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U.S. to spend $625 million in five quantum information research hubs
By Jane Lanhee Lee SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday said it will provide $625 million over the next five years for five newly formed quantum information research hu...
Aug 26, 2020
Thai protest boycotts force businesses to pick sides
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - The owner of Burger King's franchise in Thailand became the latest company on Wednesday to bow to boycott calls by protesters who ac...
Aug 26, 2020
Thai minister says clampdown won’t stop as Facebook plans to fight order
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's digital minister vowed no relent on Wednesday in a crackdown on social media content deemed illegal and said it was unlikely Facebook would fo...
Aug 26, 2020
Euro zone economy growing according to ECB’s baseline, policymaker says
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - The euro zone economy is growing in line with the path the European Central Bank projected in June, and the bank's bond purchase scheme to help tackle the pandemic emergency is ...
Aug 26, 2020
Ex-U.S. ambassador quits Singapore firm linked to Newcastle United bidders
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The former U.S. ambassador to Singapore said he had resigned from the board of a firm in the city-state linked to a group bidding for English soccer club Newcastle United citing ...
Aug 26, 2020
European stocks nudge higher as stimulus hopes outweigh virus woes
(Reuters) - European stocks inched higher on Wednesday as hopes of additional stimulus for Germany and France outweighed worries about rising cases of COVID-19 across the continent. The German DAX ros...
Aug 26, 2020
French consumer confidence holds steady in August
PARIS (Reuters) - French consumer confidence held steady in August as unemployment fears eased further in the euro zone's second-biggest economy, a survey from the INSEE statistics agency showed on We...
Aug 26, 2020
French culture sector to get 2 billion euros in aid: PM Castex
PARIS (Reuters) - The French arts and culture sectors, which have been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis, will get 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in aid as part of the government's economic recovery pac...
Aug 26, 2020
New Zealand’s stock exchange hit by second cyber attack
(Reuters) - Trading on New Zealand's stock exchange was halted for several hours on Wednesday after what appeared to be a second offshore cyber attack in as many days, bourse operator NZX Ltd said. Th...
Aug 26, 2020
Additional German economic relief measures to cost 10 billion euros: Scholz
BERLIN (Reuters) - Additional measures agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners to cushion the impact of the coronavirus could cost Germany 10 bi...
Aug 26, 2020
