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Nigeria's Bolaji wins first badminton medal for Africa
September 02, 2024 08:12 PM AEST| By EODHDMariam Eniola Bolaji of Nigeria became the first African athlete to win a badminton medal at a Games - Olympics or Paralympics -when she clinched bronze in the women's singles SL3 at the Paris Paralym...

Biden, Harris campaign in Pennsylvania as Israel crisis intensifies
September 02, 2024 08:08 PM AEST| By EODHDU.S. President Joe Biden will join Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail this week for the first time since Harris replaced him at the top of the Democratic ticket, but the discovery of I...

Scorching-hot Cubs welcome scuffling Pirates
September 02, 2024 08:07 PM AEST| By EODHDThe Chicago Cubs are piling up runs and winning games in impressive fashion.

Invitation to Vaisala’s Capital Markets Day 2024
September 02, 2024 08:00 PM AEST| By EODHDVaisala Group Vaisala Corporation Press release September 2, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. (EEST) Invitation to Vaisala’s Capital Markets Day 2024 Vaisala invites institutional investors and analysts to its Capi...

Back home after successful trip, Mets battle Red Sox
September 02, 2024 07:55 PM AEST| By EODHDThe New York Mets went on a challenging road trip and returned home in a better position to make a charge at the final National League wild-card berth over the final weeks of the season.

Russia's Putin says his young family members speak fluent Mandarin Chinese
September 02, 2024 07:47 PM AEST| By EODHDRussian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that young members of his family speak fluent Mandarin, though he told school children they should not forget the importance of English too despite the...

Russian pipeline gas exports to Europe down 2% in August, calculations show
September 02, 2024 07:41 PM AEST| By EODHDRussian energy giant Gazprom's average daily natural gas supplies to Europe declined in August by 2% from July and 2.3% year on year, Reuters calculations showed on Monday.

Apple Helped Nix Part of a Child Safety Bill. More Fights Are Expected.
September 02, 2024 07:30 PM AEST| By EODHDAs lawmakers debate how to regulate teen smartphone use, Apple is pushing back on efforts for it to enforce age restrictions. Continue reading View comments

China moves to 'eliminate' money worship, undesirable trends in financial sector
September 02, 2024 07:30 PM AEST| By EODHDChina's financial regulators have ordered the securities, funds and futures industries to "eliminate" undesirable trends such as money worship, extravagance and excessive speculation in the latest sig...

Rays face Twins with eyes late-season playoff push
September 02, 2024 07:29 PM AEST| By EODHDIf the Tampa Bay Rays hope to make a run at making the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season, a good time to start would be Monday evening in the opener of a four-game series against the visiting Mi...

Finland's Fortum starts using U.S. nuclear fuel in bid to reduce Russian dependence
September 02, 2024 07:00 PM AEST| By EODHDFinnish utility Fortum said on Monday it has successfully started using nuclear fuel from U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric as it seeks to replace Russian nuclear fuel at its Loviisa power plant in Fin...

Germany extends trusteeship over Rosneft assets, sources say
September 02, 2024 06:47 PM AEST| By EODHDGermany will extend its trusteeship over the local units of Russia's Rosneft for six more months in anticipation of a sale of the assets to Qatar, two people familiar with matter told Reuters on Monda...

Russia says Telegram boss Durov is a victim of his own independence
September 02, 2024 06:44 PM AEST| By EODHDPavel Durov, the Telegram boss arrested in France, was "too free" in his approach to running the social media platform, and this was his undoing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

South Africa's Transnet reports higher loss in latest financial year
September 02, 2024 06:41 PM AEST| By EODHDSouth African state-owned logistics group Transnet made a larger loss of 7.3 billion rand ($408.72 million) in the year to the end of March 2024, up from a 5.1 billion rand loss a year earlier, it sai...

South Korea denies hospital emergency rooms collapsing as army doctors deployed
September 02, 2024 06:31 PM AEST| By EODHDSouth Korea's health ministry said on Monday it was deploying military doctors to assist in some hospital emergency rooms due to a shortage of medical staff, but disputed a warning by some physicians...

Downturn in German manufacturing accelerates, PMI shows
September 02, 2024 06:04 PM AEST| By EODHDThe downturn in Germany's manufacturing sector, which accounts for about a fifth of Europe's biggest economy, continued to gather pace in August, a survey showed on Monday.

Italian manufacturing downturn eases in August, survey shows
September 02, 2024 06:01 PM AEST| By EODHDItalian manufacturing activity contracted for a fifth month running in August but at a slower pace than the month before, a survey showed on Monday, suggesting the worst of a long-running factory slum...

Sibanye flags loss after $420 mln US asset writedown
September 02, 2024 05:57 PM AEST| By EODHDSibanye Stillwater on Monday said it will report a half-year loss hurt by a 7.5 billion rand ($420 million) writedown on its U.S. assets reflecting sliding palladium prices.

French factory activity contracts in Aug at fastest pace since Jan, PMI shows
September 02, 2024 05:56 PM AEST| By EODHDFrance's manufacturing activity contracted at its fastest pace since January in August, as output and new orders fell sharply, a survey showed on Monday.

Alstom closes sale of N.American signalling business to Knorr-Bremse
September 02, 2024 05:54 PM AEST| By EODHDFrench train maker Alstom said on Monday it had completed the sale of its North American conventional signalling business to Knorr-Bremse for $690 million.