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Deutsche Boerse steps up clearing fight with London ahead of Brexit

LONDON (Reuters) – Deutsche Boerse has introduced a profit-sharing scheme to wrest volumes from the London Stock Exchange as banks face uncertainty over cross-border markets ahead of Britain’s departure from the European Union.

North Korea’s ‘princess’ now one of the secretive state’s top policy makers

SEOUL (Reuters) – The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 28-year-old sister to the country’s top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the centre of power, experts and…

French bankers weighing Brexit face Paris pressure to come home

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – While most London-based bankers are brushing up on their German to prepare for a move to Frankfurt post-Brexit, senior staff at French investment banks expect to say “Oui” to government pressure to bring jobs home to Paris.

Spain will not be divided, national unity will be preserved – Rajoy

BERLIN (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a newspaper interview that Spain would not be divided, a week after Catalonia held a referendum that authorities there say showed voters overwhelmingly support independence.

Rohingya refugee boat capsizes on way to Bangladesh, 12 dead – police

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – A boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh capsized and at least 12 people, most of them children, drowned, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half …

Weakened May to give bullish Brexit prognosis but say ball is in EU’s court

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May, weakened by a disastrous party conference, will give British lawmakers a bullish prognosis for negotiations over exit from the European Union on Monday, but tell them that it is up to Brussels to make the …