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September 19, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates central bank sees increased risks of illicit financial flows emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, including money-laundering and terrorism financing, it said in a report published on Sunday. The use of unlicensed money service providers for money laundering has increased during the coronavirus crisis last year, […]

September 19, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will have a call with U.S. President Joe Biden in the next few days over a diplomatic crisis between the two allies, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Sunday. France would be seeking “clarification” over the cancellation of a submarine order by Australia in […]

September 19, 2021 ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he would meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York. The NATO members and regional rivals have been at odds over a host of maritime issues in the Mediterranean […]

September 19, 2021 By Pak Yiu HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong opposition trade union coalition, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, said on Sunday it would disband, adding to several civil society organisations that have ceased operating in the financial hub this year. The organisation passed a motion last week to disband, […]

September 19, 2021 By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lavish royal series “The Crown” is expected to reign at television’s second pandemic era Emmy Awards on Sunday on what could be a big night for British talent. Comedy “Ted Lasso,” about a lovable American coach played by Jason Sudeikis navigating the idiosyncrasies of English […]

September 19, 2021 By Saeed Azhar and Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s $110 billion state holding company ADQ has hired scores of investment bankers from Western banks in the past year as it accelerates dealmaking in the United Arab Emirates and overseas, three sources familiar with the matter said. ADQ, the emirate’s third-largest […]

September 19, 2021 MANILA (Reuters) – A faction of the Philippines’ ruling political party on Sunday nominated boxing star Manny Pacquiao as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2022 election, his close ally Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said. Pacquiao, currently a senator, was nominated by his PDP-Laban party allies during the group’s national assembly, […]

September 19, 2021 TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan threatened to take China to the World Trade Organization on Sunday after Beijing said it would suspend sugar apple and wax apple imports from the island on pest concerns, in the latest spat between the two over fruit. Relations between Taipei and Beijing, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its […]

September 19, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new security pact with Australia and the United States shows its readiness to be “hard-headed” in defending its own interests, newly appointed Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in an article published on Sunday. The pact has angered France as it saw Canberra ditch a multi-billion-dollar order for French […]

September 19, 2021 By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A senior U.S. trade official privately criticised India’s July decision to ban Mastercard Inc from issuing new cards, calling it a “draconian” move that caused “panic”, according to U.S. government emails seen by Reuters. The documents show frustration within the U.S. government after India’s central […]

September 19, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – The ball is in China’s court when it comes to making the United Nations COP26 climate change conference in November a success, Britain’s Alok Sharma, the summit’s president, said on Sunday. Sharma, who said he had had “constructive and very frank discussions” during a visit to China earlier this […]

September 19, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Basic Industries, the world’s fourth-biggest petrochemicals firm, said on Sunday its joint venture project with ExxonMobil in the U.S. Gulf Coast has started commissioning activities and preparing for an initial startup. The project includes the establishment of an ethylene production unit with annual capacity of about 1.8 million […]

September 19, 2021 Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run homer to rally the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting San Diego Padres 3-2 Saturday for their seventh straight victory. O’Neill’s eighth-inning blast off reliever Emilio Pagan (4-2) erased San Diego’s 2-1 lead. The Cardinals pushed their lead over the Cincinnati Reds to two games and over […]

September 19, 2021 By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia reported 1,607 new coronavirus cases on Sunday as states and territories gradually shift from trying to eliminate outbreaks to living with the virus. Victoria, home to about a quarter of Australia’s 25 million people, recorded 507 cases as its premier said a weeks-long lockdown will […]

September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – Argentina coach Mario Ledesma praised the performance of Santiago Carreras after the 23-year-old excelled for the Pumas in his new role as flyhalf against New Zealand in their Rugby Championship clash in Brisbane on Saturday. Carreras was shifted from fullback following an injury to Nicolas Sanchez in last week’s meeting […]

September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – New Zealand reported 24 new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Sunday, up from 20 on Saturday, showing an upturn after several days of lower numbers, as the country’s largest city Auckland awaits to hear if its lockdown restrictions will ease. All of the new cases have been reported in greater […]

September 19, 2021 WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand was warned of a “specific, credible threat” against its team, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said, elaborating on the rationale for abruptly abandoning the tour of Pakistan as the squad reached Dubai on Sunday. New Zealand had pulled out of the limited-overs tour on the day of the […]

September 19, 2021 (Reuters) – China Evergrande Group kicked off a process on Saturday to repay investors in its overdue investment products with discounted properties, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. Investors who opt for discounted real estate in lieu of cash can start contacting wealth managers for more details, the report said, citing a Wechat […]

September 19, 2021 By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia was “upfront, open and honest” with France about its concerns over a deal for French submarines, its defence minister said on Sunday, as a new deal with the United States and Britain continued to fuel a multinational diplomatic crisis. Australia ditched the 2016 deal with […]

September 19, 2021 TEL AVIV/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces on Sunday caught the last two of six Palestinian militants who had tunnelled out of a maximum security Israeli jail nearly two weeks ago, in an escape that embarrassed Israel’s security establishment but delighted Palestinians. The two members of the Islamic Jihad militant group were […]