Australian Open ejects protesters for supporting China’s Peng Shuai

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The Australian Open tennis tournament has been overshadowed by protests for a second time this year after Tennis Australia ejected two spectators for wearing T-shirts in support of Chinese player Peng Shuai.

Video footage of security officials and police ejecting the two protesters, who had a banner and T-shirts emblazoned with the Chinese player’s face and the phrase: “Where is Peng Shuai?”, was circulated online over the weekend. Peng came under pressure last year after she accused a senior Chinese government official of sexual assault.

Tennis Australia said spectators were not allowed to display political or commercial statements during the

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Apple hardware, software program, and services work together to ship a seamless experience that simply works. You can begin a project on Mac and finish it on iPad, use your screens side by aspect to increase your workspace, and even draw with Apple Pencil in your iPad or use your iPhone to make stay updates on your Mac. And it’s all compatible with apps from Microsoft and Google, so your staff has everything it needs to get any job carried … Read More

Bitcoin drops to six-month low as investors dump speculative assets

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Bitcoin dropped to a six-month low on Saturday, extending a steep fall recorded in the previous session as the cryptocurrency market was swept up in a powerful shift by investors out of speculative assets.

The price of the biggest digital token by market value fell 4.3 per cent in the European morning on Saturday to $35,127, the lowest level since July 2021. Bitcoin has now lost almost a quarter of its value this year.

Other cryptocurrencies have also come under intense selling pressure, with an FT Wilshire index of the top five tokens excluding bitcoin down 30 per cent in

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Chile’s Boric unveils moderate Cabinet in ‘good sign’ for markets By Reuters

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Chilean presidential candidate Gabriel Boric speaks during his closing campaign rally in Santiago, Chile, December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo

By Fabian Cambero and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s leftist President-elect Gabriel Boric unveiled his first cabinet on Friday, throwing markets and investors a bone with a moderate pick of current central bank head Mario Marcel for the Andean country’s finance ministry role.

Boric also named Izkia Siches, a prominent doctor and part of his campaign team, as future interior minister and deputy, as well as lawmaker Marcela Hernando in the key role of

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We cowl the whole balance sheet, from overseas trade, commerce finance and treasury management to corporate lending, securitization, public and private debt and fairness underwriting. Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which Chinese public health authorities say was the origin of most early instances of the novel coronavirus, was closed in early January. The market offered contemporary produce and seafood, in addition to wild animals that were slaughtered for meat. Great markets can spark urban revitalization, foster neighborhood diversity, and improve public health.

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European stocks drop after overnight Wall Street sell-off

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European shares dropped on Friday following a sell-off on Wall Street, with shares in technology companies under renewed pressure after streaming giant Netflix warned on subscriber growth late on Thursday.

The regional Stoxx 600 equity gauge fell 1.3 per cent in morning trade. European technology shares dropped 2.1 per cent.

Those moves came after swings in US stock markets on Thursday culminated in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index closing 1.3 per cent lower — down almost 13 per cent from a record high struck only in November. The broader-based S&P 500 index also lost more than 1 per cent.

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