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Swiss invoice finance provider TP24 has secured a new $200 million warehouse finance facility from British investment bank Barclays to deploy in Australia, in what TP24’s chief executive says should be a “wake-up call” for the big four.

By Jason Xue and Tom Westbrook

Europe is witnessing record high temperature and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has predicted that heat wave in the northern hemisphere is set to intensify further in the next few days. In a typical scene in Italy, where the temperature is expected to top 40C on Wednesday, tourists are seen trying to keep cool by splashing in fountains and standing under giant fans set up outside the Colosseum.

Richard Cooper’s phone is a something of an early alarm bell for the global economy. Lately, it’s been ringing a lot.

Reuters. She was visiting Vasanello, a village north of Rome In Greece, authorities told citizens close to a forest fire in Dervenochoria, north of Athens, to shut doors and windows as smoke approached. Extreme weather conditions are affecting Americans across the country.

Indian stock market is expected to extend gains and open higher on Wednesday amid positive global cues. Asian markets were trading mostly higher following a rally on Wall Street boosted by gains in technology and banking shares amid better than expected quarterly results from key banks. Trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a positive start for the Indian benchmark indices.

ANI citing Greek City Times, these mass resignations have been reported since July 1 of this year.  As per the report, People's reaction across the globe has taken the CCP authorities aback with Xi Jinping in the recent SCO Summit stating that he is opposed to any country's instigation of "colour revolutions" and "interference in internal matters" for any reason, according to the report. Greek City Times reported that at the SCO summit, Xi said that SCO member states said that they should be wary of the "external forces" creating a scenario for the new cold war and creating confrontational camps.

online gaming sector are planning to come together and write to the government, raising concerns about the decision to levy 28% GST on the full face value of the bets for real money online games, people aware of the discussions said. These investors are likely to caution the government that this steep tax could make the industry unviable, while disproportionately hurting small startups, one of the people briefed on the matter told ET.

Universal Postal Union will evaluate UPI for integrating the unified payment interface with cross-border remittances using global postal network, an official release said on Tuesday. Director General of Universal Postal Union (DG UPU) Masahiko Metoki, who is on a three-day visit to India for the inauguration of UPU Regional Office, also met Minister of Communications, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw here on Tuesday.

Ukraine’s failure to secure an invitation to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) during the alliance’s annual summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, has disappointed many, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But although the summit’s concluding statement did not offer a definitive timetable for Ukrainian accession, it did demonstrate a degree of unity and strategic foresight that would have been impossible had Donald Trump still been president of the US. To be sure, Nato leaders’ promise to extend an official invitation to Ukraine “when Allies agree and conditions are met" was somewhat nebulous, and Zelensky, angered by the ambiguity, criticized the Western position as “unprecedented and absurd." But US President Joe Biden was right to suggest that the war must end before Ukraine is allowed to join.

Across industries, it seems all anyone is talking about is artificial intelligence. Even companies that aren’t tech-forward are scrambling to discover how AI works and what it could do for them. Given the impact AI is predicted to make, it’s hardly surprising that blockchain protocols — part of an industry that is decidedly tech-forward — are exploring what role(s) AI could play for them.

Mediterranean destinations on Tuesday to stay indoors during the hottest hours as the second heat wave in as many weeks hits the region and Greece, Spain and Switzerland battled wildfires. In Italy, Red Cross teams checked on the elderly by phone while in Portugal they took to social media to warn people not to leave pets or children in parked cars.

Former Twitter employees in Ghana, who were laid off in November, have been left without severance pay and have not heard from the company for three months, sources told CNBC.

Nifty ended 38 points higher near the 19,750 mark to form a small red candle with minor upper and lower shadow on the daily charts. Chartists said the high wave type candle pattern can act as a reversal pattern post confirmation. The base of the index is shifting higher and forming higher highs from the last four sessions.

Benjamin Netanyahu's planned judicial overhaul. The latest «day of disruption» came as longtime allies of the prime minister pushed a contentious piece of legislation through a parliamentary committee ahead of a vote expected next week. Additional protests are planned throughout the day.

Sensex zoomed past the 67,000 mark for the first time. Nifty, which ended at 19,749, touched a fresh high at 19,819. By ending 3.7% higher, Infosys was the top gainer in the Nifty50 pack, followed by Asian Paints, HCL Tech and Reliance Industries.

Meet the billion-dollar small cap that’s ridden the electric vehicle wave from $65 million four years ago. Now it’s set to launch a veritable schmooze-fest of local fund managers.

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global warming and the ongoing effects of climate change. Typhoon Talim, the fourth typhoon of the year, arrived with maximum wind speeds of 136.8 kilometres per hour, according to the China Meteorological Administration. As it made landfall at approximately 10:20 PM (7:50 PM India time), it brought along storm surges and heavy rainfall, affecting the southern coastline from Guangdong to Hainan provinces.

Investing.com — Just when OPEC thought it had it all, it appears it didn’t.

Private equity-backed Pathstone continues its rapid pace of growth with the announcement that it is acquiring $17 billion multifamily office firm Veritable from Affiliated Managers Group.