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Syrian Army Poised To Enter Aleppo’s Last Rebel Enclave

The Syrian army broadcast messages into the last rebel enclave of Aleppo on Tuesday, warning that it was poised to enter the area during the day and urging insurgents to speed up their evacuation of the city. An operation to...

China Returns Underwater Drone, U.S. Condemns ‘Unlawful’ Seizure

China has returned a U.S. underwater drone taken by one of its naval vessels in the disputed South China Sea last week after what it said were friendly talks with the United States, which reiterated its criticism of the...

Exclusive: Top French Banks Sue ECB To Reduce Capital Demands

France's top lenders are suing the European Central Bank to get an exemption from holding capital against deposits parked with a state-owned fund, the most high-profile challenge to supervision from Frankfurt to date. As well as providing euro zone banks...

Blackberry Ups Outlook, Adjusted Earnings Beat; Shares Rise

BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO)(BBRY.O) on Tuesday posted an adjusted profit that beat expectations even as revenue dropped sharply, as the software growth it is relying on failed to fully make up for its retreat from handsets and lost service fees. The...

Russia Central Bank Says Deutsche Bank Employee Manipulated Markets

Russia's central bank said on Tuesday that a banker at Deutsche Bank's (DBKGn.DE) Russian branch had manipulated markets by conducting 300 billion rubles ($4.87 billion) of trades with relatives over two and a half years. The central bank said the...

EU Accuses Facebook Of Giving Misleading Information During Whatsapp Takeover

The European Commission has charged Facebook Inc with providing misleading information during its takeover of the online messaging service WhatsApp, opening the company to a possible fine of 1 percent of its turnover. The statement of objections sent to Facebook...

OPINION: GONE TOO SOON: A TRIBUTE TO THE ORACLE, WOLE SODIPE

It is difficult to match the state of being dead with a towering personality like, Wole Sodipe, one of the founding vice presidents of Platinum Bank, the man we affectionately call The Oracle. At about 3.05am on November 25, I...

OPINION: KEMI ADEOSUN: NIGERIA’S MINISTER OF GHOST WORKERS?

If one is to rank the claimed achievements of the Finance Minister Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the removal of 23,000 ghost workers from the federal payroll will easily top the list. But why would any serious Finance Minister gloat about...

OPINION: AFRICA’S HIGH HOPES FOR NEW UN CHIEF 

As the world waits in anticipation for the beginning of a new era in global diplomacy, AntĂłnio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres commences his term as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. Diplomats at UN headquarters rushed to congratulate Mr....

OPINION: SENATE, SERAP, IBRAHIM MAGU AND THE DEARTH AND DEATH OF CSO’S IN NIGERIA

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, recently wrote a letter to Mr Michel Forst, the UN Rapporteur on situation of human rights defenders on Senate’s refusal to confirm Mr Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial...

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