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By Jason Xue and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The number of U.S. IPOs by Chinese firms jumped in March, as some of them rushed to set up offshore listings before rules take effect that will complicate the process, though with markets jittery, several met with a tepid response. Seven Chinese firms including Chanson International and Hongli Group have launched public offerings in March to raise a combined $82.3 million, […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South Africa paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board on Friday to release him early from prison, lawyers and prison officials said. Steenkamp’s family oppose his bid and will give verbal and written statements at the hearing on the impact the murder had on them, their lawyer Tania Koen told Reuters. “June is not looking […]

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – A Santa Fe judge on Friday was to consider a plea deal that could bring the first conviction for the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie “Rust” in New Mexico. Dave Halls, first assistant director on “Rust,” in January entered an agreement with prosecutors to plead no contest to the misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – Siemens has launched an investigation after Der Spiegel reported a former programmer from Russian IT company NTC Vulkan – which has reported links to Russian security services – worked for the German engineering and tech company. The German news magazine said the worker was now employed by Siemens in Munich. “We take this seriously and we are looking into this. We cannot reveal any information about the […]

By Maki Shiraki and Joyce Lee TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is considering setting up a chip test line in Japan, five people said, to bolster its advanced packaging business and forge closer ties with Japanese makers of semiconductor equipment and materials. It would be the first such test line in Japan for Samsung, the world’s largest maker of memory chips. It would also come as […]

By Karen Freifeld, Luc Cohen and Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump, the ex-president and frontrunner to be Republican nominee in 2024, is set to face a mug shot, finger-printing and a court appearance next week after being indicted over a probe into hush money paid to a porn star in an historic U.S. first. The possible spectacle of Trump’s appearance in Manhattan before a judge as the […]

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A technical glitch at entry points into Singapore led to rare delays at one of the world’s busiest airports on Friday, with snaking queues and disgruntled passengers for several hours as automated immigration lanes suffered problems. The city-state’s immigration authority said it had “resumed normalcy” at checkpoints by 4 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) and was investigating the cause of the disruption, after earlier reporting “system slowness” […]

Conservative media figures leap to Donald Trump’s defense NEW YORK (AP) — Conservative media figures were quick to defend former President Donald Trump after news came out that he had been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. ‘A disgrace,’ said Fox News Channel’s Jesse Watters. ‘Repulsive,’ said Fox’s Sean Hannity. ‘Insane,’ said Newsmax’s Eric Bolling. Many commentators dismissed the case against Trump, even though the specific charges remained under seal. […]

Cubs’ Marcus Stroman commits MLB’s 1st pitch-clock violation CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman committed Major League Baseball’s first pitch-clock violation in the third inning of Thursday’s opening day game against the Milwaukee Brewers. With no outs, rookie Brice Turang on second base and Christian Yelich at the plate, plate umpire Ron Kulpa called the violation on Stroman at Wrigley Field. Kulpa pointed to his wrist in announcing […]