LONDON :Oil prices were broadly steady on Thursday, as investors weighed U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Iran, and robust U.S. jobs data against the wider backdrop of demand concerns and easing Middle East tensions that had pushed prices 3 per cent lower on Wednesday.Brent futures were up 10 cents, or…
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LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur supporters would have had little sympathy for archrivals Arsenal after their Champions League quarter-final exit at the hands of Bayern Munich but they may not be laughing so hard come the end of the season. Arsenal’s 3-2 aggregate defeat, combined with holders Manchester City’s penalty shoot-out loss to Real Madrid, did more than just rule out the possibility of an English club appearing in the Wembley showpiece on Jun 1. Those defeats…
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TOKYO: Japanese banks have improved their resilience to rising interest rates by rebalancing domestic bond…
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Ms Lee is also the chief executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. In March 2023, Ms Lee presided over the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). She successfully concluded negotiations on a new global agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law…
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Negotiations between Israel and Hamas to secure a truce in Gaza and a release of hostages have stalled, Qatar’s prime minister said on Wednesday (Apr 17). “We are going through a sensitive stage with some stalling, and we are trying as much as possible to address this stalling,” Sheikh Mohammed…
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BENGALURU : Sri Lankan telecom operator Dialog Axiata has signed a definitive agreement to buy Bharti Airtel’s operations in the island nation, the companies said on Thursday, nearly a year after the merger was announced.Under the agreement, Dialog Axiata will acquire a 100 per cent stake in Airtel Lanka by…
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One of his favourite accommodations is The Capitol Hotel Tokyu. The original hotel has an illustrious history. It was built in 1963 as Japan’s first foreign-affiliated hotel (then, as Tokyo Hilton Hotel) and hosted many dignitaries. The new building was completed in 2010 and rebranded as The Capitol Hotel Tokyu,…
