Burger King says tomatoes on 'vacation' as India battles food inflation (www.reuters.com)
China's sliding yuan could be next 'black swan event' for markets, hedge fund EDL says (www.reuters.com)
EDL Capital, which manages about $1 billion, said factors weighing on the yuan include geopolitical tensions driving Western countries to re-home supply chains that will starve China of foreign investment. China’s labour market has also grown less competitive versus other Asian countries such as Vietnam and India, while a...
UK PM Sunak commits to triple-lock pension policy despite inflation (www.reuters.com)
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Trump cancels news conference to release report on 2020 election (www.reuters.com)
How Mexican narcos use remittances to wire U.S. drug profits home (www.reuters.com)
China Evergrande seeks Chapter 15 protection in Manhattan bankruptcy court (www.reuters.com)
China Evergrande (3333.HK), which is the world’s most heavily indebted property developer and became the poster child for China’s property crisis, on Thursday filed for protection from creditors in a U.S. bankruptcy court....
Canada wildfire: all 20,000 Yellowknife residents evacuating (www.reuters.com)
Water bombers flew low over Yellowknife as thick smoke blanketed the capital of the vast and sparsely populated Northwest Territories. Officials say the fire, which is moving slowly, is now 15 km (10 miles) northwest of the city and could reach the outskirts by Saturday if there is no rain....
Sudan 'spiralling out of control' as 1 million flee country, UN warns (www.reuters.com)
China Evergrande seeks Chapter 15 protection in Manhattan bankruptcy court (www.reuters.com)
China Evergrande, which is the world’s most heavily indebted property developer and became the poster child for China’s property crisis, on Thursday filed for protection from creditors in a U.S. bankruptcy court.
Georgia law enforcement probe threats after Trump grand jury ID'd online (www.reuters.com)
Law enforcement officials were investigating threats related to former President Donald Trump’s election interference probe in Georgia, after the names and addresses of grand jury members were shared online, the local sheriff’s office said....
Kremlin blames loose monetary policy as rouble slides past 101 vs dollar. (www.reuters.com)
President Vladimir Putin’s economic adviser rebuked the central bank on Monday as the rouble slid past 101 per U.S. dollar, blaming its 30% year-to-date slump on loose monetary policy and revealing growing discord among Russia’s monetary authorities.
China's state banks seen selling dollars for yuan in London and New York hours (www.reuters.com)
China’s major state-owned banks were seen busy selling U.S. dollars to buy yuan in both onshore and offshore spot foreign exchange markets this week, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, in an attempt to slow the yuan’s depreciation.
China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022 (www.reuters.com)
Hawaii cannot ban guns on beaches, US judge rules (www.reuters.com)
A federal judge has blocked the state of Hawaii from enforcing a recently enacted ban on firearms on its prized beaches and in other areas including banks, bars and parks, citing last year’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights.
China's state banks seen selling dollars for yuan in London and New York hours (www.reuters.com)
China’s major state-owned banks were seen busy selling U.S. dollars to buy yuan in both onshore and offshore spot foreign exchange markets this week, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, in an attempt to slow the yuan’s depreciation.
Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Koran burnings (www.reuters.com)
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Researchers use cloud to replicate supercomputer for heart disease study (www.reuters.com)
Music labels sue Internet Archive over digitized record collection (www.reuters.com)
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Maui tourism, an economic mainstay, sparks anger amid fire ruin (www.reuters.com)
H&M probes alleged Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies (www.reuters.com)
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H&M probes alleged Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies (www.reuters.com)
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Superconductor claims spark investor frenzy, but scientists are skeptical (www.reuters.com)
Last week, two papers by South Korean scientists made an extraordinary claim that sparked a social media frenzy and pushed up prices of some stocks in China and South Korea: the discovery of a practical superconductor....
New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)
China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022- state media (www.reuters.com)
China’s fertility rate is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, the National Business Daily said on Tuesday, a figure likely to rattle authorities as they try to boost the country’s declining number of new births.
Britain warns of possible terrorist attacks in Sweden (www.reuters.com)
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