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StanChart announces $1.5 billion share buyback as first-half profit rises 5%
HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered (StanChart) on Tuesday reported its pretax profit rose 5% in the first six months of the year, just ahead of analysts' estimates and announced its large...
Jul 29, 2024
Analysis-So far, global earnings are just good enough to feel disappointing
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - Companies worldwide are lowering full-year sales and profit guidance as higher interest rates and weakness in China's economy hurt global consumer sentiment, taking the shin...
Jul 29, 2024
US anti-Muslim incidents rose about 70% in first half of 2024 amid Gaza war
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians rose by about 70% in the U.S. in the first half of 2024 amid heightened Islamophobia due to Israel'...
Jul 29, 2024
US soldier Calley, face of My Lai massacre in Vietnam War, dies at 80
(Reuters) - William Calley, who during the Vietnam War led his U.S. Army platoon into the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai and carried out one of the worst war crimes in American military history, has died...
Jul 29, 2024
China's 'new productive forces' need government, market efforts: vice premier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Vice Premier He Lifeng stressed the need for a well-coordinated government and efficient market to develop the country's "new productive forces", state media said on Tuesda...
Jul 29, 2024
Olympics-Triathlon-Men's race postponed to Wednesday due to Seine pollution levels
By Helen Reid PARIS (Reuters) -The men's triathlon at the Paris Olympics will not go ahead as planned on Tuesday as pollution levels in the Seine remain too high, World Triathlon said in a statement. ...
Jul 29, 2024
Australian foreign minister condemns Russia-North Korea ties after DMZ visit
PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday that a security pact signed by Russia and North Korea was destabilising the region, adding that North Korea was giv...
Jul 29, 2024
Four killed in rains, floods as remnants of weakened Gaemi lash south China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Torrential rain and flooding in China's southern Hunan province has killed four people and prompted the evacuation of thousands of residents, Chinese state media said on Tuesday, a...
Jul 29, 2024
BOJ to debate rate hike timing as Fed opens door to cuts
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will detail plans to taper its huge bond buying and debate the timing of a next interest rate hike on Wednesday, signalling its resolve to steadily ...
Jul 29, 2024
At least 10 dead after landslides in India's Kerala, local media report
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 10 people have been killed after multiple landslides in the hills of India's southern state of Kerala on Tuesday, local media reported, with the weather department predi...
Jul 29, 2024
Peoria, IL, USA
9 °F Snow, Freezing Fog
