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Hong Kong, Feb 23 (EFE/EPA).- British bank HSBC announced Tuesday that its reported profit attributable to ordinary shareholders fell 34.7 percent in 2020 to $3.9 billion."In 2020, HSBC had a very clear mandate – to provide stability in a highly unstable environment for our customers, communities and colleagues," Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn said in the bank's annual report posted on its website.(Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: THE HSBC HEADQUARTERS IN HONG KONG, CHINA.
Buenos Aires, Sep 30 (EFE).- The poverty rate in Argentina stood at 40.6 percent in the first half of the year, a decrease of only 0.3 percent in over a year, while the number of people facing difficulties on a daily basis to meet their basic food necessities increased.According to a report released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census, the urban poverty rate recorded between January and June was 1.4 points below that of the second half of 2020. (Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE COLLECTING GARBAGE AND WAITING FOR FOOD IN THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
Images of the Polish embassy in Tokyo, where Belarusian Olympic athlete Kristina Timanovskaya is reported to be by Japanese media on Monday, after the 24-year-old claimed her team tried to force her to leave Japan. Tsimanouskaya will likely travel to Poland, the sprinter's husband told AFP on Monday, adding he himself had left Belarus. IMAGES
Beijing, Jul 15 (EFE/EPA).- China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.9 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021, according to official data published Thursday. (Camera: WU HONG).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF CHINA.
Singapore, Jul 14 (EFE/EPA).-According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore's economy grew by 14.3 percent in the second quarter of 2021 year-on-year. This is attributed to the fall in the GDP last year due to circuit breaker measures implemented at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in Singapore from April until June 2020. (Camera: WALLACE WOON)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF SINGAPORE.