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By Yantoultra Ngui KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan is exploring an IPO of British soccer team Cardiff City for as early as this year, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a deal that would follow the team`s recent promotion to the Premier League. The process is in its early stages, the people said, with details on the timing, size and listing venue subject to change. A listing would come after Manchester United Plc`s debut on the New York Stock Exchange last year, which raised $233.2 million in the largest sports team IPO ever. ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:54 |
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked group that carried out the raid on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria in January has claimed to have participated in Thursday`s attacks in Niger. A statement posted on the internet on Friday was signed by Khalid Abu al-Abbas, better known as Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a leading figure in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). At least 21 people were killed and dozens wounded in coordinated dawn assaults on a uranium mine run by French company Areva at Arlit and the military base in Agadez, Niger, on Thursday. ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:54 |
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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African nations have backed a request by Kenya for charges of crimes against humanity by its president to be referred back to the east African country, African Union documents show. President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, are both facing trial in the International Criminal Court (ICC), accused of masterminding ethnic bloodshed in post-election violence five years ago that killed more than 1,200 people. Both deny the charges. ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:54 |
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BEIJING (AP) A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The move comes as part of efforts to mend fences after Pyongyang angered Beijing with recent snubs and moves to develop its nuclear program.
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:54 |
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By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Britain`s security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his suspected killers were known to intelligence officers. The two suspects, Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebowale, 22, are under guard in hospitals after being shot and arrested by police after the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on Wednesday in broad daylight. They have not yet been charged. ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:49 |
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LONDON (AP) Two Muslim hardline preachers say that one of the suspects in the killing of a London soldier was interested in their teachings. And a British government official said one of the men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the terror group al-Shabab.
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:49 |
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As they leave military academy, cadets look forward to future military assignments.
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:45 |
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Pakistani officials welcome Barack Obama`s speech rethinking US policy on the use of drones, which have killed hundreds of people in Pakistan.
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:45 |
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The South Korean women were concerned that a politician who made provocative comments defending World War II brothels was seeking to repair his image.
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:45 |
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The United States and Russia had agreed to pull together the peace conference, with Russia responsible for bringing the government of President Bashar al-Assad to the table.
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:45 |
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