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Vancouver, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- The United States dropped its request for the extradition from Canada of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on fraud charges after the parties agreed on a deferred prosecution deal, the US Department of Justice said Friday.Soon after the accord was announced, a Canadian judge signed an order allowing Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, to leave for China after spending nearly three years under house arrest.Meng, now 49, was detained by Canada on Dec. 1, 2018, during a stopover in Vancouver en route from Hong Kong to Mexico City. (Camera: BOB FRID).SHOT LIST: HUAWEI CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MENG WANZHOU SPEAKS WITH MEDIA AT BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPREME COURT IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. SOUND BITES: HUAWEI CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MENG WANZHOU (IN ENGLISH).
France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire tells investors to "calm down" after stocks in French banks including Societe Generale and BNP Paribas sank following the collapse of US lender Silicon Valley Bank. SOUNDBITE
Beijing, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- The shares of Chinese real estate giant Evergrande plummeted Friday by 11.6 percent in the stock market after the expiration a day earlier of the term to pay the interests of a group of “offshore” bonds.Although at the opening of the session the fall was much more moderate, of little more than 2 percent, the uncertainty prevailed on the mentioned payments, which would suppose a disbursement of about $ 84 million.The company has now entered a 30-day period before it is officially deemed to have defaulted. (Camera: ARCHIVE).B-ROLL OF EVERGRANDE ROYAL SCENERY HOUSING COMPLEX IN BEIJING; EVERGRANDE CITY PLAZA IN BEIJING AND EVERGRANDE CENTER IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
The social security deficit will be lower than expected this year and "we expect a strong improvement in 2022" to 21.6 billion, says France's Public Accounts Minister Olivier Dussopt in Paris. IMAGES
Tokyo, Jun 21 (EFE/EPA).- Tokyo's stock market index Nikkei plunged 3.29 percent, or 953.15 points, to close at 28,010.93 Monday following investors' concern over a potential US interest rate increase. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WALK PAST A STOCK MARKET INDICATOR BOARD IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Seoul, May 3 (EFE/EPA).-The Seoul Stock Exchange closed Monday with a 0.66 percent fall in its main indicator, the Kospi, affected by the shortage of vaccines in South Korea.(camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN DEALERS WORKING IN FRONT OF MONITORS AT THE HANA BANK IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
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