Norway fund may have to offload $1 billion stake in Glencore in shift away from coal
Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund may have to sell its $1 billion stake in commodities giant Glencore, among other companies that derive more than...
Vietnam ramps up pressure on Google’s YouTube advertisers
Vietnam has asked companies not to advertise on videos hosted by Google’s YouTube that contain “anti-state propaganda,” state media said on Wednesday, as the Southeast...
India evacuates hundreds of thousands as cyclone Vayu builds fury
India evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to shelters along the coast in its western state of Gujarat as a cyclone gathering intensity over the...
Hong Kong police fire pepper spray at protesters amid scuffles
Hong Kong police fired pepper spray at protesters near government buildings on Wednesday as tensions ramped up over an extradition bill that would allow people...
Kazakh president calls for dialogue, more protests planned
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev invited critics on Wednesday to join a new public council after days of protests over his election, while state prosecutors warned...
Trump and Kim one year on: A ‘beautiful letter’, stalled diplomacy
A year after President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met for the first time, they appear committed to a personal bond upon...
Woodford Patient Capital shares fall 1.7%
Shares in Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT), Woodford Investment Management’s only listed fund, fell 1.7% at the open on Wednesday after the Financial Times reported...
Reckitt picks PepsiCo executive as next CEO
British consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser on Wednesday named PepsiCo executive Laxman Narasimhan as its next chief executive officer, to succeed Rakesh Kapoor....
BAT sees further growth in vaping, e-cigarette products this year
British American Tobacco, the world’s No. 2 tobacco company, on Wednesday forecast sales of vaping and e-cigarette products to accelerate in the second half of...
Explainer: Why proposed changes to Hong Kong’s extradition law are fuelling protests
Hong Kong’s government has indefinitely delayed the second round of debate on an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China...