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The decision by McDonald's to take greater control of its China business and expand aggressively in the face of a consumer slowdown and geopolitical tensions seems risky - but the potential pay-off is great, analysts say. Last month, the U.S.-based burger maker cut a deal to repurchase the 28% stake in its China business Carlyle Group took in 2017, giving it a 48% share in $6 billion worth of operations that include Hong Kong and Macau. One advantage for McDonald’s: its majority pa...

Authorities in southern India on Monday closed schools and offices, halted flights and evacuated coastal areas ahead of a severe cyclonic storm expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours,... -December 04, 2023 at 01:11 am EST - MarketScreener

CHENNAI -Authorities in southern India closed schools and offices, halted flights and evacuated coastal areas on Monday ahead of a severe cyclonic storm expected to make landfall in the next 24... -December 04, 2023 at 03:47 am EST - MarketScreener

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for efforts to tackle the isolated country's falling birth rates, describing the challenge as "everyone's housekeeping", state media KCNA reported on Monday. "Preventing a decline in birth rates and good childcare are all of our housekeeping duties we need to handle while working with mothers," Kim said at the event. The United Nations Population Fund estimates that as of 2023 the fertility rate, or the average number of ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for efforts to tackle the isolated country's falling birth rates, describing the challenge as "everyone's housekeeping", state media KCNA reported on Monday. "Preventing a decline in birth rates and good childcare are all of our housekeeping duties we need to handle while working with mothers," Kim said at the event. The United Nations Population Fund estimates that as of 2023 the fertility rate, or the average number of ch...

The European Union should first sign a strategic partnership agreement with Ukraine instead of starting membership talks with the country, Hungary's Viktor Orban said on Friday, flagging a way to a possible compromise ahead of a crucial EU summit. The 27 national EU leaders are due to decide in mid-December on whether to accept the European Commission's recommendation to invite Kyiv to begin membership talks as soon as it meets final conditions, even as it fights to repel Russia&#x27...

TOKYO -Japans largest union, Rengo, will ask for a pay increase of at least 5% at next years spring wage negotiations to help workers overcome rising living costs in the face of inflation, a union... -December 01, 2023 at 12:30 am EST - MarketScreener

A brazen murder-for-hire plot against a U.S. citizen, which authorities say was directed by an Indian government official, outwardly seems like a development that could upend the fragile new U.S.-India partnership. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said the unnamed Indian official, whose responsibilities include security and intelligence, and Indian national Nikhil Gupta, 52, plotted this summer to kill a New York City resident who advocated for a sovereign Sikh state in northern India. They di...

TOKYO :Japan's largest union, "Rengo", will ask for a pay increase of at least 5per cent at next year's spring wage negotiations to help workers overcome rising living costs in the face of inflation, a union representative said.Japanese firms are under pressure from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's demands for

The Russian rouble steadied on Friday, pulling away slightly from the more than one-week low hit in the previous session, with support from capital controls, high oil prices and expectations of... -December 01, 2023 at 02:55 am EST - MarketScreener