By Julie Zhu and Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) -The disappearance of a star Chinese dealmaker has left his bank struggling to reassure clients and staff, people with knowledge of the matter said on Monday, and has heightened concerns about “key man risk” for investors. Shares of China Renaissance Holdings fell by as much as …
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By Ali Kucukgocmen and Henriette Chacar ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake that killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Monday’s quake, this time with a magnitude …
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(Reuters) – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday Japan will host an online Group of Seven (G7) summit meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Japan is also planning to pledge another $5.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, Kishida told an online global event. The aim of the meeting is to confirm support …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s parliament on Monday voted to push ahead with a contested overhaul of the country’s judicial system championed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government that has sparked mass protests. Opposition in parliament vowed to “fight for the soul of the nation” while tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in the streets outside …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Scottish finance minister Kate Forbes on Monday became the latest candidate hoping to replace Nicola Sturgeon as the country’s first minister, but her stance on gay marriage upset some in her own party. Forbes, a 32-year-old Christian belonging to the governing Scottish National Party (SNP), was elected to parliament in …
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By Sudarshan Varadhan, Mubasher Bukhari and Ruma Paul LAHORE, Pakistan/DHAKA (Reuters) -With a little over a month to go for peak shopping season during Ramadan, the head of Pakistan’s retail industry body is shuttling between meetings, pressing officials to relax orders that forced malls to shut by 8.30 p.m. to save energy. More than 40% …
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By Scott Murdoch, Samuel Shen and Selena Li SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) -New rules laying out how Chinese companies can list outside mainland China will often mean getting a nod from several domestic government agencies, potentially making for a lengthy approval process, investment bankers say. On one hand, the rules provide clarity after a regulatory crackdown …
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By Anait Miridzhanian JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African power company Eskom expects record “Stage 6” outages, involving 10 hours daily without power, to remain until the peak hours late on Wednesday before they are reduced in intensity, Chief Executive Andre de Ruyter said on Monday. Eskom supplies the vast majority of power in Africa’s most industrialised …
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(Reuters) -Meta Platforms on Sunday announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a government ID and get a blue badge, as it looks to help content creators grow and build communities. The subscription bundle for Instagram and Facebook, to be launched later …
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(In Jan. 16 story, corrects the government’s description of the assailants in headline and first paragraph) By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Armed assailants kidnapped around 50 women searching for food in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum on Jan. 12 and 13, the government said on Monday. The mass kidnapping is a first in the …
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