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Hong Kong’s acting chief executive says freedoms guaranteed under security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's national security law imposed on the city a year ago guarantees human rights, including freedom of the media and assembly, the city's No. 2 official John Lee said on ...
Jun 30, 2021
Japan business mood improves in Q2 to 2-1/2-year high – tankan
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese big manufacturers' business confidence improved in the second quarter to hit a two-and-half-year high, a central bank survey showed, a s...
Jun 30, 2021
U.S. EXIM Bank says 2020 financing volume still far below global rivals
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Export-Import Bank of the United States said on Wednesday it remained far behind its global competitors in financing volume in 2020 even as overall financing...
Jun 30, 2021
Tennis-Wimbledon day three
LONDON (Reuters) - For the second time in three days British hero Andy Murray left a late-night Centre Court crowd spellbound as he battled past German qualifier Oscar Otte to win a five-set epic and ...
Jun 30, 2021
U.S. science agency expected to open probe of Florida building collapse -source
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is expected to announce soon that it will open an investigation into the collapse last week of a buildin...
Jun 30, 2021
Walmart de Mexico to allow older grocery packers back in stores
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Walmart de Mexico said on Wednesday it would allow older people to return to its stores as grocery packers, after they were removed in March 2020 amid con...
Jun 30, 2021
Jacob Zuma reps condemn ’emotional, angry’ South African court for his jail sentence
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The majority ruling by South Africa's top court, sentencing Jacob Zuma to 15 months in jail, was an "emotional and angry" unconstitutional decision, the former president's fou...
Jun 30, 2021
On what would be her 60th birthday, Princess Diana statue unveiled by feuding sons
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British Princes William and Harry will put their differences aside on Thursday to unveil a statue to their late mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 6...
Jun 30, 2021
Forget-me-not: London palace’s garden redesigned for Diana statue
LONDON (Reuters) - A favourite spot of the late Princess Diana, the Sunken Garden at her former London home Kensington Palace has been redesigned to house a statue in her honour to be unveiled on Thur...
Jun 30, 2021
Britain’s Sunak promises to sharpen City of London’s competitive edge
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will unveil its blueprint on Thursday for building the world's "most advanced" financial sector after Brexit largely severed the City of London financial district from the E...
Jun 30, 2021
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