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DiCaprio invests in cultivated meat start-ups Mosa Meat, Aleph Farms
(Reuters) - U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in and joining the advisory boards of Aleph Farms and Mosa Meat, the two cultivated meat start-ups said in a statement on Wednesday. "Mosa Meat an...
Sep 22, 2021
Nigerians offer artworks to British Museum in new take on looted bronzes
By Tife Owolabi and Estelle Shirbon BENIN CITY, Nigeria (Reuters) - A new guild of artists from Nigeria's Benin City has offered to donate artworks to the British Museum in London as a way to encourag...
Sep 22, 2021
Smartphone shipments in China in August fall 9.9% yr/yr -CAICT
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shipments of smartphones within China fell 9.9% year on year to 23.1 million handsets in August, the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT) reported on Wednesday....
Sep 22, 2021
Fashion label Valentino makes $690 hoodie to support COVID-19 vaccine
MILAN (Reuters) - Luxury label Valentino is producing a limited-edition, $690-apiece "(V) Vaccinated" hoodie using its V signature logo in support of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19, with pr...
Sep 22, 2021
Surge in UK fraud a national security threat, warn banks
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - A surge in fraud attacks on consumers since the pandemic has become a 'national security threat' for Britain requiring government-coordinated action across industrie...
Sep 22, 2021
Column: Dollar smiling from ear to ear
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Whether investors run for the hills or not after the past week's stock market shakeout, the episode provides a glimpse of where to run for cover - and the U.S. dollar ...
Sep 22, 2021
Germany’s Ifo institute cuts 2021 GDP growth forecast to 2.5%
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Ifo economic institute said on Wednesday it cut its growth forecast for Europe's largest economy for this year as supply chain disruptions and scarcity of intermediate goo...
Sep 22, 2021
UK carbon dioxide shortage spilling over into rest of Europe, Nippon Gases says – FT
LONDON (Reuters) - The carbon dioxide shortage that has struck Britain is spilling over into the rest of Europe, Nippon Gases, one of the world's largest distributors of the gas has warned, the Financ...
Sep 22, 2021
Canaries volcano lava gushes towards sea, eruption goes on
LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) - Lava poured from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma for a fourth day on Wednesday, blanketing houses and fields, a day after people with homes on the pat...
Sep 22, 2021
Bundesbank says Germany’s banking system strong despite pandemic
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's banking system is still robust despite a year and half of the COVID-19 pandemic but the crisis is not over yet, Bundesbank board director Joachim Wuermeling said on Wednes...
Sep 22, 2021
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