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Banks will be forced to give customers three months' notice of account closures and to provide a full explanation of the reasons under reforms that could be unveiled in the coming days.Sky News has learnt that the Treasury…

Cyrptocurrencies like Bitcoin are struggling to gain a firmer foothold in the United States as financial regulators crack down on major firms operating in the…

Five men have been sentenced to a total of more than 30 years in prison after the Premier League brought about a historic private prosecution to clamp down on piracy and the illegal streaming of Premier League matches.The individuals…

<!-- -->Civic Party chairman Alan Leong said 30 of 31 members had voted to wind up the party.Hong Kong: One of Hong Kong's biggest democratic parties said on Saturday it would disband after a vote by its party members, dealing another…

SINGAPORE : Chinese customs authorities are stepping up inspection checks on cargoes of heavy crude oil after uncovering several Iranian shipments that were mislabelled as diluted bitumen in an effort to bypass import quotas.The checks,…

MORONI: The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros is urging France to step back from a looming operation that could see the forced return of illegal migrants from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte. Authorities in Mayotte are…

Days after Twitter restricted links posted by online newsletter publishing platform Substack, the latter has made its Notes feature public. Much like Twitter, Notes is a new space on Substack where users can publish short-form posts with…

CNN  —  A prominent activist for girls’ education in Afghanistan was arrested by the Taliban on Monday, according to an official, the latest step in its repressive clampdown on…

“This new research highlights the vast economic and political power of the big formula milk companies, as well as serious public policy failures that prevent millions of women from breastfeeding their children,” said Nigel Rollins, one of…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Nancy Pelosi traveled to Taiwan in August, it made front page news around the world and raised the…