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KLM CEO says company will repay 3.4 billion euro coronavirus loans
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The chief executive of Air France-KLM's Dutch arm said on Friday the company would repay the 3.4 billion euros ($4.0 billion) in emergency government-backed loans it was taking o...
Jul 31, 2020
France's Veran: local authorities can now make face masks mandatory in outdoor public spaces
PARIS (Reuters) - French Health Minister Olivier Veran said local government officials will now be able to make wearing face masks in outdoor public spaces mandatory to curb the spread of COVID-19. "T...
Jul 31, 2020
Italy's GDP slumps unprecedented 12.4% in second quarter, but better than analysts had feared
ROME, (Reuters) - Italy's economy shrank 12.4% in the second quarter from the previous three months, preliminary data showed on Friday, as activity nosedived during the coronavirus pandemic, but the f...
Jul 31, 2020
Former FIFA president Blatter calls for Infantino to be suspended
BERN (Reuters) - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for his successor, Gianni Infantino, to be suspended by the global soccer body after criminal proceedings were opened against Infantino i...
Jul 31, 2020
MLB roundup: Bieber sets 2-game strikeout mark
Shane Bieber pitched eight shutout innings and entered the major league record books with 13 more strikeouts as the Cleveland Indians blanked the Minnesota Twins 2-0 Thursday night at Minneapolis. Bie...
Jul 31, 2020
Ukraine welcomes 'constructive' Iran talks but no details on plane crash compensation yet
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday that talks with Iran about the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January were constructive but it was too early to say how muc...
Jul 31, 2020
PM Orban expects investment boom in Hungarian economy in 2021
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's economy will benefit from an investment boom in 2021 as a result of government programmes to help local companies, provided the country can prevent a second wave of the ...
Jul 31, 2020
Nine killed in Crimea minibus crash after driver falls asleep at wheel
MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed after a minibus crashed in Crimea in the early hours of Friday, authorities in the Russian-annexed peninsula said. The driver of the microbus, which...
Jul 31, 2020
Iran's Khamenei rejects talks with U.S. over missile, nuclear programmes: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a live speech on state TV on Friday, ruled out negotiations with the United States over Tehran's ballistic missile and nuclear progra...
Jul 31, 2020
UK house prices jump by most in 11 years in July
LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices jumped by the most in 11 years this month, reversing about half their losses due to the impact of COVID-19 on a surge in pent-up demand, figures from mortgage l...
Jul 31, 2020
