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Indian state elections could halt Prime Minister Modi's winning streak
Reuters - By Sanjeev Miglani
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is staring at election losses in big heartland states, polls show, suggesting that farm distress and a lack of jobs for growing numbers of young
Sport (UK)
Rugby Australia to decide on Cheika future by Christmas
Reuters - by Greg Stutchbury
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A decision on the future of Wallabies coach Michael Cheika should be “wrapped up” by Christmas after he presented his end-of-year review at a Rugby Australia (RA) board meeting on Monday,
World News
Prosecutors indict Nissan, Ghosn, reports say as focus on CEO role
Reuters - By Norihiko Shirouzu
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors indicted Nissan Motor (7201.T) along with its ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn, domestic media reported on Monday, shifting the focus of the financial misconduct scandal
World News
Huawei CFO bail hearing to resume in Canada as Beijing piles pressure
Reuters - by Anna Mehler Paperny
TORONTO (Reuters) - The CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is set to be back in a Canadian courtroom on Monday, fighting for her freedom with the help of pressure from Beijing, while
New Zealand
Prime Minister Ardern apologises to family of British tourist killed in New Zealand
Reuters - by Praveen Menon
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern fought back tears as she apologised on Monday to the family of a 22-year-old British woman who was killed while she was on a backpacking
World News
Long-distance rail traffic in Germany is halted due to strike: operator
Reuters - by Thomas Seythal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's long-distance rail traffic came to a halt on Monday morning, state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn [DBN.UL] said, as workers staged a four-hour nationwide strike to raise
European Union
Italy must be treated like every other country: Eurogroup head
Reuters - by Thomas Seythal
BERLIN (Reuters) - The president of euro zone finance ministers group said in an interview published on Monday that he hoped the Italian government would be able to submit a revised draft budget to the
Polling
Euro zone recession risk climbs, rate rise conviction wavers: Reuters poll
Reuters - By Shrutee Sarkar
BENGALURU (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is on course to raise its still-negative deposit rate in the third quarter of 2019 but economists' conviction has faded over the past month as the chances
Sport (UK)
United's Lukaku weighed down after muscling up
Reuters - by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru
Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Fulham - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - December 8, 2018 Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku after the match REUTERS/Phil Noble (Reuters) - Manchester
World News
Australian watchdog wants a regulator for dominant Google, Facebook
Reuters - By Tom Westbrook
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition watchdog on Monday recommended tougher scrutiny and a new regulatory body to check the dominance of tech giants Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google in the
World News
Lion Air says November passenger numbers fell less than 5 percent after deadly crash
Reuters - by Tabita Diela and Cindy Silviana
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Lion Air said on Monday passenger numbers dropped by less than 5 percent in November compared to a year earlier, after one of its Boeing Co 737 MAX jets crashed in late October killing
Sport (UK)
Rugby - Wallabies wing Naivalu replaces code-hopper Perese at Reds
Reuters - by Greg Stutchbury
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Wallabies winger Sefa Naivalu has moved north to the Queensland Reds from the Melbourne Rebels to replace Izaia Perese, who has been released “to pursue opportunities in another Britain
China
China's AI start-up Megvii raising $500 million at $3.5 billion valuation: sources
Reuters - By Kane Wu and Julie Zhu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese artificial intelligence provider Megvii Inc, commonly known as Face++, is targeting to raise $500 million in a new funding round that pegs the current valuation of the firm
World News
Acting Armenian PM's bloc easily wins parliamentary vote: commission
Reuters - By Hasmik Mkrtchyan and Margarita Antidze
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia's acting prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, bolstered his authority as his political bloc won early parliamentary elections in the former Soviet country on Sunday, the Central
Sport (UK)
England's Itoje expected to be fit for Six Nations start
Reuters - by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru
Rugby Union - Autumn Internationals - England v New Zealand - Twickenham Stadium, London, Britain - November 10, 2018 England's Maro Itoje during the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers (Reuters)
Exports
Australia grabs world's biggest LNG exporter crown from Qatar in Nov
Reuters - by Jessica Jaganathan
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia overtook Qatar as the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the first time in November, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on Monday. FILE PHOTO: An
China
BNP Paribas says it receives corporate Panda bond underwriting licence
Reuters - by Andrew Galbraith
FILE PHOTO: A BNP Paribas logo is seen outside a bank office in Paris, France, August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo SHANGHAI (Reuters) - BNP Paribas said on Monday it had received a licence
Administrative Law
Australian regulator says probe of tech giants spurs five investigations
Reuters - by Tom Westbrook
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator says it has five investigations afoot as a result of its examination of the market power and public influence of tech giants such as Facebook Inc and
Sport (UK)
India beat Australia by 31 runs in first test in Adelaide
Reuters - by Ian Ransom
India's Jasprit Bumrah (L) celebrates with captain Virat Kohli after dismissing Australia's captain Tim Paine on day five of the first test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide,
Executive Compensation
AustralianSuper to cast protest vote against bank pay plans
Reuters - By Paulina Duran
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's largest pension fund, AustralianSuper, said it will vote against the executive pay of three of the country's biggest banks, in a show of the investment community's souring
Sport (UK)
NZ's Patel wins battle for spinner's role against Sri Lanka
Reuters - by Greg Stutchbury
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel’s form against Pakistan in the UAE has earned him the chance to impress in local conditions after selectors on Monday named him as the only
Donald Trump
Trump's top choice for chief of staff not taking job; other candidates in running
Reuters - By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nick Ayers, Donald Trump's top choice to be his next chief of staff, is no longer in the running and the U.S. president is now considering at least two other candidates, sources
Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences to hire Roche executive O'Day as new CEO - source
Reuters - by Liana Baker in New York
Roche Pharmaceuticals CEO Daniel O'Day attends a news conference in Basel, Switzerland February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (Reuters) - Drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD.O) will name Roche Holding
Globalization
Global stocks extend retreat as global growth worries clobber investors
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stocks extended their slump on Monday, with U.S. equity futures and Asian shares sliding on worries over slowing growth and fears that a fresh flare-up in tensions between Washington
Alibaba Group
Alibaba takes control of film group in $160 million share purchase
Reuters - by Cate Cadell
BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) said on Monday it will increase its stake in Hong Kong-listed Alibaba Pictures (1060.HK) to 51 percent, taking control of the film unit's board. Pictures
News (China)
China says rejecting physical cash is illegal amid e-payments popularity
Reuters - by Brenda Goh
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank on Monday warned that rejecting cash as a form of payment was illegal, saying that such practices could eventually could cause the loss of confidence in physical
Globalization
Japan's economy shrinks most in four years as global risks hit business spending
Reuters - By Tetsushi Kajimoto
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese economy contracted the most in over four years in the third quarter as companies slashed spending, threatening to chill the investment outlook in 2019 as the export-reliant
Brent Crude
Brent crude oil rises after producer supply cut, but outlook still weak
Reuters - By Henning Gloystein
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude oil rose on Monday after producer club OPEC and some non-affiliated suppliers last Friday agreed to a supply cut from January. Despite this, the outlook for next year
World News
Trump's top choice for chief of staff not taking job; other candidates in running
Reuters - by Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nick Ayers, Donald Trump’s top choice to be his next chief of staff, is no longer in the running and the U.S. president is now considering at least two other candidates, sources
North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is unlikely to visit Seoul this year: YTN
Reuters - by Joyce Lee
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is unlikely to visit Seoul in the final three weeks of this year, South Korean TV channel YTN said on Monday, citing an unidentified official in the South

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Indian state elections could halt Prime Minister Modi's winning streak

Rugby Australia to decide on Cheika future by Christmas

Prosecutors indict Nissan, Ghosn, reports say as focus on CEO role

Huawei CFO bail hearing to resume in Canada as Beijing piles pressure

Prime Minister Ardern apologises to family of British tourist killed in New Zealand

Long-distance rail traffic in Germany is halted due to strike: operator

Italy must be treated like every other country: Eurogroup head

Euro zone recession risk climbs, rate rise conviction wavers: Reuters poll

United's Lukaku weighed down after muscling up

Australian watchdog wants a regulator for dominant Google, Facebook

Lion Air says November passenger numbers fell less than 5 percent after deadly crash

Rugby - Wallabies wing Naivalu replaces code-hopper Perese at Reds

China's AI start-up Megvii raising $500 million at $3.5 billion valuation: sources

Acting Armenian PM's bloc easily wins parliamentary vote: commission

England's Itoje expected to be fit for Six Nations start

Australia grabs world's biggest LNG exporter crown from Qatar in Nov

BNP Paribas says it receives corporate Panda bond underwriting licence

Australian regulator says probe of tech giants spurs five investigations

India beat Australia by 31 runs in first test in Adelaide

AustralianSuper to cast protest vote against bank pay plans

NZ's Patel wins battle for spinner's role against Sri Lanka

Trump's top choice for chief of staff not taking job; other candidates in running

Gilead Sciences to hire Roche executive O'Day as new CEO - source

Global stocks extend retreat as global growth worries clobber investors

Alibaba takes control of film group in $160 million share purchase

China says rejecting physical cash is illegal amid e-payments popularity

Japan's economy shrinks most in four years as global risks hit business spending

Brent crude oil rises after producer supply cut, but outlook still weak

Trump's top choice for chief of staff not taking job; other candidates in running

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is unlikely to visit Seoul this year: YTN