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[ad_1] NEW YORK: The New York Stock Exchange has begun the process of delisting three Chinese telecommunications companies as it seeks to comply with an order from the Trump administration that prohibits investment in companies linked to the Chinese military. It comes as relations between the world’s two largest economies …

[ad_1] The Premier League’s handling of the postponement of Fulham’s match at Tottenham Hotspur due to a COVID-19 outbreak at the west London club was “unprofessional” and could have been handled better, the Spurs manager said on Friday, Jose Mourinho. Fulham was forced to submit a request to the Premier …

[ad_1] EdgeProp Hang Lung’s HK $ 2.6 billion purchase of 37 Shouson Hill Road villas from the US government runs into diplomatic hurdle in the US-China dispute 37 Shouson Hill Road, The Peak, on Hong Kong Island on May 30, 2020. Photo: Edmond SoSINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) – One of Hong Kong’s …

[ad_1] Deal Tencent’s online game offerings were removed from Huawei’s app store because the two companies failed to reach an agreement on revenue sharing, Tencent and a source said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A Tencent Games sign is seen at the China Digital Entertainment Exhibition and Conference (ChinaJoy) in Shanghai, …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator approved on Friday (January 1) a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford for emergency use, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The decision authorizes the launch of the vaccine in the second most populous country in the …

[ad_1] LONDON: Despite the free trade agreement signed by London and Brussels, food and medicine providers fear that rapidly introduced changes will disrupt supplies and increase costs, undermining the government’s claims for a post-Brexit dividend. While Boris Johnson had promised a “ready-to-bake” deal a year ago, the British prime minister …

[ad_1] New Years Message 2021 from the Secretary General of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), Dr. Tan Cheng Bock As we start a new year, I like to spend some time reflecting on how significant this year has been for the development of our political institutions, the maturity of our …

[ad_1] LONDON: Britain started a new year and life outside of Europe on Friday (January 1), after leaving the bloc’s single market trading rules to go on its own for the first time in nearly half a century. Brexit, which has dominated politics on both sides of the Channel since …

[ad_1] WUHAN: Thousands of New Year’s revelers packed the center of Wuhan, the Chinese city where COVID-19 was first detected, cheering and launching balloons to welcome in 2021. The police erected fences to try to avoid congestion around the clock tower of the city’s Customs, but the measure was ineffective …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Confetti fluttered over front-line workers scattered across Times Square after fireworks exploded over eerily quiet locations from the Sydney Harbor Bridge to Copacabana Beach, as the world ushered in the New Year with silent celebrations and bid farewell to 2020 plagued by pandemics. After a grueling year …