Mask-shy Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan rain on opening parade
The Olympic teams of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan paraded mostly maskless through Tokyo’s National Stadium at Friday’s Games opening ceremony, marking an awkward contrast with other...
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EU regulator endorses use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in teens
Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday recommended approving the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in 12- to 17-year olds, paving the way for it to become...
Scrambling preparations leave Springboks vulnerable to Lion attack
South Africa will have to dust off the cobwebs and put aside disrupted preparations if they are to underline their status as world champions in...
Poundland owner to create 13,000 jobs across Europe
The owner of the discount chains Pepco, Poundland and Dealz, Pepco Group , plans to create about 13,000 net new jobs across Europe over the...
Hungry, thirsty soccer fans help UK retailers return to growth
British retail sales resumed their post-lockdown recovery in June after a surprise fall in May, as soccer fans watching the Euro 2020 tournament loaded up...
Osaka lights flame as Tokyo’s ‘games of hope’ open
Mixed-race Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the formal start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn...
Eurozone businesses boomed in July but confidence weakened
Eurozone business activity expanded at its fastest monthly pace in over two decades in July as the loosening of more COVID-19 restrictions gave a boost...
Slimmed-down ceremony to open pandemic-hit Olympics
The Tokyo Olympics opens on Friday with a ceremony reflecting a Games like no other, walking a fine line between celebrating the feats of the...
Australia tightens Sydney lockdown in ‘national emergency’ Covid-19 scare
Australia’s New South Wales state on Friday reported its biggest daily rise in new COVID-19 cases this year, prompting a tighter lockdown in Sydney in...
Israeli lunar landing venture says it secures $70 million for 2024 launch
An Israeli space group is on course to make its second attempt at an unmanned lunar landing in 2024 after securing $70 million in private...
Scandal-hit Olympics look to mend battered image
Battered by scandal on the eve of the opening ceremony, Tokyo 2020 organisers have the chance to patch up the Games’ image when they reveal...
ECB pledges low rates for longer as Delta variant threatens recovery
The European Central Bank pledged on Thursday to keep interest rates at record lows for even longer to boost sluggish inflation and warned that the...
Belgium raises flood death toll to 37, further six missing
Belgian authorities raised the death toll on Thursday from last week’s burst rivers and flash floods to 37, with a further six people missing. Belgium‘s...
Websites of airlines, banks, tech companies back online after brief global outage
Several airlines, banks and technology websites were coming back online on Thursday afternoon after a brief outage, the third such widespread incident noted in just a...
Mercedes-Benz hits accelerator in e-car race with Tesla
Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler plans to invest more than 40 billion euros ($47 billion) by 2030 to be ready to take on Tesla in an all-electric...
Italian fashion boss offers vaccine holdouts 6 months paid leave
Italian luxury boss Brunello Cucinelli is offering six months of paid leave to a handful of employees who have refused to vaccinate in order to...
Britain unveils plan to return NatWest to majority private control
Britain’s government on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for returning NatWest (NWG.L) to majority private ownership within a year, more than a decade since bailing out...
France, Argentina suffer shock defeats, Brazil win
France’s Olympic men’s football campaign got off to a dreadful start when they were thrashed 4-1 by Mexico while Argentina suffered a shock 2-0 loss...
Anger over Covid rules gives new impetus to France’s Yellow Vests
Working from his one-room apartment near Paris airport, Jerome Rodrigues has been trying to re-invigorate a Yellow Vest protest movement that two years ago challenged...