An elderly woman wearing a face mask walks alone a street in Hong Kong, Sunday, March 13, 2022. The territory’s leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, warned the peak of the latest surge in coronavirus infections might not have passed yet. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Kin Cheung AP BEIJING China’s government responded […]
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Court fight looms as questions swirl over Trump’s finances
FILE – A woman walks past the Trump Building in New York’s financial district, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Mazars USA LLP, the accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements, says the documents “should no longer be relied upon” after investigators said they found evidence he and […]
Thailand Picks Ex-Banker as Finance Chief to Fight Crisis
(Bloomberg) — Thailand named a new finance minister to help shape the government response to the pandemic-driven recession, one of a number of changes in a wider Cabinet reshuffle. Predee Daochai, former co-president of Kasikornbank Pcl, will take on the Finance Ministry portfolio, according to a Royal Gazette statement Thursday. […]