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‘Harder than Everest’: record-breaking female climber stranded in Nepal amid COVID crisis
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Hong Kong resident Tsang Yin-Hung, who made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by any woman, and dozens of other mountaineers from China are unable to get out of...
Jun 22, 2021
Pakistan to receive 13 million doses of Pfizer vaccine – minister
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has made an agreement to procure 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer, the country's health minister said on Tuesday. An exact timeline was no...
Jun 22, 2021
GKN-owner Melrose to return $1 billion to shareholders after Nortek sale
(Reuters) -Britain's Melrose Industries on Tuesday laid out plans to return about 730 million pounds ($1.01 billion) in cash to its shareholders after the company sold its Nortek Air Management busine...
Jun 22, 2021
Garuda Indonesia weighs court-led debt restructuring, to shrink fleet
By Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) - Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, which last week defaulted on a $500 million sukuk, is considering a court supervised debt restructuring process and is in tal...
Jun 22, 2021
Messaging app helps take off blinders at top-down South Korean chaebol culture
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - An anonymous messaging app called Blind used by South Korean employees to air their grievances is helping change management attitudes towards workers i...
Jun 22, 2021
ByteDance founder donates $77 million amid China billionaires’ charity rush
BEIJING (Reuters) - The founder of TikTok owner ByteDance will donate 500 million yuan ($77.35 million) to the southeastern Chinese city of Longyan for education, the city government's education burea...
Jun 22, 2021
DS Smith sees recovery after profit slump on initial pandemic impact
(Reuters) - British cardboard maker DS Smith reported on Tuesday a 38% slump in annual pre-tax profit, as the pandemic impacted its operations initially, but said online shopping boom during the rest ...
Jun 22, 2021
Britain working on allowing holidays for vaccinated Britons
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is working on plans to open up travel for the fully vaccinated and restore other freedoms but they are not ready yet, Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Tuesday. "We're wo...
Jun 22, 2021
Daimler wants to produce its own battery cells – Business Insider
BERLIN (Reuters) - German carmaker Daimler AG wants to manufacture its own battery cells, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citing company sources. Daimler struck a deal with Chinese battery suppl...
Jun 22, 2021
Aston Martin sues Swiss dealer over Valkyrie sports car
(Reuters) - Carmaker Aston Martin said on Tuesday it was suing Nebula Project AG and its board members, claiming that the Swiss car dealer had failed to pay some customer deposits for orders of its Va...
Jun 22, 2021
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