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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdelfattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Saturday’s rare border shooting in which three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian security officer were killed, the leaders said in separate statements on Tuesday. Sisi and Netanyahu emphasised the importance of coordination on investigating the incident, Egypt’s presidency said. “Egypt’s President Sisi expressed his deep condolences over the incident on the Egyptian border. The Prime Minister […]

By Georgina Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong ‘s central bank plans to test the use of its digital currency under a pilot project in its HK$1.8 trillion ($229 billion) mortgage market, with an aim to slash a month-long loan approval process by half, according to the pilot participants. The test comes amid fierce competition among banks to attract mortgage customers in the world’s least affordable housing market, with […]

(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said on Tuesday it is investigating an issue with several crypto funding gateways including Bitcoin, Ether and ERC20s. “Deposits and withdrawals are currently delayed,” Kraken said on its status page. It was not immediately clear what caused the problem. (Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Heavens) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

KYIV (Reuters) -A torrent of water burst through a gaping hole in a dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone and forcing villagers to flee. Ukraine accused Russia of blowing up the dam from the inside in a deliberate war crime. Russian-installed officials gave conflicting accounts, some blaming Ukrainian shelling, others saying the dam […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Investors have pulled around $780 million from crypto exchange Binance in the last 24 hours, data firm Nansen said on Tuesday, a day after the world’s biggest crypto exchange was sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Binance’s U.S. affiliate exchange registered net outflows of $13 million in the same period, Nansen said. Neither Binance nor Binance.US immediately responded to a request for comment. (Reporting by […]

KYIV (Reuters) -Millions of litres of water burst through a gaping hole in a Russian-controlled dam on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone in southern Ukraine, threatening scores of villages and cutting off water supplies. Ukrainian and Russian forces blamed each other for the breach. The Nova Kakhovka dam, which holds water equal to that in the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of Utah, supplies water […]

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood’s actors union voted to authorize a strike if contract talks break down, turning up the heat on major film and television studios already grappling with a monthlong work stoppage by writers. After voting closed on Monday, SAG-AFTRA said 97.91% of ballots cast supported a strike authorization. Nearly 65,000 members, or about 48% of those eligible, voted on the measure. “Bravo SAG-AFTRA. We are […]

BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Russia conducted a joint air patrol on Tuesday over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea for a sixth time since 2019, prompting neighbouring South Korea to scramble fighter jets. China’s defence ministry said the patrol was part of the two militaries’ annual cooperation plan. South Korea scrambled fighter jets, according to its military, after after four Russian and four Chinese military aircraft entered its […]

(Corrects paragraph 7 to say Marape made comment on Tuesday) By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Pacific Islands nation of Vanuatu said on Tuesday a security treaty with Australia would be put to parliament before the end of 2023, as concerns over China in the region saw neighbouring Papua New Guinea delay signing another such treaty. Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau said, during a visit by Australia’s Defence Minister Richard […]