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Russian rainy day fund to abandon all assets in U.S. dollars
By Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday said it would ditch all U.S. dollar assets in its National Wealth Fund (NWF) and increase holdings in euros, Chin...
Jun 03, 2021
Norway and Britain have agreed a post-Brexit trade deal – media reports
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway and Britain have reached an agreement on their post-Brexit trade relations, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK and news agency NTB said on Thursday, citing anonymous sources. Foll...
Jun 03, 2021
Spain’s BBVA open to lowering layoffs below 3,000, says union
MADRID (Reuters) - BBVA on Thursday submitted a final proposal to reduce planned layoffs in Spain to 2,935 from the 3,798 it initially envisaged in April, Spanish union Comisiones Obreras said. Spain'...
Jun 03, 2021
U.S. housing regulator extends eviction freeze for some multifamily property
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. housing regulator announced Thursday it was extending until the end of September an ongoing moratorium on evictions at multifamily properties backed by ...
Jun 03, 2021
‘Belittling human lives’- how pandemic pushed Olympic volunteer to quit
By Rikako Maruyama and Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - Jun Hatakeyama applied to be an Olympic volunteer, filled with excitement that he could witness something greater than the Tokyo Games previousl...
Jun 03, 2021
IMF, World Bank urge G7 to release surplus vaccines, increase transparency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The heads of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Thursday urged the Group of Seven advanced economies to release any excess COVID-19 vaccines to developing countri...
Jun 03, 2021
Jamming with the cicadas in New Jersey: a once in 17 years event
By Vanessa Johnston and Kevin Fogarty PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) - For some in the U.S., the emergence of billions of red-eyed cicadas this spring after a 17-year slumber has been met with annoya...
Jun 03, 2021
Short sellers mostly held their ground as AMC shares soared
(Reuters) - Bearish investors betting that AMC Entertainment Holdings would decline held on to their bets for the most part on Wednesday even as the stock rose as much as 127% to $72.62 during the tra...
Jun 03, 2021
U.S. officials to list Nevada flower as endangered, dealing blow to ioneer
(Reuters) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Thursday it will propose listing the Tiehm's Buckwheat flower as an endangered species, dealing a blow to ioneer Ltd's proposed Rhyolite Ridge li...
Jun 03, 2021
An hour from Shanghai, villagers only slightly more open to three-child policy
By Josh Horwitz FENGXIAN, China (Reuters) - Many city-dwellers across China reacted with scorn when the government announced plans this week to allow couples to have three children instead of two, in ...
Jun 03, 2021
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