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Standard Chartered swings to $2.36bn net loss in 2015
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» HONG KONG - Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered said Tuesday it swung to a $2.36 billion net loss in 2015 against a backdrop of global market volatility, restructuring costs and bad loans.
German business confidence falls again in February: Ifo
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» FRANKFURT - German business confidence fell for the third consecutive month in February, with manufacturers reporting the biggest drop in confidence since November 2008, the Ifo economic institute said Tuesday.
'Brexit' would 'threaten jobs', warn UK business leaders
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» LONDON - The bosses of more than a third of Britain's top companies on Tuesday urged voters to keep the country in the European Union, warning that a "Brexit" would threaten jobs.
Prince Ali seeks FIFA vote suspension
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» PARIS - Lawyers for Prince Ali bin al Hussein said they have made an official request for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to suspend the FIFA presidential election on Friday because of a dispute over voting arrangements.
Syrian regime accepts ceasefire deal
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» DAMASCUS - The Syrian government on Tuesday accepted the terms of a ceasefire deal announced by the United States and Russia, a foreign ministry statement said.
Burundi president, opposition to hold talks: UN chief
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» BUJUMBURA (BURUNDI) - Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and the opposition agreed Tuesday to hold talks to end a 10-month-old political crisis, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
Greece protests at exclusion from Austria migrant summit
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» ATHENS - Greece on Tuesday protested to Austria for being left out of a planned Balkans migration mini-summit to be held this week, the foreign ministry said.
Honda chief moved on after disastrous season
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» BARCELONA - Honda's chief motorsport officer Yasuisha Arai will be replaced by Yusuke Hasegawa as the head of the Japanese giant's Formula One activities after a disastrous return to the sport last season.
Indonesia foils bid to smuggle baby turtles to China
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 4,000 protected baby turtles worth tens of thousands of dollars to China, customs officials said Tuesday.
Over 100,000 migrants have 'crossed Mediterranean to Europe in 2016'
AFP, Published on 23/02/2016
» GENEVA - More than 100,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Greece and Italy so far this year, and 413 have lost their lives trying, the International Organisation for Migration said Tuesday.