By Harish Sridharan (Reuters) – Sustainable funding held up in Asia during a rough patch globally last year thanks to strong local demand, and bankers say a pipeline of de-carbonisation projects is likely to keep deals flowing in 2023. Issuance of bonds tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) themes grossed $142 billion in Asia …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund is not likely to downgrade its forecast for 2.7% growth in 2023, the head of the global lender said on Thursday, noting that a feared oil price spike had failed to materialize and labor markets remained strong. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said 2023 would be …
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By Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian corruption court on Thursday found businessman Benny Tjokrosaputro guilty in a stock manipulation case involving state insurance firm Asabri and fined him 5.7 trillion rupiah ($371.67 million). Tjokrosaputro was spared a jail term because he is already serving a life sentence over a separate case in 2020 …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The governors of Wisconsin and North Carolina on Thursday signed orders banning TikTok on government devices due to cyber security concerns, joining other states and the federal government in prohibiting the use of the popular video app. In addition to banning Chinese-owned TikTok from state devices, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said …
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BOGOTA (Reuters) – At least 11 fighters have been killed during clashes in northeast Colombia between dissident former members of the now-demobilized FARC guerrilla movement and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, the army said on Thursday. President Gustavo Petro has pledged to end the country’s nearly six-decade conflict between the government, rebels and crime gangs …
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Por Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, 12 ene (Reuters) -Lisa Marie Presley, cantante y única hija de la leyenda del rock ‘n’ roll Elvis Presley, murió el jueves después de ser trasladada de urgencia a un hospital del área de Los Ángeles, dijo su madre. “Es con gran pesar que debo compartir la devastadora noticia de …
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BOGOTÁ, 12 ene (Reuters) – Al menos 11 combatientes murieron en enfrentamientos entre disidentes de las FARC y rebeldes del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) que luchan por el control territorial de una zona del noreste de Colombia estratégica para el narcotráfico, en la frontera con Venezuela, informaron el jueves las autoridades. Los combates entre …
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Por Marco Aquino LIMA, 12 ene (Reuters) -Miles de personas marcharon el jueves por las calles de Lima demandando el cierre del Congreso y la renuncia de la presidenta Dina Boluarte, que sufrió un golpe con la dimisión de uno de sus ministros exigiendo “cambios de rostros” en la dirección de Perú y un adelanto …
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By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) -“The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s movie inspired by his teen years, and dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” landed the top movie awards at the Golden Globes on Tuesday as Hollywood returned to a show that had been knocked off television by scandal. “The Fabelmans” was …
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(Reuters) – Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley, died on Thursday after being rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital suffering from cardiac arrest, according to media reports. (Reporting by Eric Beech!)
