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Willkommen: Oscar-winner Redmayne stars in London revival of ‘Cabaret’

13 Dec 2021

By Edward Baran LONDON (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne makes a return to London’s West End in a new production of the musical “Cabaret”, which opened on Sunday. Redmayne plays the role of Emcee, alongside stage and screen star Jessie Buckley, in the production directed by Rebecca Frecknall. “He’s the most hard-working, conscientious actor …

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Hong Kong activists get up to 14 months in prison for banned Tiananmen vigil

13 Dec 2021

By Jessie Pang and Edmond Ng HONG KONG (Reuters) – Eight Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced to up to 14 months in prison on Monday for organising, taking part in and inciting participation in a banned vigil last year for victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The former British colony, which returned to …

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Philippines secures $250 million loan from ADB for COVID-19 vaccines

13 Dec 2021

MANILA (Reuters) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $250 million loan for the Philippines to purchase COVID-19 vaccines, it said in a statement on Monday. The ADB said the loan would allow the government to purchase 40 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses for eligible children and booster shots for adults. The Philippines …

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U.S. imposes sweeping human rights sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea

13 Dec 2021

By Daphne Psaledakis, David Brunnstrom and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist. Canada and the United Kingdom joined the United …

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U.S. imposes sweeping human rights sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea

13 Dec 2021

By Daphne Psaledakis, David Brunnstrom and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related sanctions on dozens of people and entities tied to China, Myanmar, North Korea and Bangladesh, and added Chinese artificial intelligence company SenseTime Group to an investment blacklist. Canada and the United Kingdom joined the United …

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Former FX official says China should avoid excess yuan appreciation

13 Dec 2021

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Avoiding excess yuan appreciation should be one of China’s priorities in managing market expectations and regulations, a former senior official at the country’s foreign exchange regulator has said. A challenge for exchange rate fluctuations or flexibility is that the currency could overshoot, deviating from its economic fundamentals, said Guan Tao, global chief economist …

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Mike Ashley’s Frasers starts new 70 million stg share buyback

13 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – British sportswear and fashion group Frasers plans to start a new share buyback programme of up to 70 million pounds ($92.6 million), it said on Monday. The group, formerly called Sports Direct and controlled by Mike Ashley, said the programme would run until April 2022. Ashley owns about 66% of the group’s …

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China to ease energy use curbs to relieve economic pressures

13 Dec 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will loosen blanket restrictions on energy consumption in order to ensure environmental and climate targets do not erode future economic growth, according to a policy document issued after an agenda-setting meeting of the country’s top leaders. The country will also move towards capping carbon dioxide emissions from overall energy use to …

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