MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet the president of the United Arab Emirates in St Petersburg on Friday, Russian state news agency RIA reported. (Reporting by Reuters; editing by Jason Neely)
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan enacted a law on Friday meant to promote understanding of the LGBT community that critics say provides no human rights guarantees, though some conservative lawmakers said the measure is too permissive. Japan, the only Group of Seven (G7) nation that does not have legal protection for same-sex unions, had …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s attorney general’s office has named three palm oil companies as suspects in a corruption investigation, alleging misconduct in obtaining export permits at a time when shipments were being restricted. The investigation comes after Indonesia’s Supreme Court last month upheld a lower court’s jailing of executives at those companies for manipulating documents …
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By Fadimata Kontao and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malians will vote on Sunday to approve or reject constitutional amendments that would reinforce presidential powers ahead of a promised transition from military rule back to democracy in the West African nation. The referendum is the first in a series of scheduled polls that are meant …
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By Nell Mackenzie and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) -Wall Street firms are poised to reassess how they vet hedge funds, industry sources and experts say, following a race to cut ties with Odey Asset Management after founder Crispin Odey was accused of sexual misconduct in the press. The Financial Times and Tortoise Media, in a …
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By Tommy Wilkes and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) -A proposed European Union shake-up of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings industry will bring much-needed transparency but fall short of the standardisation some in the market say is needed to stop the scores confusing investors and companies. The market for assessing companies’ ESG performance has …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said it would cooperate with a Canadian government probe triggered by a senior employee’s resignation in protest over what he alleged was Chinese Communist Party influence. Bob Pickard, a Canadian national and former global communications chief for the AIIB, announced his resignation in a scathing …
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(Reuters) – Singapore Airlines on Friday refuted a media report saying it may raise its stake in Air India from the 25.1% which it secured as part of the Tata Group’s Vistara merger to create a bigger full-service India’s national carrier. Singapore’s state carrier’s statement was in response to a report by Indian newspaper Mint, …
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By Rae Wee and Patturaja Murugaboopathy SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Thailand’s stock market has become the symbol of investor disenchantment with China’s economic reopening, going from market darling in January to Asia’s second-worst performing market by June, with little sign of a turnaround. Not only has the promised export boom and tourism boost from China’s return …
By Sethuraman N R and Siddhi Nayak BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Indian rupee strengthened beyond the key 82 per dollar mark on Friday on the back of scaled-down bets of a hawkish U.S. Federal Reserve in the coming months but gains were capped by importers rushing in to hedge at over five-week highs. The rupee …
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