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Malaysia’s former finance minister Lim Guan Eng arrested by anti-graft officials
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian anti-graft officials arrested former finance minister Lim Guan Eng on Thursday in connection with corruption allegations over a $1.5 billion undersea tunnel project,...
Aug 06, 2020
Norway set 10-day quarantine on incomers from France, Switzerland, others
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will on Saturday reimpose a ten-day quarantine for all travellers from France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in those countr...
Aug 06, 2020
U.S. SEC fines World Acceptance Corp $21.7 million for Mexican bribes
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it had fined World Acceptance Corp , a consumer loan company, $21.7 million for paying brib...
Aug 06, 2020
UK PM Johnson says UK test and trace system is world beating
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood by his description of Britain's system of testing and tracing coronavirus infections on Thursday, despite a fall in the number of people contacted...
Aug 06, 2020
U.S. imposes Libya-related sanctions on individuals, company
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed Libya-related sanctions on three individuals as well as a Malta-based company, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's website. The Mal...
Aug 06, 2020
City of London faces messy future with the EU
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's future access to European Union financial markets is looking increasingly patchy, as Brussels tries to limit the activities which can be carried out from Lond...
Aug 06, 2020
Pelosi says Congress will resolve COVID-19 aid but must help needy: CNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will resolve their differences over the next batch of COVID-19 aid and reach a deal, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday, but assistance must g...
Aug 06, 2020
Trump says coronavirus vaccine possible before November 3
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov. election, a far more optimistic forecast than tim...
Aug 06, 2020
Brazil to announce 3 or 4 large privatizations soon: economy minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government is set to announce the privatization of three or four large companies within the next 30-60 days, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday, adding that t...
Aug 06, 2020
Exclusive: Taiwan in talks to make first purchase of sophisticated U.S. drones – sources
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is negotiating the sale of at least four of its large sophisticated aerial drones to Taiwan for the first time, according to six U.S. sources fam...
Aug 06, 2020
