Kenya’s president signs law change to regulate digital lenders

German chip chemical supplier to spend $1 billion in U.S., pairs with Palantir on supply chain data

Japan’s top FX official: Digital cross-border payment may make it hard to prevent financial crisis

Weather security platform Tomorrow.io to go public via $1.2 billion SPAC deal

Lithuania extends state of emergency at Belarus border

Medicago’s plant-based vaccine trial shows 75.3% efficacy against Delta variant

China central bank cuts rates on relending facility, benchmark cut chances seen as low

Israel’s digital wallets to expand as Google Pay launches

ECB should keep policy commitment short, focus on APP – Kazimir

UK house price growth hits 15-year high – Halifax

Malaysia cabinet reconsiders plan for single 5G network amid impasse with telcos

Watchdog fears Veolia-Suez could harm competition in UK

UK Afghan evacuation chaotic and dysfunctional – whistleblower

Vaccine mandates ‘absolute last resort’, WHO Europe head says

Beirut blast probe judge cleared to continue investigation

Russia’s Navalny says he has become a ‘seamstress’ in prison

Bottlenecks add to wage pressure in Norway, central bank survey finds

New data shows GSK-Vir drug works against all Omicron mutations

Proposed India bill banning crypto payments could mean jail for violations -document

Household consumption drives euro zone Q3 GDP growth

WHO advisory group looking at ‘mix and match’ COVID-19 vaccines

Food delivery shares rise ahead of EU draft rules on gig workers

France’s Macron to attend Visegrad group meeting in Budapest December 13

Myanmar junta official visits Cambodia after Suu Kyi sentencing

Russia fines Google over content, bigger penalty looms

COVID curbs, supply problems darken German investor morale

Kremlin expects no breakthrough at Putin-Biden talks, urges calm

Macau casinos to stop junkets at world’s biggest gambling hub – Bernstein

BMW hits 1 million EV sales, targets 2 million fully electric sales by 2025

Exclusive: EU antitrust regulator seeks input on Microsoft’s $16 billion Nuance deal

LG Energy Solution targets up to $10.9 billion in S.Korea’s biggest IPO

France says there will be coordination at EU level on Beijing Olympics

Euro zone banks complacent to rising risks: ECB’s Enria

China’s winter sports industry hopes Olympic Games yield white gold

Mixing Pfizer, AstraZ COVID-19 shots with Moderna gives better immune response – UK study