Empty jewellery shops plague India market as Dubai exports arrive - Reuters India

MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Physical gold dealers in India this week offered the highest discounts in more than one and a half months, as buyers stayed away even as more bullion flowed in from the United Arab Emirates.

FILE PHOTO: A saleswoman displays a gold necklace to a customer inside a jewellery showroom in Mumbai, India April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

On Friday, gold futures in India, traditionally the world’s second biggest gold consumer after China, were trading around 5


Amazon consumer business head Jeff Wilke to retire early next year - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc ( AMZN.O ) on Friday said its longtime executive and consumer chief Jeff Wilke plans to retire after more than two decades with the company, a decision that appeared to take him out of line to succeed CEO and founder Jeff Bezos.

Dave Clark, 47, another Amazon


Amazon's consumer business head Jeff Wilke to retire - reuters.com

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Friday Jeff Wilke, chief executive officer of its consumer business, would retire from early next year.

Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva


China promised to follow Phase One trade deal, Pompeo says - Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal and calling for the restoration of sanctions against Iran at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has promised to follow the Phase One trade deal reached with the United States, Secretary of State


Mexican president asks prosecutor to investigate new cash video, but defends brother - Reuters

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday said footage showing his brother receiving cash was not corruption because the money was for legitimate election funds, but that the prosecutor’s office should investigate the videos.

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

The fallout from the videos threatens to damage Lopez Obrador and his government at a time when Mexico is


Erdogan announces biggest Turkish gas find in Black Sea - Reuters UK

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey announced its biggest natural gas discovery on Friday, a 320 billion cubic metre (11.3 trillion cubic feet) Black Sea field which President Tayyip Erdogan said was part of even bigger reserves and could come onstream as soon as 2023.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the nation in Istanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS

If the gas can be commercially extracted, the discovery could transform

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Pfizer, BioNTech shares gain as more data backs vaccine candidate - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a sign outside Pfizer Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

(Reuters) - Shares of Pfizer Inc and U.S.-listed shares of partner BioNTech SE rose on Friday after they released additional data for their experimental coronavirus vaccine and reiterated they were on track to seek a regulatory review in October.

Pfizer has said repeatedly since June that it


West Nile virus outbreak kills two in southern Spain - Reuters

MADRID (Reuters) - The death toll in an outbreak of West Nile virus in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia has risen to two, after an 85-year old woman died in hospital, the regional health service said on Friday.

Twenty-five people in Seville province have tested positive for West Nile fever - the disease caused by the virus - with 23 admitted to hospital and seven in intensive care, the authorities said.

Transmitted mainly through mosquito bites, the virus can lead to a fatal neurological disease


GLOBAL MARKETS-Waning European recovery saps stocks momentum, knocks euro - Reuters

* Rally runs out of steam after Wall Street scales record peaks

* Euro suffers, dollar gains after disappointing data

* German, French, eurozone PMIs below expectations

* China’s yuan scales to seven-month high

By Karin Strohecker

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Sombre economic numbers including euro zone data pointing to a faltering recovery doused global stock market gains on Friday and saw the euro recoil further from recent peaks.

Global equities dipped into the red and the pan-European STOXX 600 gave away early


Stick or twist? Flick faces final tactical dilemma - Reuters UK

LISBON (Reuters) - Bayern Munich’s success in reaching the final of the Champions League has been built on a very distinct tactical approach but it is one that carries big risks against Paris St Germain, leaving coach Hansi Flick with a major dilemma.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Final - Bayern Munich v Paris St Germain Previews - Lisbon, Portugal - August 21, 2020 The statue of Eusebio is seen outside the Estadio da Luz ahead of the final REUTERS/Matthew Childs

Bayern play an aggressive

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