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China says measures against Ant to be imposed on other payment firms
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Thursday that measures against Alibaba's Ant Group will also be imposed on other payment service companies. "The monopolistic behavior does not only ex...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Soccer-‘National holiday, enjoy yourselves’, says Neville after England win
(Reuters) - Gary Neville called for a national celebration after England reached a major final for the first time in 55 years with a 2-1 win over Denmark at Euro 2020 on Wednesday. Former players and ...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Tennis-Osaka exhorts girls to embrace being ‘different’
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Japan's Naomi Osaka, a self-confessed introvert who withdrew from the French Open and Wimbledon on mental health grounds, has encouraged girls around the world to embrace w...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
New Caledonia elects pro-independence candidate Louis Mapou as president
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New Caledonia has elected Louis Mapou as its first pro-independence president since a 1998 deal with Paris to grant more political power to the French Pacific territory, Radio Au...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Canadian bank robber jailed by Singapore for 5 years avoids caning
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A court in Singapore on Wednesday sentenced a Canadian man to five years in jail for robbing a bank in 2016, but he will not receive an additional sentence of six strokes of a ca...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Soccer-‘Finally’: England’s media hail Southgate’s ‘history-making’ team
(Reuters) - England ended a 55-year wait to reach a major final after they overcame Denmark at Euro 2020 and the result dominated the front and back pages of the country's newspapers on Thursday with ...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Olympic events in Tokyo region to be held without spectators – newspaper
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympic organisers will decide on holding the Games without spectators in Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures during a five-way-talks meeting to be held on Thursday evenin...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Exclusive: China’s LinkDoc shelves $211 million US IPO after regulatory crackdown
By Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese medical data group LinkDoc Technology Ltd has shelved its listing in the United States to raise up to $211 million following Beijing's clampd...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Analysis: Cash-rich Singapore Airlines aims for regional dominance as rivals pull back
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA), flush with $16 billion raised since the start of the pandemic thanks to help from a state investor, is in a position of dominance among its Sou...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Virus woes and tech crackdown hammer stocks; bonds rally
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell to a six-week low on Thursday as an extended selloff in tech shares in Hong Kong and rising virus cases added to a broad risk-averse mood, pres...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
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