Martin Perez tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings as the Boston Red Sox notched a 5-1 victory over the host Houston Astros on Thursday to salvage the finale of...
Jun 04, 2021
BOJ’s Kuroda says c.banks should avoid one-size-fits-all climate standards
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday a lack of due consideration to heterogeneity in setting climate risk standards would do more harm than good. "Central banks' pol...
Jun 04, 2021
Eu antitrust regulators to investige Facebook’s Marketplace
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators opened on Fridan an investigation into Facebook's marketplace to see whether the world's largest social network breaches EU rules by using advertising data...
Jun 04, 2021
Russia’s May auto sales jump 133.8% y/y – AEB
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sales of new cars in Russia totalled 147,378 units in May, an increase of 133.8% compared with the same month last year when a strict lockdown was in place due to the novel coronavi...
Jun 04, 2021
Lebanon asks U.N. to explore means of funding special tribunal
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minsiter Hassan Diab asked the U.N. secretary general in a letter on Friday to urgently explore ways of financing the Special Tribunal of Lebanon in light ...
Jun 04, 2021
Russia’s retail sales jump in April as economy rebounds from pandemic impact
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's retail sales rose more than expected in April as the economy rebounds from the impact of last year's COVID-19 lockdown, adding weight to officials' assurances of a faster-t...
Jun 04, 2021
Head of Germany’s Catholics offers resignation over abuse failures
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of the Catholic Church in Germany, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, has offered his resignation from his position as Archbishop to the Pope, saying he had to share responsibility fo...
Jun 04, 2021
Exclusive: China pushes Huarong to sell non-core units, mulls implicit support – sources
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is pushing China Huarong Asset Management Co to sell non-core assets, two people involved in the revamp told Reuters, while considering offering an implicit guarant...
Jun 04, 2021
China aims to slow yuan’s rise but likely to avoid drastic steps – policy sources
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China is likely to lean on incremental steps to slow the yuan's gains to deter speculators and help its exporters, shunning drastic measures that could undermine its g...
Jun 04, 2021
Indian panel says global response needed to contain more infectious virus variant
By Tanvi Mehta and Manas Mishra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The coronavirus variant first identified in India is highly infectious and can be caught by people who have already had the disease or been only p...
Jun 04, 2021
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