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Malaysian carrier AirAsia to raise up to $238 million via rights issue
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Group Berhad plans to raise up to 1 billion ringgit ($238.72 million) through a rights issue, it said on Monday. The airline has been looking ...
Jul 12, 2021
JPMorgan creates new data business in its securities services division
By Anna Irrera (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's Securities Services division is setting up a new data business which will be led by Gerard Francis, who joins the bank from Bloomberg, a memo seen by R...
Jul 12, 2021
World hunger, malnutrition soared last year mostly due to COVID-19 – U.N. agencies
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - World hunger and malnutrition levels worsened dramatically last year, with most of the increase likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a multi-agency Uni...
Jul 12, 2021
Pope to attend November U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, health permitting
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November, health permitting, Scotland's Roman Catholic bishops said on Monday. The b...
Jul 12, 2021
Shelving digital levy is sign of progress on global tax – Germany’s Scholz
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz welcomed the European Commission's decision to shelve proposals for a digital levy, saying this was an indication of progress being made towards ...
Jul 12, 2021
Prolonged stimulus measures are posing risks to global economy, says Russian Finance Minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Countries maintaining economic stimulus measures amid high inflation poses risks to the global economy, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in comments published on Monday,...
Jul 12, 2021
Dutch PM apologises for easing of COVID-19 curbs as cases soar
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte conceded on Monday that coronavirus restrictions had been lifted too soon in the Netherlands and he apologised as infections surged to their highe...
Jul 12, 2021
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi faces new charges in Mandalay court: lawyer
(Reuters) - Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional charges, filed in a court in Mandalay, the country's second biggest city, a member of her legal team said on Monday. Suu...
Jul 12, 2021
WHO committee calls for sharing of gene editing tools with poorer nations
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A World Health Organization (WHO) committee said on Monday that human genome editing technologies to treat serious disease should be shared more generously, to a...
Jul 12, 2021
About 25% of couples think this is an outdated tradition. What is it?
July 12, 2021 Q: About 25% of couples think this is an outdated tradition. What is it? A: That a bride should wear white
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