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G7 finance leaders lay out guidelines for central bank digital currencies

(Reuters) – Group of Seven advanced economies said on Wednesday that any digital currency issued

Apple likely to slash iPhone 13 production due to chip crunch

(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is likely to cut down production of its iPhone 13

Billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma reappears in Hong Kong – sources

(Reuters) – Alibaba Group (9988.HK) founder Jack Ma, largely out of public view since a

3 US-based economists win Nobel for research on wages, jobs

(AP) — A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for pioneering research

Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill

(AP) — Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill against COVID-19 in

Taiwan won’t be forced to bow to China, president says

Taiwan will keep bolstering its defences to ensure nobody can force them to accept the

N.Korea’s Kim calls for improving people’s lives amid ‘grim’ economy

(Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to focus on improving citizens’

Facebook will try to ‘nudge’ teens away from harmful content

(Reuters) – A Facebook Inc executive said Sunday that the company would introduce new measures

Police arrest Indian minister’s son in killing of farmers

(AP) — Indian police on Saturday arrested the son of a junior minister in Prime

Taliban say they won’t work with US to contain Islamic State

 (AP) — The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain