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Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:44:11 GMTIndonesia tech giant GoTo soars on market debut
GoTo, the largest digital ecosystem in the archipelago nation of 270 million people, was formed by the merger of ride-hailing company Gojek and e-commerce platform Tokopedia in May 2021.
Clad in the signature black-and-green jacket of a Gojek drive...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:08:21 GMTRecord 419,000 fans flock to Australian Grand Prix weekend
Melbourne was back on the calendar this year after missing out in 2020 and 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions.
It returned with a bang as fans flocked to the track to witness Ferrari's Charles Leclerc win his second ra...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 06:26:14 GMTAustrian leader heads to Moscow as Ukraine prepares for eastern offensive
Karl Nehammer said he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and is expected to raise alleged war crimes in devastated areas around Kyiv that were under Russian occupation, including the town of Bucha.
Ukrainian authorities say over 1,20...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 06:12:15 GMTPakistan lawmakers to elect new PM after Khan ousted
Khan was dismissed Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote, paving the way for an opposition alliance that faces the same issues that bedevilled the cricket star-turned-politician.
Sharif, leader of the centrist Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) is...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:34:14 GMTLeclerc the man to beat after Melbourne masterclass
The 24-year-old from Monaco blew away his rivals at Sunday's Australian Grand Prix at a revamped Albert Park, starting from pole and taking the chequered flag by more than 20 seconds from Red Bull's Sergio Perez.
The 2022 campaign is just three rac...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:30:19 GMTFuture in balance for German refinery fed on Russian oil
The mass of metal tubes and canisters in the former East Germany near the border with Poland employs 1,200 people, and many local businesses depend on the custom it brings to the area.
"The sense of not knowing what will happen tomorrow is very sim...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:30:15 GMTUkraine crisis, inflation risks loom over ECB meeting
At its last meeting in March, the ECB said it would accelerate the winding down of its bond-buying stimulus, with a view to ending the scheme in the third quarter.
An interest rate hike -- the ECB's first in over a decade -- would follow "some time...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:58:08 GMTElon Musk no longer joining Twitter board: CEO
Musk was named to join the Twitter board after buying a major stake in the firm and becoming its largest shareholder.
"Elon has decided not to join our board," Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted.
"Elon's appointment to the board was to become offic...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:20:15 GMTElon Musk no longer joining Twitter board: CEO
Musk was named to join the Twitter board after buying a major stake in the firm and becoming its largest shareholder.
"Elon has decided not to join our board," Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted.
"Elon's appointment to the board was to become offic...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 03:14:10 GMTAsia tracks Wall St losses on Fed tightening concerns
Wall Street stocks mostly fell Friday. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq retreated as the yield on the 10-year US Treasury note climbed above 2.7 percent, a signal markets are preparing for more tightening as the Federal Reserve battles inflation.
Th...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:24:10 GMTVeteran Hong Kong journalist arrested for 'sedition'
The arrest is the latest blow against the local press in Hong Kong which has seen its media freedom rating plummet as Beijing cracks down on dissent.
Allan Au, a 54-year-old reporter and journalism lecturer, was arrested in a dawn raid by Hong Kong...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:22:16 GMTIndian sari weavers toil to keep tradition alive
Mohammad Sirajuddin's cramped studio is typical of Varanasi's dwindling community of artisans painstakingly working by hand to produce silk saris, uniquely cherished among their wearers as the epitome of traditional Indian sartorial style.
The city...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:14:18 GMTEmbracing Ukrainians at the US-Mexico border
"Come here, come, you see this line? Here there's the last checkpoint to go through and you will be in the United States," he said in English.
Wearing a hat and carrying a blue and yellow Ukrainian flag, the 43-year-old is the first face that many ...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:14:18 GMTA massive US-Mexican effort to welcome Ukrainian refugees
But with the war looming in her hometown of Lviv, the 55-year-old former nurse set off on the long journey to the Mexican city of Tijuana, where a massive operation is helping thousands of Ukrainian refugees cross the border to resettle in the Unite...
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:02:09 GMTDurant, Irving lead Nets over Pacers, Celtics take second seed
The Nets' final regular season game looked set to be a blowout for long periods as Brooklyn jumped out to an 18-point lead in the first half.
But a dogged Pacers unit drew level at 89-89 with less than five minutes remaining in the third quarter be...