Deals 20 August 2024, 8:36 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that India’s antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance and Walt Disney media assets harms competition due to their power over cricket broadcast rights. It is the biggest setback so far to the planned Disney-Reliance merger, which…
Paetongtarn Shinawatra is elected Thailand’s 31st prime minister, she is the country’s second female leader but what makes her more special is, at 37 years of age, the youngest head of government in Asia as well. After the tenures of her father Thaksin and aunt Yingluck, she is the 3rd one to serve as Prime…
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The production of the new King Charles III £10 note by the Bank of England is seen in this undated handout picture. — Reuters/File The first few banknotes from the Unted Kingdom’s new banknotes were recently sold off in a record auction of 11 times more than their face value. The new banknotes, with a…
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The San Francisco district attorney has charged 26 people in connection to an April anti-Israel protest that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge for nearly five hours, trapping hundreds of drivers including a mother with her baby and a surgeon who had to reschedule an operation. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced the charges on Saturday,…
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A plane operated by the Brazilian airline VoePass crashed in the country’s Sao Paulo state on Friday, killing all 61 people on board, the company said Friday. The aircraft involved in the fiery wreck in a residential area in the city of Vinhedo was carrying 57 passengers and four crew, according to The Associated Press….
Bangladesh’s army chief Gen Waker-uz-Zaman has announced an interim “coalition” government in the country, indicating that it would be with the participation of political parties. Waker-uz-Zaman addressed the nation shortly after Sheikh Hasina Wajid left the prime minister house and headed to India. The army chief also announced that Sheikh Hasina had been sacked. He…
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People protesting outside Abdullah Quilliam mosque in Liverpool. — Reuters More violence feared after misinformation on killings. Extra police, intelligence and prosecutors deployed. 17-year-old boy charged with murder of three girls. LONDON: Protesters attacked police and started fires in the northeast English city of Sunderland on Friday as violence spread to another northern city following…
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Reuters was first to report that a meeting of top OPEC+ ministers kept oil output policy unchanged including a plan to start unwinding output cuts from October. The oil producing group took the decision despite sharp oil price falls in recent weeks amid global demand concerns. Brent crude futures fell on the news settling down…
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Reaction came swiftly after the news that three terrorists who masterminded the Sept. 11 terror attacks will be spared the ultimate punishment after striking a plea deal with prosecutors on Wednesday. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi were awaiting trial in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, when they…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has regained weight and appears to have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and his officials are looking for new medicines abroad to treat them, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Monday. The 40-year-old Kim, known for heavy drinking and smoking, comes from a family…
