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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Zurich-based Julius Baer has appointed Chin Lit Yee as its new head of South East Asia, the private bank said on Thursday. Kevin Tay will assume Yee’s previous role as group head of South East Asia, with all appointments coming into effect on Thursday, according to the statement. Yee has over 30 years of experience in the wealth management sector. Prior to joining Julius Baer in 2015, […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The Sudanese army said on Thursday that a para-military force headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo had mobilised troops in the capital Khartoum and other cities – a move that raises the prospect of confrontaion with the armed forces. The army said in a statement that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) movements represented a “clear violation of law”. The RSF is a powerful […]

(Reuters) -National Public Radio (NPR) will no longer post content to its 52 official Twitter feeds in protest against a label by the social media platform that implies government involvement in the U.S. organization’s editorial content. NPR said on Wednesday Twitter refused its repeated requests to remove the inaccurate label of “state-affiliated media”, now changed to “government-funded media,” which did not accurately capture its public media governance structure. British broadcaster […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, is grappling with a mystery ailment in jail that could be some sort of slow acting poison, as he has lost 8 kg in weight in just over two weeks, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said. “We do not exclude that at this very time Alexei Navalny is being slowly poisoned, being killed slowly so that it attracts less attention,” Yarmysh […]

By Joe Cash and Ellen Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s exports unexpectedly surged in March, with officials flagging rising demand for electric vehicles, but analysts cautioned the improvement partly reflects suppliers catching up with unfulfilled orders after last year’s COVID-19 disruptions. Exports in March shot up 14.8% from a year ago, snapping five straight months of declines and stunning economists who predicted a 7.0% fall in a Reuters poll. But […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said it would ban vessels from an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to the possibility of falling rocket debris, China’s maritime safety administration said on Thursday, without providing details. The news comes after Taiwan said China would impose a no-fly zone briefly on Sunday morning in a similar area that would affect around 33 flights. China has not commented on the no-fly zone but […]

DUBLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, a proud Irish-American, took his three-day tour of Ireland to Dublin on Thursday for an address to parliament and a banquet at Dublin Castle as his focus shifted from Northern Irish peace to celebrating his heritage. “It feels wonderful. It feels like I’m coming home,” Biden told journalists on Wednesday afternoon as he toured Carlingford Castle, near the home of one of the […]

BEIJING (Reuters) -China said it will ban vessels from an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to the possibility of falling rocket debris, China’s maritime safety administration said on Thursday, without providing more detail. The news comes after Taiwan and other neighbouring countries said China would impose a no-fly zone on Sunday morning in a similar area that would affect around 33 flights. China has not commented on the […]

BEIJING (Reuters) -China said it will ban vessels from an area north of Taiwan on Sunday due to the possibility of falling rocket debris, China’s maritime safety administration said on Thursday, without providing more detail. The news comes after Taiwan and other neighbouring countries said China would impose a no-fly zone on Sunday morning in a similar area that would affect around 33 flights. China has not commented on the […]