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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and the European Union are stage managing a Brexit deal that will doom the United Kingdom to the status of a colony, former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

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* EU wants agreement by end of Wednesday (Adds quotes, sterling)

Pakistan risks scaring off investment from global energy giants eyeing one of Asia's fastest-growing energy markets if it pursues renegotiation of contracts for two liquefied natural gas terminals, an architect of its energy policy said.

Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Tuesday, tracking broader Asia after a selloff on Wall Street overnight, although hopes of a de-escalation in the Sino-U.S. trade tension underpinned investor sentiment. The South China Morning Post reported, citing sources from both sides, that China's top trade...

China's credit growth slowed sharply in October, despite pressure by regulators on banks to help keep cash-starved companies afloat, pointing to further weakening in the economy in coming months.

Tencent Holdings-backed online Chinese travel firm Tongcheng-Elong launched a far smaller-than-expected Hong Kong IPO of up to $233 million on Tuesday, amid a weak stock market and a string of poor performances from recent listings in the city.

European shares rose on Tuesday morning as hopes for a de-escalation of the Sino-U.S. tariff war chased the previous session's fears about a possible downfall of technology stocks after suppliers of Apple cut their forecasts.

A South African court on Tuesday approved an application by the central bank to wind up VBS Mutual Bank, which was caught up in a corruption scandal this year.

Businesses warn of labour shortages as they struggle to fill jobs