A Brazilian judge has ordered wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp for 72 hours throughout Latin America's largest country. As Hayley Platt reports, it's the second such incident against the popular messaging application in five months.
The yen eased to its weakest level in three decades against the U.S. dollar after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold on Friday, leaving markets on edge about possible intervention, especially if hot U.S. inflation data pushes up the dollar. After a two-day meeting, the Bank of Japan left its short-term interest rate target at 0-0.1% and made small upward adjustments in its inflation forecast. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the weak yen so far has not had a big impact on the inflation trend.
Several London Underground stations are closed due to workers striking while two Tube lines are halted because of a casualty on the track. Transport for London marked 10 stations on the network at 7am due to the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association action. The union said the action was likely to cause Tube stations to close at the last minute, including into Saturday morning, but Transport for London said there will not be significant disruption.
HONG KONG, April 26, 2024--Users of 14 popular overseas e-wallets from 9 countries and regions can now make payments in Hong Kong using their home apps through Alipay+, a suite of cross-border mobile payment and digitalization technology solutions operated by Ant International.
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U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American has rejected a 31 billion pound ($39 billion) takeover offer from BHP Group, saying it significantly undervalues the company and its growth potential. Anglo American said Friday that its board unanimously rejected the bid from BHP, which was announced a day earlier. The deal would create the world’s largest copper miner as the transition to renewable energy drives demand for the metal.
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Darktrace’s three year stay on the London stock market is set to end after the cybersecurity firm backed a £4 billion takeover by a US private equity firm. The developments came as mining giant Anglo American said it had rejected BHP’s “opportunistic” £31 billion bid approach.
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YouGov survey for Royal Holloway University of London found 24 per cent of Londoners aged 18 to 24 did not know of this legal requirement
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in China in an attempt to put relations on an even keel.
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