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Exclusive-Evergrande’s $1.7 billion Hong Kong headquarters sale flops as buyer withdraws -sources
By Julie Zhu, Kane Wu and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned Yuexiu Property has pulled out of a proposed $1.7 billion deal to buy China Evergrande Group's Hong Kong headquarters buil...
Oct 15, 2021
Xi says China will achieve ‘common prosperity’ by around 2050 -party publication
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's President Xi Jinping said everyone in China will "basically achieve common prosperity" - a key policy goal to reduce inequality - by around mid-century while warning against...
Oct 15, 2021
Hong Kong audit watchdog investigating Evergrande’s 2020 accounts
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's audit regulator said on Friday it had launched an inquiry into China Evergrande Group's accounts for the full year of 2020 and the first half of 2021 and an investiga...
Oct 15, 2021
One dead, Myanmar firefighters rescue 3, after construction site accident
(Reuters) - Firefighters in Myanmar pulled the body of a construction worker from a collapsed building site in the city of Yangon on Friday and were searching for seven other workers after rescuing th...
Oct 15, 2021
EU leaders to press ahead with emergency relief for energy prices
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders are set to press ahead with measures to shield consumers from record-high energy prices that have curtailed industrial production and hiked c...
Oct 15, 2021
Soccer-Racism was on and off the pitch in Italy, says Ivory Coast’s Doumbia
PARIS (Reuters) - Ivory Coast midfielder Souleyman Doumbia said he experienced racism on and off the pitch when he played in Italy five years ago. The 25-year-old, who now plays for Ligue 1 club Anger...
Oct 15, 2021
Vietnam’s coal-fired power may double by 2030 under draft energy plan
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam may double the amount of coal-fired electric generation it installs by 2030 under a draft power development plan submitted to the prime minister for approval this week. The d...
Oct 15, 2021
Cape Verde, trying to bounce back from pandemic, votes for a new president
PRAIA (Reuters) - Cape Verde, one of Africa's most stable democracies, will vote for a new president on Sunday as the country tries to right its tourism-driven economy from the blow dealt by the coron...
Oct 15, 2021
Singapore cancels political blog’s license over funding disclosures
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's media regulator has rescinded the license of a local political blog for failing to declare its funding sources, a requirement in a city-state that has tightened its r...
Oct 15, 2021
Italy’s mandatory COVID health pass for work sees untroubled launch
TRIESTE (Reuters) - COVID-19 health passes became mandatory for all workers in Italy from Friday, with the measure being applied mostly peacefully across the country despite some scattered protests. A...
Oct 15, 2021
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