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By Karen Freifeld and Rich McKay NEW YORK/PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set to fly from Florida to New York City on Monday, ahead of his scheduled arraignment related to hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, as security tightens in Manhattan. Trump, the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges, is due to be arraigned, fingerprinted and photographed […]

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump is expected in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday where he will make history as the first former president to be criminally charged in a case that will likely take more than a year to come to trial. At issue is a $130,000 hush payment to an adult film star made in the waning days of the 2016 election campaign. […]

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – After weathering recession and military conflicts, Israel’s high-tech sector could be facing its biggest test yet as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) removes a key funding source and a proposed judicial overhaul threatens the bedrock of corporate law. Nicknamed “Startup Nation”, Israel’s economy has ridden a wave of tech success with a sector that employs just 10% of the country’s workforce accounting […]

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – After weathering recession and military conflicts, Israel’s high-tech sector could be facing its biggest test yet as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) removes a key funding source and a proposed judicial overhaul threatens the bedrock of corporate law. Nicknamed “Startup Nation”, Israel’s economy has ridden a wave of tech success with a sector that employs just 10% of the country’s workforce accounting […]

By Karen Freifeld and Rich McKay NEW YORK/PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set to fly from Florida to New York City on Monday, ahead of his scheduled arraignment related to hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, as security tightens in Manhattan. Trump, the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges, is due to be arraigned, fingerprinted and photographed […]

By Alasdair Pal MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Yunupingu, one of Australia’s most influential Indigenous leaders has died aged 74, his family said on Monday, months before a referendum on whether to recognise the community for the first time in the country’s constitution. Yunupingu is best known as a land rights activist, who was involved in having traditional ownership documents recognised for the first time by Australia’s parliament. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China should accelerate legislation of the Financial Stability Law and improve other legal arrangements designed to prevent and dispose of financial risks, three officials from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) wrote in China Finance, a publication affiliated to the central bank. Financial authorities should strengthen supervision of financial institutions’ date accuracy to prevent risks, the article said, saying if any enlightment should be drawn from the […]

By Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Boutique investment bank China Renaissance Holdings said it would delay its audited annual results and suspend its stock trading from Monday, after mainland authorities took away its chairman, Bao Fan, to co-operate with an investigation. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange, the bank said auditors told it they were unable to complete their audit and sign off on the earnings […]

By Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Boutique investment bank China Renaissance Holdings said it would delay its audited annual results and suspend its stock trading from Monday, after mainland authorities took away its chairman, Bao Fan, to co-operate with an investigation. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange, the bank said auditors told it they were unable to complete their audit and sign off on the earnings […]