Category Archives: Syndicated
Hong Kong national security laws shouldn’t harm banks’ operations, regulator says
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's capital markets regulator sought on Sunday to reassure global banks in the city that China's new national security laws for the financial hub would n...
Jul 19, 2020
Exclusive: Kuwait scrambles to boost coffers with up to $16 billion debt plan
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait plans to issue between 4 billion and 5 billion dinars ($13 billion to $16 billion) in public debt by the end of the fiscal year ending March 2021 if parliamen...
Jul 19, 2020
Nigerian banks to limit debit card spending abroad to ease FX risk
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian banks plan to reduce the amount customers can spend abroad using debit cards on Monday, two lenders said, as banks try to limit foreign currency settleme...
Jul 19, 2020
Oman Investment Authority restructures boards of 15 companies
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Oman Investment Authority has restructured the boards of 15 companies overseen by it as part of a comprehensive review of state-owned companies, the state news agency said on Sun...
Jul 19, 2020
Iranian health officials play down president’s figure of 25 million people infected
(Reuters) - Iranian health officials sought on Sunday to play down the president's estimate that some 25 million people have been infected with the coronavirus, saying it was based on serological bloo...
Jul 19, 2020
Myanmar holds muted Martyrs’ Day tribute to fallen independence heroes
(Reuters) - Myanmar's public marked one of the Southeast Asian nation's darkest moments on Sunday with tributes to slain independence heroes, though the annual Martyrs' Day gatherings were muted by th...
Jul 19, 2020
Iran’s judiciary has suspended execution sentences of three men linked to November anti-government protests: lawyer
The Iranian judiciary has suspended the executions of three men linked to anti-government protests in November, one of their attorneys, Babak Paknia, said on Sunday. Rights activists had criticized th...
Jul 19, 2020
Malaysia discovers biggest abandoned shipment of illegal toxic waste from Romania
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has uncovered its largest case of abandoned toxic waste, after 110 containers of hazardous heavy metals from Romania and bound for Indonesia illegally entered the cou...
Jul 19, 2020
NBA exhibition games to open with 10-minute quarters
The NBA will ease back into action with upcoming exhibition games to consist of 10-minute quarters. As the exhibition-game schedule proceeds, the regular 12-minute quarters will return, but with playe...
Jul 19, 2020
UK’s Raab says clear Uighurs in China suffered human rights abuses
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday it was clear the Uighur minority in China had suffered abuses of their human rights. "It is clear that there are gross, egregio...
Jul 19, 2020
