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Wales travel far to take on Switzerland in Baku at Uefa Euro 2020

From schoolboy to the national team, Dylan Levitt has come a long way since Wales went a long way at the last European Championship. The Welsh reached the semifinals at Euro 2016 in their tournament debut, inspiring the likes of Levitt to work his way into the team for this year's edition. Growing up watching that team, watching the games in the school hall. Every game, if I wasn't in school I'd be watching it with my mates and my family, the 20-year-old Wales winger said Wednesday. I don't get bored with (hearing about) it really, I just want to remake it. Watching those games gave me more hunger to be in the next tournament. Levitt and his teammates, a group that includes including Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, will open their Euro 2020 campaign on Saturday against Switzerland in faraway Azerbaijan. Baku is nearly 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles) from Wales on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Azerbaijan allows foreign fans to make the journey despite the pandemic, but there will be

European shares hit record high, bond yields fall as inflation fears ease

The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 49 countries, gained 0.1%. Wall Street futures were flat.

Fans are allowed at Uefa Euro 2020, even if stadiums aren't full

A full house doesn't mean a full stadium for this year's coronavirus-impacted European Championship. All 11 host cities from Glasgow to St. Petersburg, and Sevilla to Bucharest have agreed to allow at least some fans into their stadiums for Euro 2020 matches. Restrictions related to the pandemic, however, could still affect the final numbers even with the tournament set to open on Friday in Rome. The most should be in the east, with Budapest, Baku and St. Petersburg expected to fill between 50% and 100% of capacity. In Hungary, that means a possible 68,000 fans the full stadium capacity for the Puskas Arena could be there to watch matches involving the host nation taking on both Cristiano Ronaldo and European champion Portugal, and Kylian Mbappe and World Cup champion France. Portugal and France will also play each other in the city, on June 23, with advancement to the round of 16 possibly on the line. Baku and St. Petersburg want their stadiums half full. In Azerbaijan, that

Tech Mahindra plans acquisition in Europe, hire 250 people in Nordic region

IT company Tech Mahindra is looking for acquisitions in Europe to upgrade its capabilities in various segments, including cloud computing, 5G, SAP and Salesforce softwares

Google says rival search engines can appear on Android in Europe for free

The changes will come into effect in September

French President Emmanuel Macron slapped by man in crowd

Two people have been arrested in this regard, according to media reports.

Europe sees progress in latest rounds of talk with Iran on nuclear deal

European diplomats say latest round of talks over Iran's nuclear program has made progress, expressing hope that agreement could soon be reached for Tehran to comply with a 2015 deal

Iran fails to explain uranium traces found at several sites: IAEA

It will now be up to the three European powers to decide whether to revive their push for a resolution criticising Iran

Samsung ups presence in Europe, Middle East, Africa in Jan-Mar quarter

Samsung expanded its presence in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) smartphone market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed on Monday

Only 30% of firms in US, Europe to embrace full return-to-office model

As offices set to reopen after the pandemic and vaccination drive, only 30 per cent of companies in the US and Europe will embrace a full return-to-office model, according to a new report

Game changers

The last thing world football needs is more games

TCS sees pandemic-driven boost in Europe as clients adopt new technologies

Europe has been the fastest growing region for TCS from where it gets about a third of its annual revenue of $22.17 bn

England coach Southgate names 33-member provisional Euro squad

Ben White, Ben Godfrey and Aaron Ramsdale received their first England call-ups as Gareth Southgate selected Trent Alexander-Arnold among 4 right-backs in his provisional European Championship squad

Global rebound euphoria tests central bankers' nerves on economic risk

Central banks bear some responsibility for financial-market fervor after huge doses of stimulus and liquidity injections to keep economies afloat

Snapchat hits 500 mn monthly active users; India sees 100% user growth

Popular social media platform Snapchat has reached over 500 million monthly active users, with roughly 40 per cent of its community located outside of North America and Europe

Robust sustainable solutions segment to drive growth for UPL in FY22

Market share gains, margin improvement are other positives for the stock

Infosys in strategic tie-up with Europe's top soft-drink maker Britvic

IT major will deliver European client's transformation roadmap and operations across applications, cloud infra, service management and end-user computing

Covid-19: Restrictions easing in US and Europe amid disaster in India

Air travel in the US hit its highest mark since Covid-19 took hold more than 13 months ago, while European Union officials are proposing to ease restrictions on visitors to the continent

European shares rally on bullish investor sentiment about global recovery

With China, Japan and Britain closed for public holidays, volumes were thin and Asian shares got off to a slow start, with most markets slipping into the red

Manchester United price tag set at 4 billion pounds, says report

The Glazers' 16-year control of Manchester United has been controversial since they took over after an acrimonious 790 million-pound battle.