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Thailand approves $807 million relief measures, extends travel scheme
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet approved on Tuesday a further 27 billion baht ($807.17 million) in relief measures and extended a scheme to boost domestic travel to the end of February, as the ...
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Hospital operator Mediclinic gets Africa’s first sustainability-linked loan
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Mediclinic has refinanced 8.45 billion rand ($575.26 million) in loans through Rand Merchant Bank, the hospital operator said on Tuesday, in what the bank descr...
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UK’s first green gilt headed for record $123 billion demand
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors have placed more than 90 billion pounds ($123 billion)in orders for Britain's first green government bond, one of the bookrunners on the transaction said on Tuesday -- a f...
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Japan’s land prices fall as COVID-19 hurts tourism, domestic demand
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese land prices fell for the second straight year as the country's closed borders and state of emergency curbs to combat the coronavirus pandemic hit demand fo...
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OECD: Still too early to ease economic support despite inflation spike
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - A rapid rebound in global growth is on track but it is too early for governments and central banks to withdraw exceptional support for their economies despite a spike...
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Exclusive: India plan for tighter e-commerce rules faces internal government dissent – documents
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's plan to tighten rules on its fast-growing e-commerce market has run into internal government dissent, memos reviewed by Reuters show, with the Ministry of...
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Crop merchant Louis Dreyfus posts jump in first-half profit
PARIS (Reuters) -Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) reported on Tuesday a sharp rise in first-half profit, a further sign that climbing commodity prices and strong demand for staple crops are boosting earnin...
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Migrants on school buses? Texas town feels caught in the middle
By Alexandra Ulmer DEL RIO, Texas (Reuters) - Many residents of the Texan border town of Del Rio have been saying for months that they feel abandoned by the federal government as border arrests hit 20...
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George Holliday, who shot video of police beating Rodney King, dies
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - George Holliday, the plumber who shot video of Los Angeles police officers beating Black motorist Rodney King in 1991, has died at a hospital in California due to complic...
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Denmark needs more wind, solar to hit emissions target, lobby says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark risks falling short of its 2030 climate targets unless it builds far more wind and solar farms and overcomes bureaucracy and local resistance to turbines, lobby group Wi...
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