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Capital controls sends Argentina assets tumbling
Associated Press, Published on 02/09/2019
» LONDON/BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's international dollar and euro-denominated bonds fell to record lows on Monday while its financial stocks tumbled and risk premiums shot up after President Mauricio Macri reimposed capital controls on Sunday as the country's debt crisis spirals.
Facebook currency plan under scrutiny in Congress
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: Facebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve.
Asean defence ministers discuss proposals
Associated Press, Published on 11/07/2019
» Asean defence ministers on Thursday exchanged views on the situation in the South China Sea in which some members of the grouping and China are at odds.
UK lawmakers seize Brexit agenda in bid to break deadlock
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2019
» LONDON: British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May's foundering government on Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dramatically alter the course of the UK's departure from the European Union.
Belarusian escort detained in Moscow
Associated Press, Published on 18/01/2019
» MOSCOW: A Belarusian escort who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump as U. president was arrested immediately upon her arrival in Moscow on Thursday following deportation from Thailand.
Belarusian escort deported
Associated Press, Published on 17/01/2019
» A Belarusian escort who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump president was deported from Thailand on Thursday, police said.
US, China wrap up talks on tariff battle
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2019
» BEIJING: Three days of US-Chinese talks aimed at ending a costly tariff battle wrapped up Wednesday in an optimistic atmosphere after President Donald Trump said they were “going very well!”
China summons US envoy over Huawei detention
Associated Press, Published on 10/12/2018
» BEIJING: China summoned the US ambassador to Beijing on Sunday to protest the detention of an executive of Chinese electronics giant Huawei in Canada at Washington's behest and demanded Washington cancel an order for her arrest.
China demands Canada release Huawei executive
Associated Press, Published on 06/12/2018
» BEIJING: China on Thursday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.
Canada arrests CFO of China's Huawei Technologies
Associated Press, Published on 06/12/2018
» TORONTO: Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States.