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Noah Holdings' William Ma expects the demand for IPOs in China to remain high next year, following a "very exciting" 2020.

According to a recent Gallup poll, he's been replaced by the man who tied him last year. Continue reading…

Despite Google’s Home Max being officially retired and pulled from sale a couple of weeks ago, the Google Store is once again offering the speaker for sale. While flashing a message saying the device is sold out and prompting customers to try out a p...

Luke Letlow, 41, was due to be sworn in as a Republican Representative for Louisiana on Sunday.

At a time the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram(MCG) is at the centre of controversies — with contractors facing probes for alleged irregularities and councillors showing resentment towards officials — its commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh has been assigned the additional charge of heading the new civic body in Manesar. The 2011-batch IAS officer speaks to TOI about the challenges staring at him, his priorities for Manesar and how he plans to set up the new corporation from scratch. Excerpts:

[New Times] One of the key elements that appear in a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on December 24, between Rwanda National Olympics Committee and Japan's University of Tsukuba is the establishment of an East Africa Sports Academy.

Reality came crashing down on Houston Tuesday after the Cougars ascended to No. 5 on Monday

KANCHANABURI: Two people from Narathiwat province were caught climbing over a border fence, from Myanmar to a village in Sangkhla Buri district, on Tuesday night.

Many good things can be said about China. Wearing a mask isn't a political debate. Bureaucrats take virus testing so seriously that some measures go overboard

Unknown people detained him in front of his wife and children.

A mother has been slammed for complaining about a stand offering 'free fruit' to children at a Woolworths store in Australia. Her post was shared on the Woolworths Facebook page.

Just like most things, people living in the Heart of Europe will see higher prices on tap water going into 2021. Due to a massive drop in water consumption during COVID-19, Prague residents are expected to pay 92.36 Kč per cubic meter of water next year, which is a rise of 7.3% compared to last year.  Tomáš Mrázek of Prague Waterworks and Sewage (PVK), the company in charge of the city’s water system, says that the country’s capital was more affected by the drop in water consumption than anywhere in the Czech Republic. Читать дальше...

Singapore began a coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday with a nurse receiving the first jab, making it among the first Asian nations to roll out inoculations. The city-state, which has suffered a mild outbreak, became the first country in Asia to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine earlier this month, and its programme kicked off with healthcare workers. Nurse Sarah Lim, 46, whose work includes screening suspected Covid-19 patients, was the first to be immunised, the health ministry said. Читать дальше...

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Bank stocks were in focus today falling as much as 1 per cent after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India in 2019-20

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, Florida Panthers left wing Mike Hoffman celebrates his goal against the New York Islanders during the third period of an NHL Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoff hockey game, in Toronto. The St. Louis Blues signed Hoffman, one of the top free agents left on the ...

Two residents have fallen victim to cyber crime and separate cases have been registered at Sector 65 police station. While in the first cases, a man named Krishan Lal was cheated of Rs 59,300 by someone pretending to be a bank employee, the other case saw a man being cheated on the pretext of KYC verification for his Paytm account.