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Hong Kong Monetary Authority says Credit Suisse business in city open as usual

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority and the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said on Monday that Credit Suisse’s operations in the financial hub would be open for business as normal with customers able to access their deposits. The announcement came after the Swiss National Bank announced on Sunday that UBS AG would …

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Biden administration holds second round of IPEF talks in Bali

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration said on Sunday that it has held a second round of negotiations for its signature Asia engagement project on topics including labor, environment, digital trade and technical assistance. The economic initiative known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which President Joe Biden launched last May, is aimed at countering …

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Ruling party sweeps Kazakh parliamentary election, exit polls show

ALMATY (Reuters) -Kazakhstan voted in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday widely expected to cement President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power and complete a reshuffle of the ruling elite that began after he fully assumed leadership last year. Exits polls showed the ruling Amanat party winning 53-54% of the vote, enough to retain a comfortable …

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WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research

(Reuters) -Advisors to the World Health Organization have urged China to release all information related to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic after new findings were briefly shared on an international database used to track pathogens. New sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as additional genomic data based on samples taken from a live …

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Badminton-Indonesia’s Ahsan wheeled off court but not without one last touch

By Richa Naidu BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – An all-Indonesian men’s doubles final at the All England Open badminton championships on Sunday ended with Mohammad Ahsan injuring his left knee and leaving the court in a wheelchair, but not without having one last touch. Ahsan and his partner Hendra Setiawan, two of the tournament’s most experienced …

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China condemns British lawmakers for ignoring demand not to visit Taiwan

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s embassy in Britain on Sunday condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan, saying they were insisting on visiting the island despite China’s strong opposition. Taiwan’s Presidential Office said the group of six lawmakers from the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group would meet President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on Monday. …

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