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British office space provider IWG plans $3.68 billion U.S. float- report

British office space provider IWG plans $3.68 billion U.S. float- report

Aug 24 (Reuters) – British office space provider IWG Plc is planning to list its U.S. arm in New York for three billion pounds ($3.68 billion), Sky News reported on Saturday. IWG’s Chief Executive Officer…

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Hong Kong airport operating normally despite planned stress test protest

Hong Kong airport operating normally despite planned stress test protest

HONG KONG, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s airport and the roads and railways leading to it were operating normally early on Saturday despite plans by protesters to implement a “stress test” of transport links…

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Hong Kong police use tear gas to counter protest petrol bombs

Hong Kong police use tear gas to counter protest petrol bombs

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police used tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb on Saturday after some activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British…

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France delays signing of Internet pledge amid U.S. pressure

France delays signing of Internet pledge amid U.S. pressure

BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) – France delayed the planned signing of a pledge by Internet platforms to fight hate speech online amid pressure from the United States, a French minister said, adding that he was still…

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Tanzania says South Africa impounds Airbus plane

Tanzania says South Africa impounds Airbus plane

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – South African authorities have impounded an Airbus 220-300 aircraft leased by Tanzania’s national flag carrier, the Tanzanian government said. The plane had been scheduled to fly from the Oliver Tambo…

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Trump heaps another 5% tariff on Chinese goods in latest tit-for-tat escalation

Trump heaps another 5% tariff on Chinese goods in latest tit-for-tat escalation

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest…

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Thousands march in Hong Kong as police in black masks look on

Thousands march in Hong Kong as police in black masks look on

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched in a gritty industrial district of the Chinese-ruled city on Saturday, with some police wearing new black masks looking on, as China freed a British consulate…

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Trump says he wouldn’t stop Fed Chair Powell if he offered to resign

Trump says he wouldn’t stop Fed Chair Powell if he offered to resign

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with Jerome Powell, his nominee to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters)…

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Four Hong Kong stations close to head off protest as China frees UK consulate worker

Four Hong Kong stations close to head off protest as China frees UK consulate worker

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s rail operator shut down four stations ahead of a planned protest on Saturday as the Chinese-ruled city braced for further unrest and as China released an employee of the…

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UPDATE 1-Trump says he wouldn’t stop Fed Chair Powell if he offered to resign

UPDATE 1-Trump says he wouldn’t stop Fed Chair Powell if he offered to resign

(Adds quotes, details, background) WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday and said he wouldn’t try to stop the chief U.S. central banker if…

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