BT ready to play part in fiber roll-out, on track after first quarter

BT, Britain's biggest broadband provider, said it was ready to play its part in achieving new Prime Minister Johnson's ambition to roll-out full-fiber across the country as it beat market expectations for first-quarter trading on Friday.


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Exclusive: Foxconn eyes sale of $8.8 billion China plant amid trade war woes - sources

Taiwan's Foxconn is exploring the sale of its new $8.8 billion display panel factory in China, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as demand for the product wanes amid an intensifying U.S.-China trade war.


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Tencent, Nintendo to localize Switch games for China

Tencent and Nintendo said on Friday they were working together to localize the Japanese gaming firm's well-known Switch games for the Chinese market and set up a server through the Chinese company's cloud service.


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Exclusive: Foxconn exploring sale of $8.8 billion display plant in China - sources

Taiwan's Foxconn is exploring the sale of its upcoming $8.8 billion display panel factory in China, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as demand for the product wanes amid an intensifying U.S.-China trade war.


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Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter dies at family compound in Massachusetts: NYT

A 22-year-old granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy died on Thursday following an apparent overdose at the family's compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, the New York Times reported.


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Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter dies at family compound in Mass.: New York Times

A granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy died on Thursday following an apparent overdose at the family's compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, the New York Times reported.


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Democratic candidates Biden and Harris chafe at debate limits

U.S. Democratic presidential rivals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris expressed frustration on Thursday with a debate format they said left them little time to explain their views and led to the combative exchanges featured in the first two debate rounds.


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Pelosi defends Baltimore, her childhood home, against Trump's attacks

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday defended Baltimore, the city where she grew up, against repeated verbal attacks by President Donald Trump, and she charged that the president's own son-in-law was a "slumlord" there.


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Alaska boaters likely killed by falling glacier ice, officials say

The bodies of three boaters from Europe who died in an Alaska lake were surrounded by frozen debris, a sign that the victims were killed by ice that fell from the melting glacier that feeds the lake, officials in the city of Valdez said on Thursday.


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Thomson Reuters sales rise 9%, raises outlook

Thomson Reuters Corp on Thursday reported a 9% rise in quarterly sales compared to the same period a year ago, while also raising its forecasts for the next two years.


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