Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Five French market hot spots on investors' radars
By Harry Robertson, Amanda Cooper and Niket Nishant LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - French markets are under growing pressure from worries about high debt levels and political gridlock as next year's pres...
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Eight injured in drone attack in Russia's Ulyanovsk region, one killed in Belgorod region
MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Eight people, including a child, were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Ulyanovsk region on Friday morning, Governor Alexei Russkikh said. Russkikh said on Te...
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Malaysian ex-PM Najib asks court for stay of 15-year jail sentence
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Jailed former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has asked a court to suspend a 15-year prison sentence imposed on him for his involvement in a multibillion-dollar ...
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Philippine president pardons drug convict Mary Jane Veloso
MANILA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Friday he had granted a pardon to Mary Jane Veloso, who is serving a prison sentence in the Philippines after receiving a l...
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Exclusive-Japan's SMBC in talks to increase stake in Vietnam's VPBank, sources say
By Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen HANOI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) is in advanced talks to increase its stake in Vietnamese private lender VPBank, four peo...
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Exclusive-How firms linked to sanctioned Chinese cotton giant sell clothes to U.S
By Francesco Guarascio, Alessandro Parodi, Phuong Nguyen and Farah Master HANOI/HONG KONG, Sept 25 (Reuters) - In July, a ton of cotton shirts was unloaded at the port of Los Angeles after a trip from...
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Pakistan thwarts border attack, several Taliban dead, security sources say
Sept 25 (Reuters) - Pakistan has thwarted an attempted Afghan attack in its border area of Gulistan, killing several members of the Afghan Taliban, Pakistani security sources said on Friday, without d...
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Analysis-Japan's bond 'falling knife' stalls repatriation rush
SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The tide of Japanese money returning home has begun, but a much larger repatriation of overseas assets is being held back by uncertainty over where Japanese bond yields ...
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UFC’s return to Madison Square Garden features Ciryl Gane title defense
By Field Level Media Sep 25 (Field Level Media) - Ciryl Gane will make his first heavyweight title defense against fourth-ranked contender Josh Hokit as part of the co-main event at UFC 334 on Nov. 14...
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Explainer-What is 'Taiwan independence' and is Taiwan already independent?
TAIPEI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - China's Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump on Thursday that he hoped the US will adhere to the "correct position" of opposing Taiwan independence, and that the Chinese ...
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