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New Zealand's South Island mountains, a unique and endangered species known as the Takahe birds is fighting for survival. These flightless birds, recognized for their plump bodies, striking red beaks, stubby legs, and distinctive blue-green feathers, have been facing a perilous decline in their population. Takahe, which only spawn once a year and can only raise one or two chicks in their lives, can live up to 18 years in the wild and 22 years in sanctuaries.

Piloo Reporter, one of the first two neutral umpires in the history of international cricket, passed away on Sunday in Mumbai because of illness. The 84-year-old Reporter was suffering from Cerebral Contusion disease and was being taken care of at his home by his wife and two daughters. The 1992 World Cup, which was played in Australia and New Zealand, was one of the tournaments apart from 14 Test matches and 22 ODIs that Reporter officiated in. Reporter, the sole Indian umpire in the 1992 World Cup, was known for his nimble signalling of a boundary. The 1986 Test match played between Pakistan and West Indies at Lahore was a bigger occasion for Reporter — it was the first instance for a 'neutral' umpire in international cricket.

Indonesia has introduced a golden visa scheme. It has taken this step to boost its national economy, a statement from the ministry of law and human rights said. «The golden visa is granting a residence permit for an extended period of five to 10 years,» director general of immigration, Silmy Karim said in the statement. To be eligible for the five-year visa, an individual needs to set up a company worth $2.5 million. If you want a 10-year visa, an investment of $5 million would be required. Corporate investors are required to invest $25 million to get five-year visas for directors and commissioners. They need to invest double, or $50 million, to gain a 10 year visa. If you do not want to invest and still be eligible for the golden visa, you can purchase the Indonesian government bond ranging from $350,000 to $700,000.

France, saying morality should not weigh on art. One of the most successful directors of his generation, Polanski fled the United States over a conviction for raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977, a crime he admitted. After the #MeToo movement gained global traction in 2017 following sexual abuse allegations against U.S. film producer Harvey Weinstein, a number of women alleged that Polanski had sexually assaulted them as teenagers as well. Polanski, a dual French-Polish national, denied the allegations which never went to trial, but he has since found it hard to secure global distribution deals for his movies, even if actors are still lining up to work with him. 'The Palace', a comedy set in a Swiss hotel peopled with a cast of grotesque characters, stars Mickey Rourke, John Cleese, Oliver Masucci, Fanny Ardant and Joaquim De Almeida. The producer Luca Barbareschi said he had sold distribution rights across continental Europe, but not in France, Britain or the United States, despite the fact well-known actors from all three countries appeared in the film. Barbareschi said Polanski's last movie 'An Officer And A Spy', which opened at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 to critical acclaim, had also never been seen in cinemas in the United States, Britain, Australia or New Zealand. «And we ask ourselves why there are wars.

City is set to face Fulham in their last Premier League match before the upcoming international break. Thus far, Manchester City has maintained an impeccable Premier League record this season, securing victories against Burnley, Newcastle United, and Sheffield United in their previous matches. Fulham, on the other hand, has also demonstrated a strong start to the season, remaining undefeated in league competition. Despite playing with 10 men, they managed to secure a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in their last outing. Additionally, Fulham had a noteworthy performance in the Carabao Cup this week, eliminating Tottenham in a penalty shootout. In the previous encounter against City last November, Fulham narrowly lost due to a 90th-minute penalty from Erling Haaland. Therefore, they aim to pose a formidable challenge to Pep Guardiola's team once again.

India's struggles against left-arm pacers continued in their high-octane clash against Pakistan during the Asia Cup 2023 at Kandy, with Team India's battters once again being at the receiving end of an onslaught by left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi who took four wickets. IN the opening spell Shaheen Afridi took the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and in the final spell he took the wickets of Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and stopping Team India from imposing a big total in the league encounter in the Asia Cup. Earlier Australia's Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson of Australia troubled India's batsman during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 semifinals, Mohammed Amir of Pakistan during the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final, Trent Boult of New Zealand in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semifinals or Shaheen Afridi of Pakistan in group stage match of T20 World Cup 2021, Indian batters have given away wickets to these bowlers without much resistance, especially in the powerplay stage of the innings.

RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has been rated ‘A+’ in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023, the central bank said on Friday. Taking to X (former Twitter), RBI said," We are happy to announce that Governor Shaktikanta Das has been rated “A " in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023.

China intensified efforts to stimulate the economy and support its currency, as investor concerns over the growth outlook persist. The central bank will trim the amount of foreign currency deposits banks are required to hold as reserves for the first time this year, the People’s Bank of China said Friday. The move came hours after authorities announced fresh stimulus for the beleaguered property sector and unveiled plans to expand tax breaks for child and parental care and education. The steps are the latest efforts to shore up confidence in the world’s second-largest economy, which is sagging under the weight of the persistent housing crisis, waning global demand and rising unemployment. Authorities have so far resorted to a drip-feed of targeted measures, avoiding the big-bang stimulus approach they deployed during the 2008 global financial crisis amid concerns over elevated debt levels. “The policy package exceeds market expectations,” said Zhaopeng Xing, senior China strategist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. “Confidence will be boosted in the near term. We still need more evidence to confirm if it marks a turnaround.” Financial institutions will need to carry just 4% of their foreign exchange deposits in reserve starting Sept. 15, the PBOC said, compared to the current level of 6%.

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Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has been ranked as the top central banker globally by US-based Global Finance magazine.

This is the first in a series of commentaries and analyses that former Wallaby captain Simon Poidevin will write for the Financial Reviewduring the Rugby World Cup in France.

jobless claims for the week ended August 26 fell at 228,000. Shares of Salesforce climbed 3% after its upbeat revenue forecasts. Broadcom rose 3.4% and Intel gained 1.8%.

The banking co-operative in June announced that it was working with more than a dozen financial institutions and market infrastructures to test the use of its messaging network as a means to instruct the transfer of tokenised value over a range of public and private blockchain networks.Participants in the project include Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, Citi, Clearstream, Euroclear, Lloyds Banking Group, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. Web3 services platform Chainlink was used as an enterprise abstraction layer to securely connect the Swift network to the Ethereum Sepolia network, while Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) enabled interoperability between the source and destination blockchains.Transfers of simulated tokenised assets took place - between two wallets on the same public distributed ledger technology network; between two wallets on different public blockchains; and between a public and private blockchain network.Tom Zschach, chief innovation officer at Swift says the findings have the potential to remove significant friction slowing the growth of tokenised asset markets and enable them to scale globally as they mature."For tokenisation to reach its potential, institutions will need to be able to seamlessly connect with the whole financial ecosystem," he says.

The equity capital markets team at UBS launched an $NZ800 million ($735 million) million block trade in Auckland International Airport shares on Thursday on behalf of Auckland Council, Street Talk can reveal.

Asian stock markets are mostly lower after Japanese factory activity and Chinese service industry growth weakened

New Zealand-based biotech Auckland BioSciences is in the market seeking to raise $NZ10 million ($9.2 million) from high net-worth-investors.

Australia’s largest white goods and home retailer Harvey Norman has posted a double-digit slide in profits and dividends over fiscal 2023, meeting its lower June guidance, and says its on track to deliver it Malaysian expansion plan.

IOA) president PT Usha will take a step further as an administrator as she will be contesting the upcoming Commonwealth Games Federation elections for the post of vice-president.

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Global buyout giant CVC Capital Partners has made its first big hire since it flew in London-based partner Richard Blackburn to plot its re-entry into Australian M&A.

ZomatoAfter Tiger Global, Softbank will likely sell a partial stake in food delivery platform Zomato through block deals on Wednesday.Central Bank Of IndiaCentral Bank of India has entered into a strategic co-lending partnership with IKF Home Finance Ltd to offer MSME and home loans at competitive rates.Read more: What changed the market while you were sleepingMPS LtdMPS Interactive Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of MPS Ltd, will acquire 65% each of Liberate Learning Pty Ltd (Australia), Liberate eLearning Pty Ltd (Australia), App-eLearn Pty Ltd (Australia), and Liberate Learning Limited (New Zealand).ONGCONGC plans to invest Rs 2 trillion ($24.17 billion) on clean energy projects in order to meet its 2038 net-zero carbon emissions goal.Anupam RasayanChemical maker Anupam Rasayan close to acquiring Austria’s ESIM Chemicals, ET Now reported.