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Policies follow US lead as ecommerce giant takes more public stance on LGBT issues

‘Brexit dividend’ expected by 40% of people

LANGKAWI, Malaysia, June 20 (Reuters) - Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak sat down with Reuters reporters for his first sit-down interview since his shock May 9 election defeat, and talked extensively about the 1MDB scandal, the hundreds of luxury handbags and other assets seized from him by the Malaysian...

Frustrated by ‘vacuum’ of clarity over departure from EU

June 22 (Reuters) - Australian bank shares rallied after Australia and New Zealand Banking Group doubled its share-buyback programme, but the overall market slipped as trade tensions between China and the United States damaged prospects for export-focussed firms.

June 22 (Reuters) - South African retailer Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. said it had agreed to sell Kika/Leiner furniture and household goods retail unit to Austrian property and retail investor Rene Benko's Signa Holding GmbH for a "nominal amount".

KIEV, June 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to enact a recently adopted decision to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities, Ukraine's council of national security and defence said on Friday.