By Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s new home prices fell at the fastest pace since May 2015 in September, official data showed on Friday, despite increased efforts to revive the struggling property sector. In annual terms, new home prices were down 5.8% from a year earlier, deeper than a 5.3% slide in …
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By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Crude oil futures inched higher on Friday, supported by a surprise drop in U.S. oil inventories and simmering Middle East tensions, but prices were headed for their biggest weekly loss in more than a month on worries of lower demand. Brent crude futures rose 16 cents, or 0.2%, to …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president accused North Korea on Thursday of deploying officers alongside Russia and preparing to send thousands of troops to help Moscow’s war effort, although NATO’s chief said there was no evidence of Pyongyang’s presence at this stage. Western countries have long accused North Korea of sending weapons to Russia, and in …
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By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Pop star Liam Payne, who shot to global fame with boy band One Direction, died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, triggering an outpouring of tributes from fans around the world. Before the fall, a hotel employee at …
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(Reuters) – Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp is selling half of its stake in Mynt, the fintech unicorn which operates e-wallet brand GCash, to Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp for a minimum of 18.4 billion pesos ($318.89 million), it said on Friday. The Japanese conglomerate will acquire the stake by buying 50% of Ayala-owned AC Ventures, the Philippine …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said on Thursday its forces had no role in the Israeli operation that killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, even if U.S. intelligence has contributed to Israel’s understanding of Hamas leaders who took hostages last year. “This was an Israeli operation. There (were) no U.S. forces directly involved,” said Air Force …
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By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) -One of Amazon’s top executives defended the new, controversial 5-day-per-week in-office policy on Thursday, saying those who do not support it can leave for another company. Speaking at an all-hands meeting for AWS, unit CEO Matt Garman said nine out of 10 workers he has spoken with support the new policy, …
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core inflation slowed in September due to the rollout of energy subsidies but an index excluding the effect of fuel held steady, a sign that broadening price pressure will keep the central bank on track to raise interest rates further. The data will be among factors the Bank …
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By Daniel Leussink HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko Sakuma has never forgotten the stain it left on him in the eyes of some of his fellow Japanese. Growing up, he constantly heard rumours that survivors carried diseases and …
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By Candelaria Grimberg and Will Russell BUENOS AIRES/WOLVERHAMPTON, England (Reuters) – Argentine fans of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died in a dramatic fall from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, gathered on Thursday afternoon around the city’s central obelisk monument to remember the troubled boy band icon. Payne, 31, who shot to …
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