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Boral to sell North American building products business for $2.15 billion
(Reuters) - Australia's Boral Ltd on Monday said it has agreed to sell its North American building products business to a unit of NYSE-listed Westlake Chemical Corp for $2.15 billion. (Reporting by Te...
Jun 20, 2021
New U.S. envoy for North Korea to huddle with S.Koreans, Japanese
SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States' new top envoy for North Korea was scheduled to meet counterparts from South Korea and Japan during a visit to Seoul on Monday, amid an impasse in denuclearisation ...
Jun 20, 2021
Soccer-Venezuela come back twice to draw 2-2 with Ecuador
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Ronald Hernandez scored his first international goal in stoppage time to give Venezuela a dramatic 2-2 draw against Ecuador in their Copa America clash on Sunday. Ayrton Pre...
Jun 20, 2021
UK house prices show biggest seasonal rise since 2015 – Rightmove
LONDON (Reuters) - Asking prices for British homes between mid May and early June rose by 0.8% compared with a month before, the biggest rise for the time of year since 2015, as available housing rema...
Jun 20, 2021
Cycling-Kennys eye Tokyo gold, but British domination unrealistic, says team chief
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's cyclists are unlikely to dominate the Tokyo Olympics as they did in Rio de Janeiro and London, but the team's performance director Stephen Park remains co...
Jun 20, 2021
American Airlines to cut 1% of July flights as travel rebound strains operations
(Reuters) - American Airlines on Sunday said it would cancel around 1% of its flights in July to serve a surprise uptick in travel demand at a time when the airline struggles with unprecedented weathe...
Jun 20, 2021
Mexico posts 1,578 new COVID-19 cases, 36 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Sunday reported 1,578 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country and 36 more fatalities, bringing the total figures to 2,477,283 infections and ...
Jun 20, 2021
New Zealand names transgender athlete Hubbard to women’s Tokyo Olympics weightlifting team
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard has been selected as part of the New Zealand women's team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, the country's Olympics committee said on Monday. Hubbar...
Jun 20, 2021
Ethiopians to vote in what government bills as first free election
By Dawit Endeshaw and Ayenat Mersie ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopians vote on Monday in national and regional elections that the prime minister has billed as proof of his commitment to democracy afte...
Jun 20, 2021
German liberal FDP rules out coalition with Greens after election -Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's liberal Free Democrats (FDP) will not join a coalition led by the ecologist Greens after an election in September, mass-selling Bild daily reported on Monday, citing party...
Jun 20, 2021
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