MUMBAI: India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) said on Monday two key indexes were now operating normally after they earlier stopped updating “intermittently” – a glitch that came amid sharp drops in Indian shares. The country’s biggest bourse had flagged problems with the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index and Nifty’s bank […]
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI : China’s foreign exchange regulator surveyed banks last week, asking about their business ties with Russia and risk management processes in a bid to gauge spillover effects on China from the West’s tough sanctions against Moscow, seven banking and policy sources told Reuters. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange […]
BRUSSELS: The European Union has asked the UN nuclear watchdog to safeguard Ukraine’s nuclear plants, two of which are now under Russian control, and mobilise international help in case of an emergency, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Russian forces have seized Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s biggest, […]
BRUSSELS: The European Union has asked the UN nuclear watchdog to safeguard Ukraine’s nuclear plants, two of which are now under Russian control, and mobilise international help in case of an emergency, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Russian forces have seized Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’ biggest, […]
SEOUL: The chief of South Korea’s ruling party was admitted to hospital on Monday after being hit on the head by a stranger while campaigning for this week’s presidential election, in which early voting has been marred by some lapses. A tight race between Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic […]
WASHINGTON: Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters experienced in urban combat as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, according to US officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. Moscow, which launched an invasion into its Eastern European neighbour on February 24, has in recent days recruited fighters from […]
ANKARA, TURKEY – MAY 11: In this illustration photo logo of TikTok is displayed on a smartphone and a pc screen in Ankara, Turkey on May 11, 2021. “In light of Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend livestreaming and new content to our […]
WASHINGTON: Russia’s blocking of Facebook is a symptom of its broader effort to cut itself off from sources of information that could imperil its internationally condemned invasion of Ukraine, experts say. The often-criticised social network is part of a web of information sources that can challenge the Kremlin’s preferred perspective […]
WASHINGTON: The US and Russian armed forces have set up a direct phone line to reduce the risks of “miscalculation” amid the war in Ukraine, the Pentagon said yesterday. The “deconfliction line” between US European Command and the Russian Ministry of Defence was established earlier this week, Pentagon spokesman John […]
International star Jackie Chan does his part for Hong Kong by donating medical supplies as the city battles a fifth wave of COVID-19. According to reports, the 67-year-old star donated 100,000 boxes of COVID-19 rapid test kits, one million masks, as well as 30,000 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) […]