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Highlights: U.S. Open day one

NEW YORK(Reuters) – Highlights of the first day at the U.S. Open on Monday (times ET- GMT-4). The Grand Slam, the second this year after Wimbledon was cancelled and the French Open was postponed, is being played without spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic:... More »

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Europe’s north-south lockdown divide revealed by Google data

BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but one country, Sweden, stands out for allowing life to go on much as before, Google data show. An... More »

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Christmas tree app updates tradition in Estonia

KURESSAARE, Estonia (Reuters) – Estonians have always headed to the forests in their thousands to cut down Christmas trees, but these days they will probably have a smartphone in their hands. The state forestry company of Estonia, a country where almost all go... More »

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Pera, Cornet advance as thunderstorms rumble in the Bronx

(Reuters) – American Bernarda Pera and France’s Alize Cornet advanced to the second round with straight sets victories at the rain-hit Bronx Open in New York on Sunday. Pera, who lost to Veronika Kudermetova twice this year, got her revenge with a convincing 6... More »

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Feeling the heat? Estonian takes his sauna on the road, literally

TALLINN (Reuters) – A lot of Europe has felt like a sauna this month, which makes Willem Maesalu’s weird car seem even weirder: the bright yellow Audi 100 Avant is a rolling sauna. Maesalu, 29, got the idea to convert his car a couple of years ago, when he fou... More »

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Estonian center-right opposition wins elections

TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonia’s opposition center-right Reform party pulled off a surprise win over Prime Minister Juri Ratas’ governing center-left Centre party in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The results put Reform leader Kaja Kallas in the pole position ... More »

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Swedbank replaces EY with forensic auditors to investigate money…

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedbank said on Tuesday it had hired external forensic auditors to investigate information in a media report linking the bank to a Baltic money laundering scandal, replacing recently appointed audit firm EY. Sweden’s public broadcaster a... More »

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Russian rocket glitch to delay satellite launch for U.S. startup…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket set to carry satellites into space for U.S startup OneWeb has been delayed after an anomaly was discovered on the rocket, company chairman Greg Wyler said on Thursday. The rocket was set to take off next ... More »

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Tennis: Halep faces tricky test against Kanepi in Melbourne opener

(Reuters) – Simona Halep begins her Australian Open campaign against Kaia Kanepi on Tuesday in a rematch of their U.S. Open meeting which the world number one lost in straights sets. The Romanian has struggled for form and fitness since that first-round defeat... More »

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Factbox: Tennis – Simona Halep v Kaia Kanepi

(Reuters) – A look at the records of Romanian Simona Halep and Estonian Kaia Kanepi before their first-round match at the Australian Open on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-SIMONA HALEP Age: 27 WTA Ranking: 1 (Highest ranking: 1) Grand Slam titles: ... More »

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Poland and Lithuania agree to build undersea power cable

WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish and Lithuanian power grid operators said on Friday they had agreed to build a high voltage direct current (HVDC) underwater cable by 2025 as part of a plan to connect the electricity grids of the Baltic states with those of the Europe... More »

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Rallying: Ogier wins in Mexico to retake championship lead

(Reuters) – Sebastien Ogier regained the lead in the world rally championship on Sunday with victory in Mexico for the M-Sport Ford team. The five-times world champion finished one minute 13.6 seconds ahead of Spain’s Hyundai driver Dani Sordo with Britain’s K... More »

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Two-year race for top ECB jobs start next week

FILE PHOTO: Jens Weidmann, President of German Bundesbank attends the Generation Euro Students’ Award ceremony at the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt June 20, 2012. REUTERS/Alex Domanski/File Photo FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone... More »

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Merkel, Macron pledge to lead EU forward post-Brexit

French President Emmanuel Macron won backing from Angela Merkel for plans to reform the European Union after Brexit, founded on what the German chancellor called "intense" cooperation between Paris and Berlin. More »

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Juncker: grab Brexit chance to forge a tighter EU

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged European Union governments on Wednesday to use economic recovery and Brexit as springboards toward a closer union, built on an expanded euro zone and a pivotal role in world trade. More »

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Trump to promote U.S. natgas exports in Russia`s backyard

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an ‘Unleashing American Energy’ event at the Department of Energy in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump will use fast-growing supplies of U.S. natural gas as a polit... More »

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ECB`s Draghi drops reference to `downside risks` to economy

FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank President Mario Draghi (R) and his wife (L) arrive at the Petruzzelli Theatre during a G7 for Financial ministers in the southern Italian city of Bari, Italy May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo European Central... More »

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European history on repeat: Study finds evidence of `Brexit 1.0`

An illustration of what the land bridge connecting Britain to Europe may have looked like before the formation of the Dover Strait is seen in an image handed out by Imperial College London April 4, 2017. The foreground is around where the port of Calais is tod... More »

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Dijsselbloem furor could trigger jostling for top euro zone posts

FILE PHOTO: Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem holds a news conference during a Euro zone finance ministers emergency meeting on the situation in Greece in Brussels, Belgium June 27, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo By upsetting southern Europeans wit... More »

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Pence heads to Europe on reassurance tour

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks before swearing in Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will s... More »

Euro zone house prices keep rising but no bubble yet: ECB

Pedestrians walk past the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski The euro zone housing market is on its best run since the global financial crisis but prices on average are still only in ... More »

NATO to send troops to deter Russia, some allies want more

BRUSSELS Britain, Germany and the United States advanced plans on Tuesday to spearhead a new NATO force on Russia’s border from next year, but some eastern allies said the alliance’s effort must go further to deter Moscow. Weeks before a critical NATO summit i... More »

Nasdaq says to develop blockchain services in Estonia

NEW YORK Exchange and clearing house operator Nasdaq Inc plans to develop several applications for blockchain, the technology underpinning the digital currency bitcoin, using its Estonian settling and clearing business, a senior Nasdaq executive said on Friday... More »

Factbox: Companies, organizations offer help for migrants

Companies and organizations are pledging to provide funds, goods and services to help thousands of migrants arriving in Europe from war-torn and impoverished countries. Companies are helping through both corporate and employee schemes. Following are some examp... More »

Venus and Serena set stage for huge quarter-final clash

NEW YORK The Williams Family show took center stage at the U.S. Open with Serena and Venus both cruising to straight set wins on Sunday to set up a monster quarter-final between the tennis siblings. Whenever the Williams sisters clash on court it is a major te... More »

Grand Slam-seeking Serena versus Venus in quarters

NEW YORK Serena Williams moved within three wins of achieving the fourth women’s calendar-year Grand Slam by routing fellow American Madison Keys on Sunday and setting up a U.S. Open quarter-final clash with sister Venus. Williams beat the 20-year-old Keys 6-3... More »

Factbox: Euro zone countries vote on Greek bailout

Here is a list of euro zone parliaments that must approve the new 86 billion euro ($96 billion) Greek bailout this week. Here is a list: TUESDAY, AUG. 18 AUSTRIA – Parliament subcommittee to meet on the bailout. ESTONIA – Parliament holds extraordinary session... More »

Some blame EU Commission for Greek obstinacy in debt talks

BRUSSELS Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Some euro zone countries are accusing the European Commission of giving Greece false hope of new loans for less reform effort, but they still want Brussels to find a way to keep a defiant Athens in the euro. Afte... More »