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Chinese authorities on the hunt for Siberian tiger after it bites villager in Heilongjiang

Farmer nearly loses his hand to ferocious feline in northeastern province where conservation efforts have boosted wild tiger activity

World

Work one day for free, French asked in latest budget plan

PARIS (Reuters) - France's national budget is so strained that lawmakers are pushing a proposal to make the French work an extra seven hours each year without pay - the equivalent of one working day - to generate extra funds for state coffers.

China

China blames US for failure of defence chiefs to meet

BEIJING: China on Thursday (Nov 21) blamed Washington's support for Taiwan for the failure of the two countries' defence ministers to meet this week, after US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin called Beijing's no-show "unfortunate".

China

China’s second-richest man demands apology from ByteDance founder over online attacks

Zhong Shanshan, founder of bottled-drinks giant Nongfu Spring, blames ByteDance’s social media apps for perpetuating online assaults

Technology

Digital banks lead profitability gains among Brazilian lenders, says central bank

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian banks' profitability improved in the first half of this year, led by digital banks, and net interest income and service revenues should continue to rise in the second half, the central bank said on Thursday.

Nation

Malaysia, Vietnam elevate bilateral relations to comprehensive strategic partnership

KUALA LUMPUR: The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam has announced the elevation of Malaysia and Vietnam bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Cambodia

Cambodia needs to unlock full potential of transport corridors to enhance regional connectivity: World Bank

PHNOM PENH: A new World Bank report released on Thursday (Nov 21) showed that Cambodia needed to unlock the full potential of transport corridors to enhance its regional connectivity.

Football

Soccer-Chelsea's Maresca excited to face old club Leicester but James injured again

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca is excited to tackle his former club Leicester City, who he guided into the Premier League last season, but the London side will be without their captain Reece James who has been sidelined with injury yet again.

Corporate News

Thong Guan Industries to sell unit in related party transaction

KUALA LUMPUR: Thong Guan Industries Bhd (TGIB) today entered into a conditional share sale agreement with Foremost Equals Sdn Bhd (FESB) to sell its entire 100 per cent stake, consisting of 3,735 ordinary shares in Syarikat Thong Guan Trading Sdn Bhd (STGT), for RM60 million.

Technology

PayPal fixes outage that affected thousands worldwide

(Reuters) -Payments firm PayPal said on Thursday it had resolved an issue that led to a global outage affecting thousands of users for nearly two hours.

Thailand

Thai woman sentenced to death for cyanide poisoning in first of 14 murder trials

BANGKOK: A Thai woman believed to be among the worst serial killers in the kingdom's history was convicted and sentenced to death on Wednesday (Nov 21) for poisoning a friend with cyanide, in the first of her 14 murder trials.

Football

Soccer-France sports minister says ex-football federation chief withdrawing defamation complaint

PARIS (Reuters) -Former French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet has withdrawn his defamation complaint against France's Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera.

Football

Soccer-Milan bid to hand injury-hit Juve first Serie A loss of season

(Reuters) - AC Milan will look to capitalise on a Juventus injury crisis when they meet at San Siro on Saturday or risk being left behind in the Serie A title race as they trail leaders Napoli by eight points.

Arts

Banana taped to a wall sells for US$6.2mil in New York

Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun forked over more than US$6mil for the fruit and its single strip of silver duct tape

Nation

Vehicles in viral video given summonses for parking too close to bus stop, Ipoh cops say

IPOH: Owners of vehicles parked in front of Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun received traffic summonses in a viral video for violating parking rules, say Ipoh police.

World

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader

AMSTERDAM (Reuters): Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

World

Angry farmers block access to Bordeaux port to up pressure on French government

PARIS (Reuters) - A group of protesting farmers on Thursday sought to block operations at the port of Bordeaux in southwestern France, as a new bout of agricultural anger intensified in Europe's largest crop-producing country.

World

Spanish police bust gang that recruited Swedish and Danish minors as hitmen

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have dismantled a gang based in the eastern city of Alicante that allegedly recruited Swedish and Danish teenagers to carry out murders as hitmen.

Brunei

Brunei signs landmark agreement to export processed beef products to Singapore

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei Darussalam marked a significant milestone in its economic diversification and bilateral relations with Singapore through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to produce, distribute, and market PDS and Pondok Abang products in both countries.

World

Factbox-Who are the main contenders in Romania's presidential election?

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians vote in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, with the second round due to be held on Dec. 8. A parliamentary ballot is also set for Dec. 1.