HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong property developer New World Development said on Monday it plans to sell 300 new homes at a discount of roughly 50% to the market price in the city’s first subsidised private housing project. As part of a move to provide more affordable housing in one of the world’s most expensive …
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By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden celebrated artists including Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell and Lorne Michaels on Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors, bringing back presidential participation to an annual event skipped by Republican Donald Trump. Singer Justino Díaz and Motown founder Berry Gordy rounded out the group of …
LONDON (Reuters) -British new car registrations last month were 1.7% higher than a year earlier but almost a third below their average pre-pandemic level due to ongoing computer chip shortages, industry data showed on Monday. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 115,706 new cars were registered in November, up from 113,781 in …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a U.S. citizen who had travelled to the country from Spain late last month, a health official said on Monday, The confirmed case in the man, who had arrived on Nov. 29, makes Thailand the 47th country to have found the …
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal has detected its first two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Monday. A 66-year-old foreigner, who had entered Nepal from a country with confirmed Omicron variant on Nov. 19, and another 71-year-old person who was in close contact with him tested positive for …
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(Reuters) -British sub-prime lender Amigo said on Monday it plans to contribute 97 million pounds ($128.32 million) under a new business rescue proposal, revised up from 35 million pounds that it had previously estimated. The lender laid out two different options — one dependent on the restart of lending operations as well as securing money …
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By Chang-Ran Kim and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States Embassy in Tokyo on Monday warned in a tweet of incidents of suspected racial profiling of non-Japanese by Japanese police. Japan is a mostly ethnically homogeneous country where some people equate more immigrants with a rise in crime, although foreign labour is increasingly …
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By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss National Bank Vice Chairman Fritz Zurbruegg, who implemented the ripping up of the central bank’s minimum exchange rate policy and the introduction of negative interest rates and massive forex purchases, will retire next year. Zurbruegg, who recently returned to work after being treated for a heart condition, will retire …
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Monday to ensure worker wage hikes to protect the economy from rising global inflation, while strengthening the country’s defences as it deals with an assertive China and unpredictable North Korea. Kishida made the remarks on the opening day of parliament’s …
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(Reuters) -British fashion chain Ted Baker on Monday said Chairman John Barton had died, and senior independent director Helena Feltham would take on the role of interim chairman with immediate effect. In a brief statement, the London-listed retailer did not specify the cause of Barton’s death, but said it was sudden. Barton, 77, joined Ted …
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