13+ hour, 31+ min ago   (144+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Ares Management Corp, a global alternative investment ​manager, has appointed ‌James Garforth as principal in its Asia direct lending business, according to an internal memo seen by ‌Reuters ​on Monday. Here are ⁠some details: • Garforth ⁠joins…...

18+ hour, 40+ min ago   (139+ words) Sept 14 (Reuters) – China’s Ligent Technologies is looking to raise HK$5.67 billion ($723.02 ​million) through an initial ‌public offering in Hong Kong, according to a filing with the exchange on Monday. The ‌optical ​communications equipment maker ⁠is offering 172 ⁠million shares at an…...

19+ hour, 19+ min ago   (281+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of spreading Russian ​propaganda and of supporting Russia’s aggressive policy toward ‌Ukraine. Yuliia Mendel — who worked with Zelenskiy from…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago   (447+ words) TILATHI KOILADI, Nepal, Sept 13 (Reuters) – After nine days trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a week of hospital care following his dramatic rescue, Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month’s devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, ​finally returned to his…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (269+ words) SEOUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) – South Korea’s expanded espionage law takes effect on Sunday, broadening espionage offences beyond acts involving North Korea to include all foreign countries as Seoul seeks to protect key technologies ​amid intensifying competition in semiconductors and other strategic…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (311+ words) TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Japan’s wholesale inflation remained elevated in August, data showed on Friday, highlighting mounting price pressures that cement the case for the central ​bank to raise interest rates this month. The data follows ‌recent hawkish communication from the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (630+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. government announced new sanctions on Thursday against firms and individuals that it says are aiding Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies in the Middle East as it intensified its campaign to isolate Iran economically. The latest…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (565+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – Sweden will hold a parliamentary election on September 13 with the centre-left opposition holding a slim lead in opinion polls over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s ruling right-wing bloc. Kristersson is seeking to form a majority government with his existing…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (62+ words) 1470 & 100.3 WMBD German August inflation confirmed at 2.9% BERLIN, Sept 10 (Reuters) – German ​inflation accelerated to 2.9% in ​August, ⁠the federal ⁠statistics office said on Thursday, ​confirming ⁠preliminary ⁠data. Germany’s ​consumer prices, ​harmonised to compare with other ⁠European Union countries, stood ⁠at 2.8% ⁠year ​on…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (201+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – OpenAI said on Wednesday it is pushing for mandatory national AI safety requirements, as increasingly powerful ​models fan concerns about the ‌risk posed by autonomous AI agents. Several incidents in which AI models from developers including OpenAI, Anthropic…...