Wirecard AG fell the most since February in Frankfurt after a news report said it found repeated questionable accounting practices at the German payments firm.

Frankfurt am Main (AFP) - German payments processing firm Wirecard denied Tuesday a new round of allegations of accounting irregularities, after a Financial Times article sent its stock plunging.

(Reuters) - Australian shares ended higher for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in financial and energy stocks, as upbeat U.S. corporate results and hopes of a potential Brexit deal boosted risk appetite.

Controversy swirled the purchase of 40 Maseratis — now the Australian head of PNG's APEC Authority warns of hundreds of suspicious payments and more than $1.4 million in missing APEC funds.

LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Backers of Facebook Inc's FB.O Libra cryptocurrency project pledged to forge ahead after selecting a five-member board on Monday, shrugging off the latest member defection by online travel company Booking Holding earlier in the day.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has finalised rules for the build-out of 5G mobile networks that, in a snub to the United States, will not exclude China's Huawei Technologies.