By Tora Agarwala
DHAKA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Shafiqur Rahman has long been on the margins of Bangladeshi politics, but his bearded face now appears on posters and billboards across Dhaka, urging voters to elect the country’s first Islamist‑led government in a general election on Thursday.
The 67‑year‑old doctor and Jamaat‑e‑Islami party chief has risen from near obscurity to be a serious contender for prime minister, after decades of being... (continue reading...)
BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Seven people were killed in a gold mine accident in China's eastern Shandong province, and authorities were investigating, state-run CCTV reported, sending shares of the mine owner, Zhaojin Mining Industry, down 6% on Tuesday.
The accident occurred on Saturday when a cage fell down a mine shaft, CCTV reported late on Monday night.
The emergency management and public security departments were investigating... (continue reading...)
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter
Global stocks are at fresh peaks, helped by the seemingly indefatigable tech sector, while new moves by the U.S. government to shake up climate policy could mark a new pain point for ESG investors. The Trump administration is set this week to overturn the so-called endangerment finding, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday. An Obama-era scientific... (continue reading...)
Feb 10 (Reuters) - India's Adani Enterprises said on Tuesday it is talks with the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets over allegations from a Wall Street Journal report published in June last year that said billionaire Gautam Adani was trying to get the U.S. President Donald Trump administration to drop bribery charges against him.
Adani Enterprises said that it received a Request for Information from the Office of Foreign Assets on February 4.... (continue reading...)
BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official has called for "resolutely" cracking down on "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and opposing interference by external forces this year to safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, state agency Xinhua reported Tuesday.
The ruling communist party's fourth-ranked leader Wang Huning made the remarks at the 2026 work conference on Taiwan affairs held in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday,... (continue reading...)
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