JAKARTA, April 1(Reuters) - Standard Chartered, struggling to recoup a $1 billion loan extended to one of Indonesia's richest men, has hit fresh trouble after a Jakarta court excluded it from a key creditor list and raised doubts over the validity of the underlying deal.
With the price of restaurant real estate in Charleston surging, one entrepreneur has discovered it’s cheaper to retrofit a charter bus for food service than invest in square footage.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday is part of a broader diplomatic offensive to put pressure on arch rival Pakistan by forging ties with some of Islamabad's closest allies, Indian ruling party and government officials said.
QingQing, a panda cub in China, cuddles up to his keeper for a selfie. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
QingQing, a panda cub in China, cuddles up to his keeper for a selfie. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
QingQing, a panda cub in China, cuddles up to his keeper for a selfie. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Lexus has introduced a so-called groundbreaking V-LCRO Technology for their customers. Taking the concept of connecting man and the machine a bit too far, the automaker has designed a driver seat and a man suit that can stay glued to each other in various demanding driving conditions. The new V-LCRO technology has been created by […]
Читать дальше...ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 15 people in raids early on Friday targeting the Islamic State militant group in the western coastal province of Izmir, the private Dogan news agency reported.
Чаллыда "Фольксваген Поло" машинасы йөртүчесе – 62 яшьлек ир-ат руль артында җан биргән.
Читать дальше...Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says they can still win the Premier League.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Saudi-owned television news channel Al Arabiya has shut its offices in Lebanon and dismissed 27 employees, two of its journalists said on Friday, in a sudden move that comes amid political tensions between Riyadh and Beirut.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish-based Invisio, which will provide high-tech headsets to French security forces at the Euro 2016 soccer championship this summer, expects military orders in emerging markets to boost revenue further this year.
A Hong Kong man has made his own female robot, modelled after a famous Hollywood actress. Yiming Woo reports.
A Hong Kong man has made his own female robot, modelled after a famous Hollywood actress. Yiming Woo reports.
A Hong Kong man has made his own female robot, modelled after a famous Hollywood actress. Yiming Woo reports.
A Hong Kong man has made his own female robot, modelled after a famous Hollywood actress. Yiming Woo reports.
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - The United States faces its first real challenge with the Zika virus on the island territory of Puerto Rico, a part of the nation that is perhaps least prepared to cope with what is expected to be its worst outbreak.
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - The United States faces its first real challenge with the Zika virus on the island territory of Puerto Rico, a part of the nation that is perhaps least prepared to cope with what is expected to be its worst outbreak.
Апрель аенда барлык йолдызлыкларга да уяу булырга, бер мөмкинлекне дә кулдан ычкындырмаска, яңа идеяләрне вакытында тормышка ашырырга, кыскасы, тимерне кызу чагында сугып калырга киңәш ителә.
Читать дальше...LONDON (Reuters) - More than a million British workers were given a pay rise on Friday as a higher minimum wage came into force, an economic experiment that fed in to a tense political debate on whether the country should leave the European Union.
By Tracy Rucinski and Tom Hals April 1 (Reuters) - An extra-marital affair of a restructuring adviser working for the bankrupt unit of Caesars Entertainment Corp has cost the casino operator a team of key advisers just as the unit faces a Monday deadline to submit a plan to end its $18 billion bankruptcy. The bankrupt operating unit hired financial adviser Melissa Knoll and her team in 2014 to help probe creditor allegations that its parent, Caesars, stripped away its best hotels and le
* Prospects seen better for growth in U.S. jobs, industry (Updates with Europe data)
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Okmetic , said on Friday that it had received a takeover offer from China's National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) for the maker of silicon wafers used in semiconductors and analog circuits.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance will take any steps necessary to remove President Jacob Zuma from his post, should parliament fail to do so, its leader said on Friday.
CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova will hold a presidential election on Oct. 30, its parliament announced on Friday, the first time a new head of state will appointed by public vote since 2001.
