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UK prime minister vows to fight Conservative party leadership challenge

UK prime minister vows to fight Conservative party leadership challenge

The leader of the Northern Irish party propping up Britain's government on Wednesday joined forces with the UK's trade minister and two former Brexit ministers to call for an overhaul of the Irish backstop in the Brexit divorce deal.

A Nigerian judge adjourned on Wednesday a hearing over an $8.1 billion dispute between South African telecoms giant MTN and the central bank until Jan. 22.

* Dozens of Conservatives pledge support (Adds opponents, supporters and context)

Famar, a contract manufacturer to pharmaceutical industries, has completed a 174 million euro ($197 million) debt restructuring and secured new funds from private equity-backed Pillarstone to strengthen its capital position.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would fight a leadership challenge launched by lawmakers in her Conservative Party who are angry at her plans for Brexit.

* Pernod shares up nearly 4 percent (Adds analyst comments, byline)

Denmark's largest pension fund ATP said on Wednesday it had put new investments with Macquarie Group on hold pending an investigation of the Australian company's involvement in a dividend stripping scandal.

Southeast Asian stock markets ended higher on Wednesday, as optimism swept across broader Asia after upbeat comments from U.S. President Donald Trump on reaching a trade deal with China allayed trade conflict worries between Washington and Beijing. Trump in an interview to Reuters said talks were...