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September 23, 2021 WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday the country should aim for a 90%-plus rate of inoculation, and could drop strict coronavirus lockdown measures once enough people were vaccinated. New Zealand eliminated COVID-19 last year and remained largely virus-free until an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta […]

September 23, 2021 By Anshuman Daga and Andrew Galbraith SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China Evergrande agreed to settle interest payments on a domestic bond on Wednesday, while the Chinese central bank injected cash into the banking system, temporarily soothing fears of imminent contagion from the debt-laden property developer. Evergrande, Asia’s biggest junk-bond issuer, is so entangled […]

September 23, 2021 LUSAKA (Reuters) -Zambia’s president is due to meet officials at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, his spokesman said on Wednesday, as the southern African nation tries to secure a lending programme to help it emerge from a debt crisis. President Hakainde Hichilema’s spokesman, Anthony Bwalya, in a statement […]

September 23, 2021 RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Bruno Henrique scored twice in the first half as Brazilian side Flamengo beat Ecuador’s Barcelona 2-0 in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores semi-final on Wednesday. Flamengo, champions in 2019, took the lead after 21 minutes with a Bruno Henrique header before the former Santos and […]

September 23, 2021 BENGALURU (Reuters) – SoftBank Group-backed Indian hospitality startup Oyo Hotels and Rooms is expected to file for an initial public offering next week to raise around $1 billion, the Economic Times reported, citing banking sources. (Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur) Source Link SoftBank-backed Oyo to file for […]

September 23, 2021 HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cash-strapped developer China Evergrande Group said it held an internal meeting late on Wednesday night, in which its chairman urged company executives to ensure the quality delivery of properties and redemption of wealth management products. There is mounting political pressure on the company to act as homebuyers and […]

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September 23, 2021 JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities are monitoring the financial market situation in China, finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Thursday, and warned that property firm China Evergrande’s debt woes could affect the world’s economy. “We see a new risk to the financial system stability in China,” she told a news conference. […]

September 23, 2021 By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has filed a lawsuit against Neoen SA, saying the French firm’s Tesla “Big Battery” in South Australia did not provide backup power during four months in 2019 for which it had received payment. Neoen said it was disappointed with AER’s decision. It […]

September 23, 2021 By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares moved higher on Thursday, supported by some positive news from struggling developer China Evergrande Group, while the dollar held near a one-month top after the U.S. Federal Reserve took a hawkish tilt overnight. However, investors remained on edge about Evergrande’s future, with a […]

September 23, 2021 By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday, extending strong gains overnight with fuel demand growing and crude stocks declining as production remains hampered in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico after two hurricanes. The market was also supported by a broader switch back into risk assets as concerns eased […]

September 23, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings on Thursday cut its 2021 economic growth forecast for China to 8.1% from 8.4%, citing the impact of the slowdown in the country’s property sector on domestic demand. (Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Sam Holmes) Source Link Fitch cuts China 2021 GDP forecast to +8.1% vs […]

September 23, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Cuba Gooding Jr asked a U.S. judge to set aside a finding of liability in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused the Oscar-winning actor of raping her twice in 2013, after she agreed his failure to formally respond to her accusations was not willful. […]

September 23, 2021 MONTREAL (Reuters) – Police in the Canadian province of Quebec are searching for a man they suspect of punching a nurse in the face for giving his wife a COVID-19 vaccine without his consent, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. The man confronted the female nurse on Monday morning in the office […]

September 23, 2021 By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s narrow election victory this week reinforced Canada’s commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but workers in the country’s sizable fossil fuel sector said they also expect him to keep his promises to retrain them for jobs in a […]

Cobo, a Singapore-based crypto asset management platform, raised a $40 million Series B to accelerate the development of decentralized finance as a service (DFaaS). The round was co-led by DST Global, A&T Capital and IMO Ventures. The company will use its proceeds for the development of DeFi as a service (DFaaS) infrastructure and its existing […]

September 23, 2021 MELBOURNE (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison to help ease strict quarantine rules to allow the families of England’s cricketers to tour with the players during the upcoming Ashes series. England players are seeking assurances their family members will be allowed to join them […]

September 23, 2021 TAIPEI (Reuters) – There is a “risk” to Taiwan’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) if China joins first, Taiwan’s chief trade negotiator John Deng said on Thursday. China always tries to obstruct Taiwan’s participation internationally, Deng told reporters. China claims Taiwan as its own territory. […]

September 23, 2021 SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he has tried to arrange a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron but has been unsuccessful so far, a week after his cancellation of a major submarine deal sparked a diplomatic row with Paris. Morrison, speaking in Washington on Wednesday, said he would […]

September 23, 2021 (Reuters) – The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee on Wednesday said all U.S. athletes hoping to compete at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “Effective Nov. 1, 2021, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee will require all USOPC staff, athletes and those utilizing USOPC facilities – […]