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Andres GonzalezLONDON (Reuters) – Citigroup is looking to expand in Europe despite political unrest on the continent spooking investors, the bank’s new European head Ignacio Gutierrez Orrantia told Reuters in an interview.The US bank, which last year carried out its biggest restructuring in decades, is currently fourth in the EMEA league table for M&A and sixth in equity capital markets (ECM), according to Refinitiv.”Our ambition is to be number one, even if it takes three, four or five years. We are committed to reaching the top,” said Gutierrez Orrantia, known as Nacho.However, he noted that “volatility and uncertainty due to…

Haris Rauf and Ahmed Shehzad© X (Twitter) Pakistan’s early elimination from the T20 World Cup 2024 has caused a social media frenzy, with Babar Azam and his teammates coming under fire on social media. Internet outrage intensified when a video of Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf getting into an altercation with a fan was surfaced on social media. Amid the controversy, several of Rauf’s teammates took to X (formerly Twitter) to show their support. After seeing Rauf’s teammates posting in support of Rauf, Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad shared a scathing post.Shehzad, who has been in the news in…

Image caption, The IRGC is Iran’s primary military, political and economic power.Article informationauthor, Nadine Yousifrole, BBC News, TorontoJune 19, 2024Updated 1 hour agoCanada has designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization following years of pressure from opposition lawmakers and some Iranian immigrants.Public Security Minister Dominic Leblanc announced the decision on Wednesday, calling it “an important measure in the global fight against terrorism.”The move means that thousands of Iranian government officials, including senior members of the IRGC, will be barred from entering Canada.Iran’s Fars News Agency quoted an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman as condemning the move as “unwise…

File photo of Wahab Riaz and Mohammed Amir.©AFP Former India opener Virender Sehwag has slammed Pakistan’s duo of Wahaz Riaz and Mohammed Amir. Wahaz, who called time on his international cricket career last year, is currently the chief selector of the Pakistan men’s national team selection committee. He was appointed to the role in November. A few months after Riaz took up his new role, Amir, who had also retired from international cricket, rejoined the national team. Noting the development, Sehwag questioned Riaz’s intentions to chair the selection committee. “Wahaz Riaz and Mohammed Amir are two men who…

Editorial by Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd.) Pakistan PAF AMRAAM-equipped F-16s and IAF R-77 and R-27ER-equipped Su-30 MKIs engaged in a limited beyond visual range (BVR) combat the day after the Balakot attacks in 2019. The main lesson learnt from the battle was the importance of the range advantage of BVR missiles in aerial combat. A Russian Su-35 and an American F-16 engaged in close combat in Syria. On April 2, 2023, a Russian Su-35 reportedly conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept of an American F-16 aircraft. U.S. Central Command lamented a “significant increase” in aggressive Russian flights over Syria…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in Season 3, Episode 2 of “Bridgerton.” Liam Daniel/Netflix The new season of Bridgerton, like its predecessors, has no shortage of exciting scenes. The show’s makeup artists told Page Six which products passed the “kiss test.” A shimmery highlighter, primer and setting spray are best, she says. Sparkling Regency-era dresses, glittering jewels, and intricate wigs were all the rage in the latest season of Bridgerton.But one of the hit Netflix show’s makeup artists had another job: making sure…

Cassadaga resident Art Asquith played golf with several sports legends during a pro-am tournament in Jamesburg, N.J., in 1982. Pictured, from left, are Willie Mays, Brooks Robinson, Gordie Howe, Asquith, Johnny Unitas and Joe DiMaggio. Photo courtesy of the Chatauqua Sports Hall of Fame. On a wall at the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame on West Third Street in Jamestown, framed color photos of six golfers who competed in the 1982 pro-am tournament in Jamesburg, N.J., are displayed. In the middle of the group is Art Asquith. More than 40 years later, the 2010 CSHOF elect…

Corina Pons, Emma Pinedo, Charlie DevereuxMADRID (Reuters) – A Chinese dumping investigation into EU pork imports, following tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), spooked Spanish pig farmers this week but the industry proved resilient and far less vulnerable than the EU’s car sector.Spain supplies 22 percent of China’s pork imports in 2023, worth 1.2 billion euros ($1.29 billion), and stands to lose more than any other EU country in an investigation into low pork prices after the EU last week targeted Chinese imports of subsidized electric cars.”It’s like a drop of cold water and we never expected it,” Giuseppe Aloisio,…

What’s going on?The Philippine peso fell to its lowest in 10 days, in line with a broader decline in Asian currencies, after Vice President Sara Duterte quit President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s cabinet.What does this mean?The peso was recently trading at 58.77 to the dollar, down 0.22 percent, to levels last seen on June 10. The currency has fallen 5.82 percent this year, reflecting weakening of the Indonesian rupiah and the Taiwanese dollar. Political uncertainty usually destabilizes currencies, but economists say the peso’s tendency It’s fundamentals rather than political noise that matter. Traders are closely watching the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas…

Can India help the United States win the race against China for technological dominance? The Biden administration appears to think so. Following a visit to New Delhi by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the White House on Monday released an ambitious fact sheet listing current areas and proposals for U.S.-India cooperation on “critical and emerging” technologies, including semiconductors, fighter engines, spaceflight, communications, biotechnology and artificial intelligence. Can India help the United States win the race against China for technological dominance? The Biden administration appears to think so. Following a visit to New Delhi by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the…