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US environment chief exits G7 climate talks early
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/06/2017
» ROME -- US environment chief Scott Pruitt is being recalled from Group of Seven climate talks in Italy. Mr Pruitt, who as Environmental Protection Agency administrator successfully campaigned for the US to quit the landmark Paris climate agreement, will leave Bologna for a meeting with President Donald Trump just hours after arriving Sunday, according to a spokesman for the G-7 talks, Davide Russo.
May's future clouded as Brexit election gamble backfires
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/06/2017
» LONDON -- Theresa May’s future as Britain’s prime minister was thrown into doubt after her gamble to call an early election backfired spectacularly just 10 days before Brexit negotiations are due to start.
Southeast Asia losing best and brightest to richer nations
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/06/2017
» MANILA -- Nyl Patangan, a nursing graduate from the Philippines, left his native land in search of a better life. Now working in a Chicago hospital after a stint in Dubai, he's supporting his parents back home and is buying his mother a Toyota Vios.
Russia vows to block IS escape from Syrian lair
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/06/2017
» MOSCOW -- Russia vowed to prevent the escape of Islamic State fighters from their self-declared capital in Raqqa, under siege by US-backed forces, after thwarting two attempts by the jihadists to break through toward Syrian government-controlled territory.
UK pound falls with Conservatives’ poll numbers
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2017
» LONDON -- The pound declined after a projection showing Theresa May’s Conservative Party may fall short of majority in next week’s election raised the spectre of a hung parliament.
VietJet, owned by a female billionaire, goes global
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/05/2017
» HANOI -- VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Co is in talks to become the first company in Vietnam to list its shares on a stock exchange overseas as the carrier, which controls more than 40% of the domestic airline market, seeks more funds after plans for billions of dollars in aircraft purchases.
Condom named after 007 sold to China
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/05/2017
» SYDNEY -- A Chinese group is buying the condom brand named after fictional British spy James Bond.
German speakers are more likely to be penny pinchers
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/05/2017
» ZURICH -- Once again, it’s the German speakers who pinch their pennies.
China's military revamped to win wars - researcher
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/05/2017
» It might seem like a given that militaries are built to fight wars. But that’s often not the case.
Vietnam Bank to sell majority stake to foreign investor
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/04/2017
» HO CHI MINH CITY -- The first Vietnamese bank granted government approval to sell a majority stake to a foreign investor is looking to attract an investment of at least US$700 million.