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Business

BUSINESS

Nokia to raise 2021 outlook based on good first half

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/14/21

"Our performance in the first half provides a good foundation for the full year," said Pekka Lundmark, Nokia President and CEO

FILED - Demonstrators wave flags of Cuba during a rally in front of the Cuban Embassy in support of the island's government. Scores of people had demonstrated the day before in Havana and several other Cuban cities against the economy of scarcity and oppression. Observers spoke of the largest demonstrations in Cuba in decades. Photo: Jesus Vargas/dpa

World

DEMONSTRATIONS

Cuba sees rare mass protests against Communist government

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/13/21

US President Joe Biden expressed support for the demonstrators, while Russia warned the US against interfering in Cuban affairs.

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Nordics

NORDICS

Sweden unemployment rate falls in June

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/13/21

The youth unemployment rate, which is applied to the 18 to 24 age group, declined to 10.6% in June from 13.2% in last year

FILED - Spacecraft VSS Unity. British entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spacecraft VSS Unity reached space on Sunday with the billionaire and a crew of five on board, in another milestone for commercial space travel. Photo: ---/Virgin Galactic/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

'BILLIONAIRES SPACE RACE'

Billionaire Branson touches space in Virgin craft

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/12/21

The successful flight means Branson beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days

11 July 2021, United Kingdom, London: Italy players celebrate with the trophy after the final whistle of the UEFA EURO 2020 final soccer match between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

Sports

ITALY 1-1 ENGLAND

Football goes to Rome! Italy fight back to win Euro 2020 in England

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/12/21

Gareth Southgate's selection of kickers will be long questioned now

28 June 2021, Venezuela, Caracas: A vial of Cuba's Corona vaccine Abdala at a Venezuelan vaccination center. The first shipment of vaccine from Cuba is expected to provide an initial dose to 10000 people in Venezuela, according to Cuban authorities. Photo: Jesus Vargas/dpa

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Cuba approves self-developed Covid-19 vaccine Abdala

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/11/21

Abdala is the first vaccine against the coronavirus to be developed and approved in Latin America

FILED - 03 October 2013, Afghanistan, Kunduz: Bundeswehr soldiers walk across the dusty deployment site after a roll call. Germany has withdrawn the last Bundeswehr soldiers from Afghanistan, ending its mission in the country, sources told DPA on Tuesday evening. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

World

AFGHANISTAN

'It's our turn': Videos of Taliban at children's playground go viral

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/11/21

Hundreds of Afghans commented on Twitter and on Facebook

10 July 2021, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: The Argentine national team cheers behind the trophy after winning the CONMEBOL Copa America Final soccer match against Brazil at The Maracana Stadium. Photo: Andre Borges/dpa

Sports

FOOTBALL

Argentina and Messi end long Copa America drought

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/11/21

Argentina had been Copa runners-up at four of the past seven tournaments

Model of the ferry MS Estonia in the Estonian Maritime Museum.
Photo: Leif Jørgensen/W. Commons.

National

M/S ESTONIA DISASTER

New investigations begun into 1994 Baltic ferry wreck

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/10/21

Researchers used a multi-beam echo sounder in work that continued until evening, when they broke off due to the high seas

30 June 2021, Lower Saxony, Wunstorf: Soldiers of the German Armed Forces get off an Airbus A400M transport aircraft of the German Air Force at an airfield. The last soldiers of the German Afghanistan mission have arrived at the air base in Lower Saxony. The mission had ended its operation in Afghanistan on Tuesday after almost 20 years. Photo: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa-Pool/dpa

World

AFGHANISTAN

Germany takes in "several hundred" Afghans after troop withdrawal

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/10/21

Travel documents have been issued for 446 local hires, such as translators and their families, the Defence Ministry said this week

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World

IMMIGRATION

Lithuania starts building fence amid influx of immigrants via Belarus

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/10/21

The installation of a barbed wire barrier has started, it will have a total length of 550 kilometres

07 July 2021, United Kingdom, London: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, talks with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin (L) in the stands prior to the start of the UEFA Euro 2020 semi-final soccer match between England and Denmark at Wembley Stadium. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire/dpa

Sports

EURO 2020

UEFA chief Ceferin against repeat of pan-continental Euros

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/9/21

"It is not fair to fans, who had to be in Rome one day and in Baku in the next (with) 4.5 hours flight," he said