SHANGHAI : China’s securities regulator approved the launch of 37 retail funds over the weekend, part of government efforts to revive a stock market struggling for lift-off in an ailing economy. The move comes on top of a slew of measures to shore up the market, including a stamp duty […]
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All-rounder Jimmy Neesham will skip New Zealand’s Twenty20 series against England to return home for the birth of his first child, the team said on Monday. Neesham had been scheduled to stay on in Britain after taking part in The Hundred for the four-match series, which begins on Wednesday in […]
HAY RIVER: Wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories yesterday forced the evacuation of the entire town of Hay River, a community of about 4,000 people on the Great Slave Lake, authorities said. The government of the Northwest Territories ordered everyone in town, including essential workers, to go to the Hay River […]
KYIV: Russia is regrouping in the Moscow-controlled eastern part of Ukraine in order to resume an offensive, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian military’s ground forces, said yesterday. “After a month of fierce fighting and significant losses in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, the enemy is regrouping its forces […]
Some claim they rarely cry; others say the slightest breeze opens the floodgates. But what are tears made of? They rise up in our eyes when we’re mourning the loss of a loved one, getting the “feels” from a touching scene in a rom-com or simply chopping onions for dinner: […]
Bronny James, the teenage son of NBA great LeBron James, is expected to return to basketball “in the very near future” after he suffered a cardiac arrest last month, ESPN reported on Friday, citing a statement from a family spokesperson. The 18-year-old went into cardiac arrest on July 24 while […]
PANAMA CITY: The drought-hit Panama Canal will maintain restrictions on the passage of ships for one year, a measure that has already led to a marine traffic jam as boats line up to enter the waterway linking two oceans. The canal is facing a shortage of rainwater needed to transfer […]
TOKYO : The U.S. dollar held close to a 10-week peak versus a basket of major peers, and near its highest since November against the yen, as Treasury yields rose made fresh post-financial crisis highs on Tuesday amid speculation U.S. rates will be stay high for longer. China’s central bank […]
WASHINGTON: Former president Donald Trump plans to turn himself in and be processed at the Fulton County jail in Georgia on Thursday, CNN reported yesterday, citing sources. That date was set during negotiations with the Fulton County district attorney’s office yesterday over his consent bond and release conditions, CNN reported. […]
America’s mom and pop bitcoin buffs have a shiny new derivatives playground that cryptocurrency analysts hope will fire up a moribund market. Their new platform is cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global, which on Aug. 16 became the first crypto-focused firm to win approval to offer cryptocurrency futures to U.S. retail customers. […]