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☆ Fisker's new electric pickup is one of the coolest Cybertruck and F-150 Lightning rivals yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US EV startup Fisker unveiled an electric pickup to take on the Tesla Cybertruck and Rivian R1T. The Fisker Alaska electric pickup truck. The Fisker Alaska electric pickup truck. The Fisker Alaska electric pickup truck. The Fisker Alaska electric pickup truck.

Persons: Fisker, Henrik Fisker, Fisker Fisker, There's, R1T, Ford Organizations: Tesla, Ford, GM, GMC Hummer EV, Toyota, Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV Locations: Alaska, California, Toyota Tacoma

☆ iPhone maker Foxconn to invest $600 million into phone and chip project in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Foxconn will invest more than $600 million in India as part of a phone manufacturing project and separately a semiconductor equipment facility, according to the government of the state of Karnataka. The phone project will create employment opportunities for 12,000 people, Patil said, while the semiconductor facility will generate employment for 1,000 people. Foxconn has also, with little success so far, tried to enter the semiconductor manufacturing area. Applied Materials was not immediately available for comment. Modi attended a semiconductor event in India last week, at which senior executives from big U.S. chip firms including Applied Materials and AMD were present.

Persons: Foxconn, B Patil, Patil, Narendra Modi, Modi, Young Liu Organizations: Materials, Vedanta, CNBC, Applied Materials, AMD Locations: Krakow, Poland, India, Karnataka, U.S, China

☆ Foxconn to invest $600 million in India's Karnataka to make iPhone components, chip equipment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Munsif Vengattil | Thomson Reuters | Munsif Vengattil Is A Reuters' India Technology Correspondent | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters was first to report the investment plans on Wednesday. The investment decisions follow a meeting between Foxconn Chairman Young Liu, Karnataka's IT minister Priyank Kharge, and Industries Minister MB Patil. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also attracting investors for semiconductor manufacturing, which is his key business agenda currently. In Karnataka, Foxconn will collaborate with Applied Materials on a project for making semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and create jobs for around 1,000 people. India's Tamil Nadu state has also announced that Foxconn will invest $194 million in a new electronic components manufacturing facility that will create 6,000 jobs.

Persons: Ann Wang, Foxconn, Young Liu, Priyank Kharge, Liu, Narendra Modi, Munsif, Aditya Kalra, Himani Sarkar, Jane Merriman, Mark Potter Organizations: REUTERS, Applied Materials, Reuters, Industries, Patil, Micron, Materials, Thomson Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, BENGALURU, India's Karnataka, China, Karnataka, India, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Bengaluru

☆ Battery maker IBC to set up plant in India's Karnataka for nearly $1 bln
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 1 (Reuters) - International Battery Company (IBC) has signed an investment pact worth 80 billion rupees ($971.89 million) with India's southern state of Karnataka to build a battery manufacturing facility, the state's minister said on Tuesday. The manufacturing facility will be spread across 100 acres in the state, Minister for Commerce & Industries, Infrastructure MB Patil said in a post on messaging platform X.Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday that the company would manufacture lithium-ion cells at the facility. IBC plans to begin production by 2025, Bloomberg News reported, citing Gunjan Krishna, commissioner at Karnataka's Industries and Commerce Department, adding that the private company is aiming to ramp up capacity to 10 gigawatt by 2028. The company, which met state government officials in June, had then expressed an interest in investing on battery production in Karnataka, Patil had said in a post in June. ($1 = 82.3140 Indian rupees)Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gunjan Krishna, Patil, Anirudh, Shailesh Organizations: International Battery Company, Commerce & Industries, Patil, Bloomberg, IBC, Bloomberg News, Karnataka's Industries, Commerce Department, Thomson Locations: Karnataka, Bengaluru

☆ How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Most focused on the potential for nuclear explosions to quickly excavate areas for construction projects at lower costs than conventional explosives. (Hamblin is the author of the book "The Wretched Atom: America's Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology.") Fly the radioactive skiesUS officials also hoped nuclear energy could be used for transportation. Nicknamed the "pan-atomic canal," nuclear explosions would have carved a sea-level waterway through Nicaragua, Panama, or Colombia, per Forbes. Corbis via Getty ImagesFor Hamblin, the concept of "peaceful nuclear explosions" fell out of favor in the mid-70s.

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[1/5] Kazuyuki Tanioka, the owner of Japanese cuisine Toya restaurant, prepares a sashimi dish, during an interview with Reuters, in Beijing, China July 25, 2023. China is the biggest importer of Japanese seafood. Shortly after the 2011 tsunami and earthquake damaged the Fukushima plant, it banned the import of food and agricultural products from five Japanese prefectures. The latest import restrictions were imposed this month after the United Nation's nuclear watchdog approved Japan's plans to discharge the treated water. "Our main focus is to source seafood within China or sourcing from other foreign suppliers," Tanioka said.

Persons: Tanioka, Tingshu Wang, It's, Toya, Kenji Kobayashi, Fukuoka, Duan, restaurateurs, Martin Quin Pollard, Chris Gallagher, Tom Bateman, Mariko Katsumura, Xiaoyu Yin, Justin Fung, Miral Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, United, Aomori, Aomori Chuosuisan Co, Japan, Beijing, Thomson Locations: Toya, Beijing, China, Tingshu Wang BEIJING, Kumamoto, Japan, Aomori Chuosuisan, Hong Kong, Tokyo

☆ Newlywed soldiers on Ukraine's frontline dream of growing old together: 'The main thing is to survive'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Two soldiers on the frontline of battle in Ukraine paused their military duties to get married. After a short honeymoon, the pair will return to fight in Donetsk, as they dream of growing old together. The pair's modest wedding was planned and donated to them by a Ukrainian charity that typically provides supplies for female soldiers such as combat uniforms and boots. "We will live," The Times reported Merezhko said after the ceremony. Dluzhynska's hope for the future was even simpler than her new husband's: "The main thing is to survive," she said.

Persons: Merezhko, Yuliia Dluzhynska, Dluzhynska, Khrystyna, Lyuta Organizations: Service, New York Times, Zemliachky, Times Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russian

☆ Crisis-hit Sri Lanka invites Japan to resume investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Uditha Jayasinghe | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

COLOMBO, July 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka on Saturday invited Japan to resume investment in projects including power, roads and ports, after the Japanese foreign minister wrapped up the first high-level visit to the crisis-hit country in nearly four years. Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said his country was seeking Japanese investment in sectors such as power, infrastructure, dedicated investment zones as well as in the green and digital economies. Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is in Colombo as part of a multi-country diplomatic tour including India, South Africa, Uganda and Ethiopia. Sri Lanka, which lies along key shipping routes in the Indian Ocean, has become a hot spot for influence between India and Japan on the one side and China on the other. Japan is Sri Lanka's second biggest bilateral lender, after China, with about $2.7 billion in outstanding loans, according to latest finance ministry data.

Persons: Ali Sabry, Sabry, Yoshimasa Hayashi, Uditha Jayasinghe, Lincoln Organizations: Saturday, Sri Lanka Foreign, Japan's, Thomson Locations: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Japan, Colombo, India, South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia, Maldives, China, Sri

☆ Kenya's opposition holds vigils for slain and injured protesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has repeatedly called for acts of civil disobedience against a government he accuses of raising the cost of living and consolidating power. Police killed 37 people during the protests, Kenyan rights group Independent Medico-Legal Unit said earlier this week, while Azimio claims at least 50 people were slain. The interior ministry said on Wednesday claims that security forces committed extrajudicial killings or used excessive force were false and malicious. On Wednesday Odinga, Musyoka and other opposition figures visited injured protesters at two hospitals in the capital Nairobi. Ruto has said he also would not allow Odinga into his government, but was open to meeting him.

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☆ Airlines shares hit turbulence on Alaska's dour forecast, RTX engine problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900ER airplane prepares to land at Vancouver's international airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ben Nelms/File PhotoJuly 25 (Reuters) - U.S. airlines stocks tumbled on Tuesday as investors were spooked by downbeat forecasts from Alaska Air Group (ALK.N) and a warning on jet engines by aerospace giant RTX (RTX.N). Alaska's shares plunged 11.2% in morning trade, dragging United Airlines (UAL.O), American Airlines (AAL.O), Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) and Delta Air (DAL.N) down between 2.5% and 5%. Jetblue's shares fell about 5%, while those of ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines declined about 3%. Paris-listed shares of Airbus (AIR.PA) fell 2%.

Persons: Ben Nelms, Stephen Trent, Whitney, Art Hogan, You've, Shivansh, Johann M Cherian, Tim Hepher Organizations: Alaska Airlines Boeing, REUTERS, Alaska Air Group, Investors, Citi, United Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Delta Air, Raytheon, Pratt, Airbus, Riley Wealth, Spirit Airlines, Jetblue Airways, Thomson Locations: Richmond , British Columbia, Canada, Alaska, Boston, Paris, Bengaluru

☆ Sri Lanka parliament passes anti-corruption bill without vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Uditha Jayasinghe | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

COLOMBO, July 19 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's parliament approved an anti-corruption bill on Wednesday, aimed at improving governance in the crisis-hit country and meeting requirements linked to a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The legislation was passed without a vote in the 225-member parliament. "The bill is passed with amendments," Sri Lanka parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told lawmakers after more than two dozen pages of amendments were included into the draft legislation during the morning session. The Anti-Corruption Bill increases the powers and resources allocated to Sri Lanka's Bribery and Corruption Commission, which is mandated with carrying out major investigations. "We welcome the law, but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating," said Sankhitha Gunaratne, Deputy Executive Director, Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL).

Persons: Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Sankhitha Gunaratne, Uditha Jayasinghe, Himani Sarkar, Christian Schmollinger, Emma Rumney Organizations: International Monetary Fund, IMF, United Nations, Sri, Corruption Commission, Sri Lanka, Thomson Locations: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Asia

☆ UBS investors warm to Credit Suisse deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Oliver Hirt | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Several fund managers who hold UBS stock have told Reuters they think UBS has bought Credit Suisse at a good price, with some even describing it as a steal. "UBS got Credit Suisse for practically nothing, so accordingly the deal will work out for them," another investor told Reuters. Still, UBS inherits a troubled legacy at Credit Suisse, said Thomae, pointing to legal risks which UBS has said could cost billions of dollars. Rivals have poached entire teams from Credit Suisse, he said, and some clients are likely to follow them. Deka's Thomae said UBS and Credit Suisse together would have a market share in Switzerland that is just within acceptable limits.

Persons: Colm Kelleher, Guy de Blonay, Andreas Thomae, Thomae, de Blonay, De Blonay, JP Morgan, Kian Abouhossein, Julius Baer, Deka's Thomae, Oliver Hirt, John Revill, David Holmes Organizations: Credit Suisse, UBS, Switzerland's, Reuters, Jupiter Asset Management, CS, Swiss, UBS AG, Credit Suisse AG, STATE, Deka Investment, Fund, Rivals, Suisse, JP, Suisse's, Investors, Credit, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Suisse's Swiss, Switzerland

☆ Netanyahu ejects party activist over Holocaust mockery at judicial protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, July 16 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the ejection on Sunday of an activist from his Likud party who mocked the Holocaust while heckling anti-government protesters, in remarks that suggested ethnic tensions beneath a constitutional crisis. "We will not tolerate such disgraceful behaviour in the Likud movement," Netanyahu said in a statement on the ouster of Zarka, for years a towering figure at party campaign events. Denying the Holocaust, questioning its scale or celebrating it is punishable by five years' in jail under Israeli law. The historical catastrophe is an issue that generally unites Jews, and Zarka's remarks were condemned across the political spectrum. Critics of the proposed judicial reforms argue that Netanyahu seeks to curb court independence even as he argues his innocence in a long-running corruption trial.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Beit Shean, Netanyahu, Zarka, Zarka's, Dan Williams, Frances Kerry Organizations: Likud, Thomson Locations: Beit, Germany

☆ Timothee Chalamet debuts as Willy Wonka in prequel's first trailer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File PhotoLONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Timothee Chalamet follows in the footsteps of Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp to play Willy Wonka in a new prequel film that looks at how Roald Dahl's fictional character came to love chocolate. The film, out in December, is set before the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", starring Wilder as Wonka in an adaptation of Dahl's beloved 1964 book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The new movie sees Wonka arriving in a fictional European city, which is home to master chocolatiers. Like Wilder, and Depp in the 2005 film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Chalamet is dressed in Wonka's top hat and long jacket. The trailer also shows Chalamet's famous co-stars, including Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa.

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☆ CNBC ranks Alaska at bottom of annual Top States for Business
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCNBC ranks Alaska at bottom of annual Top States for BusinessScott Cohn, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Alaska's plans to transform the state's economy through the sale of carbon credit offsets, Alaska's carbon capture plans, and the state's effort detether itself from volatility in oil production.

Persons: Scott Cohn Organizations: CNBC, Alaska, States

☆ Alaska, America's worst state for business, pins hopes on a post-oil boom in carbon offsets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Scott Cohn | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

More than any other state, Alaska is dependent on oil. As much as 85% of the state's unrestricted general fund revenue comes from oil production, according to state estimates. But oil production has been in long-term decline in the state, which was once America's No. Alaska's crude production in 2022 was roughly equal to that of Oklahoma, and it hit the lowest level since 1976, according to Energy Department data. This trend helps explain why Alaska's economy performed worse than any other state last year, according to the Commerce Department, shrinking by 2.4%.

Persons: that's, Mike Dunleavy, Dunleavy Organizations: Energy Department, Commerce Department, Frontier, Business, Education, Alaska, Republican, SB Locations: Alaska, Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, States

☆ Timothee Chalamet debuts as Wonka in prequel's first trailer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

☆ One killed as heavy rain triggers landslides in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TOKYO, July 10 (Reuters) - Torrential rain triggered landslides that killed at least one person and prompted authorities to order tens of thousands of people to leave their homes on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu on Monday. One woman in her 70s was killed when a landslide hit her house in Fukuoka prefecture, public broadcaster NHK said. Another three people were missing after a landslide hit two homes in Saga prefecture, NHK said. The highest-level warning for heavy rain was issued in parts of Fukuoka and Oita prefectures. "The rain is becoming so heavy unlike anything seen before," the official said.

Persons: Satoshi Sugimoto, Daniel Leussink, Satoshi Sugiyama, Stephen Coates Organizations: NHK, Japan Meteorological Agency, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Kyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, Saga, Fukuoka, Oita, Hiroshima, Hakata

☆ Sri Lanka's central bank says more rate cuts are needed for economy to 'bounce back'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jihye Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

watch nowDebt-ridden Sri Lanka may need to cut interest rates again to further boost growth in its economy, according to the head of its central bank. Nandalal Weerasinghe, governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, told CNBC Friday that there will be more rate cuts to come, even after the central bank lowered its policy rate for a second consecutive month from 12% to 11% on Thursday. Asked if additional rate cuts will be needed, the governor answered: "Of course." He pointed to falling inflation rates in the Sri Lankan economy. Sri Lanka's total debt has exceeded $83 billion, the Associated Press reported, including foreign debt of $41.5 billion and $42.1 billion of domestic debt.

Persons: Nandalal Weerasinghe, Weerasinghe, CNBC's, Ishara, Kodikara, Stocks Organizations: Central Bank of Sri, CNBC, Afp, Getty, Sri, International Monetary Fund, Colombo, Associated Press Locations: Sri Lanka, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Sri, Colombo

☆ Sri Lanka's central bank governor expects economic recovery to begin in second half
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSri Lanka's central bank governor expects economic recovery to begin in second halfNandalal Weerasinghe, governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, explained that consumer confidence is coming back and the currency is appreciating. He also discussed the implementation of new reforms.

Persons: Weerasinghe Organizations: Central Bank of Sri Locations: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) cut its standing deposit facility rate and standing lending facility rate to 11% and 12%, respectively, from 13% and 14% previously. This follows a 250 bps cut at its last policy meeting in June. The central bank raised rates by a record 950 bps last year to tame inflation and by 100 bps on March 3. Sri Lanka's key inflation index peaked at 70% year-on-year in September and has come down gradually. "Now that they are bringing down rates fast, they will issue very long-term bonds and reduce borrowing costs for the government.

Persons: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, CBSL, Sri, Dimantha Mathew, Uditha Jayasinghe, Swati Bhat, Sudipto Ganguly, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: International Monetary Fund, Central Bank of Sri, First, Thomson Locations: COLOMBO, Lanka's, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) cut its standing deposit facility rate (SDFR) and standing lending facility rate (SLFR) to 11% and 12%, respectively, from 13% and 14% previously, in line with expectations. The 200 basis point cut follows a 250 bps cut at its last policy meeting in June. The central bank raised rates by a record 950 bps last year to tame inflation and by 100 bps on March 3. Sri Lanka's key inflation index peaked at 70% year-on-year in September and has come down gradually. Analysts expect more rate cuts in coming months to aid economic recovery and reduce borrowing costs for corporates and the government.

Persons: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, CBSL, Sri, Dimantha Mathew, Thilina Panduwawala, Sudipto Ganguly, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: International Monetary Fund, Central Bank of Sri, First, corporates, Frontier Research, Thomson Locations: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Central Bank of Sri Lanka

☆ People are 'hot bedding,' or sharing a bed with a stranger and sleeping in shifts to save money on rent
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hot bedding typically involves strangers sharing a bed to save on rent. Similar to hot desking, hot bedding typically entails tenants coordinating shifts for bed use. In a 2021 survey, 3% of international college students living in Australia reported hot bedding. Hot bedding involves sharing a bed with a stranger, usually while sleeping in shifts. Do you participate in hot bedding, either as a tenant or landlord — or know someone who does?

Persons: —, Priyanka, she's, Millennials, Nadia Abdullah, Judith Allonby Organizations: Service, SBS News, SBS, Australian Bureau, Statistics, Immigrants, University of Technology Sydney, Washington Post Locations: Australia, Melbourne, India, Sydney, Canadian

☆ A pig farm on the site of a Nazi 'Roma camp' is finally demolished. After decades of campaigning, Czech victims of Roma Holocaust are getting their memorial
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

He had spent decades campaigning for the pig farm to be torn down. Jana Kokyová is the chair of the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust in the Czech Republic. “During communism and even long after the revolution, nobody wanted to admit there was such a thing as a Roma Holocaust, it was not something you would speak about openly.”Many of Rudolf Murka's ancestors perished in the Roma Holocaust. However, it took another two decades for the government to finally act on the most obvious symbol of anti-Roma discrimination, the Lety pig farm. Čeněk Růžička poses with a pick during the official start of the demolition of the industrial pig farm on the site of the Lety camp.

Persons: Czech Republic CNN — Čeněk, “, ”, Jana Kokyová, Růžička’s, Ivana Kottasova, Bětka, Bětka’s, grandma, ” Kokyová, Kokyová, Růžičková, Růžičková’s, Čeněk, ” Růžička, Rudolf Murka, ” Murka, Jana Horváthová, –, Horváthová, “ It’s, Sinti, Murka, “ We’d, we’d, Rudolf Murka's, Josef Serinek, Zdenek Serinek’s, Josef, Zdenek, Marie Zemanová, grandpa, ‘ White, ’ ” Zdenek, Tomas Novak, Andrej Babiš, ” Václav Klaus, ” Horváthová, Růžička, Tibor Danihel, Václav Havel, Tibor Berki, ’ ”, Berki’s, Petr Pavel, Havel’s Organizations: Czech Republic CNN, Nazi, Communist, Roma, Czech Committee, CNN, Moravian Roma, Czech, of Romani, Czech government’s, Roma Minority Affairs, Czechoslovak, Former, Czech Helsinki Committee, CNN Roma, Getty Locations: Czech Republic, Lety, Prague, Roma, Bohemia, Moravia, Europe, Auschwitz, Germany, Czech, German Nazi, Hodonín, Brno, Europe’s Roma, West Germany, Czechoslovak, Czech Helsinki, Písek, South Moravia, “

☆ Azarenka feeling the love on Wimbledon return
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Christian Radnedge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

As part of their return, players from the two nations are playing as neutrals and are not allowed to receive state funding or have sponsorship from Russian or Belarusian companies. Britain is a major ally of Ukraine and continues to provide military support but there was no animosity from the crowd towards former world number one Azarenka as she edged past China's Yuan Yue 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the first round. "There are of course some incidents sometimes happens (at other events), but I felt like I was very welcomed everywhere. The world number two begins her Wimbledon campaign against Hungary's Panna Udvardy on Tuesday. Reporting by Christian Radnedge, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Victoria Azarenka, China’s Yue Yuan, Andrew Couldridge, Azarenka, Yuan Yue, Vika, Aryna Sabalenka, Hungary's Panna Udvardy, Christian Radnedge, Ed Osmond Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Victoria, Wimbledon, ATP, WTA, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Belarus, China’s Yue Yuan REUTERS, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Belarusian

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