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US senators vow to push Trump on Khashoggi’s murder

US senators vow to push Trump on Khashoggi’s murder

-- 2019-03-05 11:13:46

Republican and Democratic US senators said on Monday they were frustrated with the Trump administration’s failure to provide more information about the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal K...

Former Nissan boss Ghosn secures bail

Former Nissan boss Ghosn secures bail

-- 2019-03-05 10:50:25

Lawyers for former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn say he has been granted bail by a Tokyo court, Japanese media reports. The shock decision would see the auto executive released after more than three month...

152 countries, organisations sign BRI deals with China

152 countries, organisations sign BRI deals with China

Xinhua 2019-03-04 13:54:21

A total of 152 countries and international organisations have signed cooperation documents with China so far on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a spokesperson for the annual session of China's top...

Chopper crash kills five including four Americans in Kenya

Chopper crash kills five including four Americans in Kenya

-- 2019-03-04 13:15:18

Four Americans and their Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed on a remote island in Lake Turkana in a national park in northwest Kenya, police said on Monday. The aircraft came down...

Indonesia, Australia sign deal on trade and investment

Indonesia, Australia sign deal on trade and investment

-- 2019-03-04 12:14:40

Indonesia and Australia have signed an economic partnership agreement aimed at boosting trade and investment between the two neighbours in areas ranging from cattle to education and cars to textiles....

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou sues Canada

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou sues Canada

-- 2019-03-04 10:44:43

The lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou are suing the Canadian government, its border agency and federal police, alleging their client was detained, searched and interrogated for t...

Thousands march in Italy’s Milan against racism

Thousands march in Italy’s Milan against racism

-- 2019-03-03 11:53:56

Huge crowds have gathered in the northern Italian city of Milan to protest against racism. Organisers said about 200,000 people turned out in the city in Lombardy, a region where the right-wing popul...

Trump slams Robert Mueller in fiery two-hour speech

Trump slams Robert Mueller in fiery two-hour speech

-- 2019-03-03 11:30:11

US President Donald Trump has launched a furious attack on Special Counsel Robert Mueller and on his critics at a conservative summit. In the longest speech of his presidency, Mr Trump railed against...

Two more Australian ministers quit as election nears

Two more Australian ministers quit as election nears

-- 2019-03-02 13:38:46

Two more ministers in Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s cabinet said on Saturday they will not contest elections due in May, adding to a flurry of high-profile resignations as opinion p...

Trump asks China to lift tariffs on US agricultural products

Trump asks China to lift tariffs on US agricultural products

-- 2019-03-02 12:35:52

US President Donald Trump has asked China to "immediately" lift all tariffs on US agricultural products. In a tweet, the president said he made the request because "we are moving along nicely with Tr...

China approves three IPO applications

China approves three IPO applications

-- 2019-03-02 12:10:16

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has approved new IPO applications from three companies. The applications of Zhejiang Merit Interactive Network Technology Co. Ltd., CSPC Innovation P...

US stocks end up; Dow, S&P 500 rebound

US stocks end up; Dow, S&P 500 rebound

-- 2019-03-02 11:53:25

The S&P 500 and Dow snapped three-day losing streaks on Friday as optimism about the prospects for a US-China trade agreement overshadowed downbeat US and Chinese manufacturing data. Based on the...

Thousands of Algerians call on president to step down

Thousands of Algerians call on president to step down

-- 2019-03-02 11:49:17

Tens of thousands of people in cities across Algeria called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office on Friday in the country’s biggest anti-government demonstrations since the Arab Spr...

Canada says will allow extradition case against Huawei CFO

Canada says will allow extradition case against Huawei CFO

-- 2019-03-02 11:14:17

Canada has said it will allow the US extradition case against Huawei's chief executive to move forward, but the court must make a final decision. The US wants Meng Wanzhou, Huawei chief financial off...

US personal income falls for first time in three years

US personal income falls for first time in three years

-- 2019-03-01 20:25:26

US personal income fell for the first time in more than three years in January as dividends and interest payments dropped, pointing to moderate growth in consumer spending after it fell by the most si...

Indonesia's foreign tourist arrivals rise in January

Indonesia's foreign tourist arrivals rise in January

-- 2019-03-01 16:44:12

The number of foreign holiday makers visiting Indonesia in the first month of this year expanded 5.22 per cent to 1.16 million people year-over-year with Chinese tourist contributing the most to the h...

Philippine shares lead SE Asia stock slide

Philippine shares lead SE Asia stock slide

-- 2019-03-01 14:31:04

The Southeast Asia stock slipped on Friday while Philippine shares fell the most, after MSCI's announcement of an increase in the weighting of Chinese mainland shares in global benchmarks raised outfl...

Gunfight rages among militants, Somali troops after hotel attack

Gunfight rages among militants, Somali troops after hotel attack

-- 2019-03-01 14:09:07

A gun battle raged in Mogadishu on Friday between Somali soldiers and Al Shabaab fighters, holed up in a building next to a hotel they had hit with a suicide car bomb the previous evening. Heavy gunf...

India GDP growth falls to record low in Q3

India GDP growth falls to record low in Q3

-- 2019-03-01 13:34:29

India's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.6 per cent in the third quarter (Q3), the slowest in the past five quarters, increasing chances of another interest rate cut by the central bank to boost...

Asian shares rise on China-US trade prospects

Asian shares rise on China-US trade prospects

-- 2019-03-01 13:15:52

Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after a report suggested that the leaders of China and the US could be endorsing a trade deal in weeks. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index picked up 1.1 per cent...

India bans Kashmir-based Islamist party amid conflict

India bans Kashmir-based Islamist party amid conflict

-- 2019-03-01 13:09:32

India banned a Kashmir-based Islamist political party called Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) for five years on Thursday, accusing it of supporting militancy in the disputed region that is at the heart of an esc...

India finds no asbestos in J&J baby powder

India finds no asbestos in J&J baby powder

-- 2019-03-01 11:54:04

Johnson & Johnson has resumed production of its baby powder at plants in India after government tests found no asbestos in the product, the company said on Thursday. "Johnson & Johnson has re...

Israel PM faces corruption charges

Israel PM faces corruption charges

-- 2019-03-01 10:20:47

Israel’s attorney-general announced on Thursday he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, a decision coming just six weeks before a closely contested national...

US offers $1m in hunt for Bin Laden’s son

US offers $1m in hunt for Bin Laden’s son

-- 2019-03-01 09:58:19

The United States is offering a reward of up to $1m (£750,000) for information about the son of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Hamza. Hamza Bin Laden is emerging as a key leader of t...

Asia's Jan crude oil imports from Iran dip to two-month low

Asia's Jan crude oil imports from Iran dip to two-month low

-- 2019-02-28 21:44:00

Asia's crude oil imports from Iran dipped in January to the lowest in two months after top buyers China and India slowed down purchases and as Japan recorded zero imports for a third month, government...

Banxico cuts economic growth forecast for 2019

Banxico cuts economic growth forecast for 2019

-- 2019-02-28 15:01:59

Banxico, the central bank of Mexico, on Wednesday reduced its economic growth forecast for 2019 to a range between 1.1 and 2.1 per cent from the previous projection of 1.7-2.7 per cent. The central b...

Indian shares creep higher despite border conflict

Indian shares creep higher despite border conflict

-- 2019-02-28 14:34:37

Indian shares crept higher on Thursday amid expectations the tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan won’t escalate further, while investors awaited a key economic data due later in th...

Vietnam summit ends with no agreement

Vietnam summit ends with no agreement

-- 2019-02-28 13:45:41

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach an agreement on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula at their summit in Vietnam on Thursday, the White House said. Ea...

China issues green bonds worth $31.2b in 2018

China issues green bonds worth $31.2b in 2018

-- 2019-02-28 13:19:39

China issued a total of 31.2 billion US dollars in green bonds last year, remaining the world's second-largest green bond market, a recent report showed. The issuance in 2018 saw a 33-per cent increa...

UK's Corbyn says Labour will back new Brexit referendum

UK's Corbyn says Labour will back new Brexit referendum

-- 2019-02-28 12:08:53

Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back another EU referendum after his alternative Brexit plan was again defeated in the Commons. But the Labour leader said he will also continue to push for "other avai...