22 arrests, Italian villas seized in vast EU fraud swoop
BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 4, 2024 (AFP) - A coordinated police swoop across Europe on Thursday netted 22 arrests and saw…
2 years ago
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Hong Kong scraps property taxes to revive sluggish market
HONG KONG, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) - Hong Kong has axed all property transaction taxes in a bid to revive…
2 years ago
US identifies use of AI as risk in financial system
WASHINGTON, Dec 14, 2023 (AFP) - US regulators have identified the use of artificial intelligence as a vulnerability in the…
3 years ago
UK’s second biggest city latest to declare financial distress
LONDON, Sept 5, 2023 (AFP) - The council of the UK's second biggest city, Birmingham, became Tuesday the latest local…
3 years ago
G7 finance chiefs move to diversify supply chains
NIIGATA, Japan, May 13, 2023 (AFP) - The G7 plans to launch a partnership scheme to diversify supply chains this…
3 years ago
Norway’s wealth fund posts record loss of $164 bn
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said Tuesday it recorded a loss of 1.637 trillion Norwegian kroner ($164 billion)…
3 years ago
Hong Kong crypto exchange falls silent, fuelling shutdown fears
Hong Kong, China (AFP) A major Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange has scrubbed some of its social media presence two weeks…
4 years ago
World ‘burning up faster’ than it can recover: Pakistan PM
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt | AFP | Climate change is outpacing the capacity of developing nations to cope with…
4 years ago
Diokno says economy still on steady path to recovery despite lower growth figures in 2nd quarter
Main growth contributors were transportation and construction; services sector posted highest positive growth (Eagle News) – The Philippine economy…
4 years ago
G20 finance chiefs meet as Indonesia warns of energy, food catastrophe
BALI, Indonesia (AFP) -- Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs met in Indonesia Friday for talks on…
4 years ago
China’s Xi calls for stronger fintech oversight, security
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A high-level Chinese government meeting led by President Xi Jinping has called for stronger oversight and…
4 years ago
Mining firms targeting Brazil indigenous lands: report
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil (AFP) - Major mining companies are seeking to expand to currently protected indigenous lands in the…
4 years ago
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