BEIJING (Reuters) – A total of 67 million Chinese tourists traveled around the country on Friday as the nation’s Golden Week holiday drew to a close, state media reported, citing data from the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA). The number of holidaymakers at home on the sixth day of the national day holiday – one […]
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HELSINKI (Reuters) – He runs a company that is a byword for technological innovation — but Nokia’s chairman had no qualms about going back to school to learn more about artificial intelligence (AI). Risto Siilasmaa, 51, said he signed up this summer for online courses on AI programming run by Stanford University. “I realized that […]
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By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – New Zealand skipper Kieran Read affirmed his side’s desire to complete a second successive Rugby Championship with a 100 percent record but warned team mates not to underestimate beleaguered hosts South Africa at Newlands on Saturday. The world champions have already won the title for a fifth time […]
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(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal produced an assured display to beat big-serving American John Isner 6-4 7-6(0) at the China Open on Friday and set up a semi-final clash with third seed Grigor Dimitrov. The top-seeded Spaniard eased to his 59th victory of the year, breaking sixth seed Isner at 5-4 and holding his nerve to […]
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(Reuters) – Kei Nishikori is entered to play in the Australian Open, but the jury is still out on whether the Japanese can recover from a season-ending wrist injury in time for the year’s first grand slam, his manager said on Thursday. The 27-year-old, who was ranked fourth in the world in March, pulled out […]
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By Apeksha Nair (Reuters) – Gold hit its lowest in nearly two months in range-bound trade on Friday, as the dollar climbed to a more than seven-week high ahead of key U.S. jobs data later in the day. Spot gold was unchanged at $1,267.71 an ounce at 0705 GMT, after hitting its lowest since Aug. […]
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TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.3 struck off the eastern coast of Japan on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake struck 300 km (180 miles) east of Iwaki, Honshu, at a depth of 77.8 km, USGS said. (Writing by Nick Macfie; Editing by […]
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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) – A lengthy injury list in the bowling department poses a conundrum for South Africa as they decide on the line-up for the second test against Bangladesh starting on Friday, captain Faf du Plessis said. Morne Morkel is the latest victim, ruled out for six weeks by a side strain suffered […]
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By Abhishek Takle SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel was quickest in free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday with the Ferrari driver’s morning effort never coming under threat in a rain-shortened afternoon session that saw only five men completed timed laps. The opening day of track action at the Suzuka Circuit got […]
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By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) – Minutes after Japanese-born Briton Kazuo Ishiguro was announced as the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, Japanese took to Twitter to ask: “Who (the heck) is Kazuo Ishiguro?” For those who had never heard of the author of “The Remains of the Day” and other award-winning novels, […]
Read More By Claire Milhench LONDON (Reuters) – Imagine contact lenses that monitor glucose levels for diabetics, tiny implants to tackle chronic diseases, or algorithms that crunch data to predict illness rates. Rather than science fiction, these are examples of cutting-edge research being pioneered by biotech firms seeking to revolutionize healthcare from cradle to grave. Such work […]
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday it has approved HP Inc’s <HPQ.N> $1.1 billion purchase of Samsung Electronics’ <005930.KS> printer business with certain restrictions, citing concerns about the U.S. firm’s dominance of the domestic laser printer market. HP announced the deal in September 2016, hoping to disrupt the $55 billion copier market by focusing […]
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