First COVID-19 case could have emerged in China in Oct 2019 – study
The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed on Friday.
EXCLUSIVE Facebook rejects talks with Australia publisher, may test online law
Australia’s competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook Inc (FB.O) refused a publisher’s request to negotiate a licensing deal, the regulator told Reuters, setting the stage for the first test of the world’s toughest online content law.
Amazon, Google face formal fake review inquiry in Britain
Britain’s competition regulator started a formal investigation on Friday into whether Amazon (AMZN.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) may not have done enough to prevent or remove fake reviews.
Reducing oil use to meet climate targets is tougher than cutting supply
NEW YORK/LONDON, June 25 (Reuters) – Governments around the world have been slow to take uncomfortable decisions to persuade consumers to cut energy consumption to help achieve climate targets, often because consumers are not ready to pay up or compromise their lifestyles. Researchers, policy makers and energy executives told a Reuters Energy Transition conference this […]
MLB roundup: Kyle Schwarber HRs twice to power Nats over Marlins
Kyle Schwarber clubbed two homers and drove in four runs, leading the blazing-hot Washington Nationals to a 7-3 win over the host Miami Marlins on Thursday night.
“Space is for everyone”: Europe’s Space Agency to hire first disabled astronaut
BERLIN, June 25 (Reuters) – The European Space Agency hopes to hire and launch the world’s first physically disabled astronaut and several hundred would-be para-astronauts have already applied for the role, ESA head Josef Aschbacher told Reuters on Friday. The 22-member space programme has just closed its latest decennial recruitment call for astronauts and received […]
FTC orders 7-Eleven, Marathon to divest over 200 retail fuel outlets
June 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday ordered 7-Eleven to sell over 200 retail outlets following its $21 billion acquisition of the Speedway fuel chain from Marathon Petroleum (MPC.N). Marathon Petroleum, which owned the Speedway chain, and 7-Eleven, owned by Japan’s Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd (3382.T), announced last month they had […]
A family’s vaccine hopes shattered in Brazil
As newly vaccinated people in countries such as the United States and Britain celebrate their freedom from the pandemic, the shots are coming too late for others in the rest of the world. A vicious COVID-19 variant cut through three generations of the large, close-knit Cunha family in Brazil. Within the space of six weeks, several would be intubated and four would die.
Visa to buy Swedish fintech Tink for $2.2 billion
Visa Inc (V.N) said on Thursday it had agreed a 1.8 billion euro ($2.2 billion) takeover of European open banking platform Tink, months after it ditched a planned acquisition of the startup’s U.S. rival Plaid.
Deutsche Bank taps Oracle to simplify its IT, cut costs
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has tapped software firm Oracle (ORCL.N) to simplify its information technology systems, enabling Germany’s top lender to cut costs, a Deutsche Bank board member said on Thursday.
