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NSE Chairman Ashok Chawla resigns

NSE Chairman Ashok Chawla resigns

-- 2019-01-12 12:41:36

Chairman of National Stock Exchange (NSE) Ashok Chawla has resigned from his post, hours after the CBI said federal government has granted it sanction to prosecute him in the Aircel-Maxis case, offici...

Global stocks near flat

Global stocks near flat

-- 2019-01-12 12:26:05

Global stocks were near flat on Friday while the dollar rebounded against most currencies from earlier losses tied to expectations the US central bank is in no hurry to raise interest rates. US stoc...

Israeli warplanes fired missiles toward Damascus, Syria says

Israeli warplanes fired missiles toward Damascus, Syria says

-- 2019-01-12 11:21:44

The Syrian state news agency said Israeli warplanes fired a number of missiles toward the Damascus area on Friday, triggering Syrian air defense that shot down most of them.  “The results...

Macedonian parliament agrees to change country name

Macedonian parliament agrees to change country name

-- 2019-01-12 11:08:19

Macedonia’s parliament passed an amendment to the constitution on Friday to rename the country Republic of North Macedonia, in line with an agreement with Greece to put an end to a 27-year-old d...

US stocks dip slightly ahead of earnings

US stocks dip slightly ahead of earnings

-- 2019-01-12 10:55:27

US stocks dipped slightly on Friday, breaking a five-session rally, as investors looked ahead to earnings season, which kicks off next week with Citigroup, JPMorgan and other big banks. Underpinned b...

Three die in Canada bus crash

Three die in Canada bus crash

-- 2019-01-12 10:39:22

Three people were killed and nearly two dozen were injured on Friday when a double-decker bus struck a bus shelter in the Canadian capital of Ottawa during rush hour, city officials said. Part of the...

Germany faces 100 billion euro budget gap through 2023

Germany faces 100 billion euro budget gap through 2023

-- 2019-01-11 17:44:15

The German government faces a gap of around 100 billion euros for its budget plans through 2023 as the economy cools. A German weekly news magazine, Der Spiegel, gave the information in a report on F...

Indian shares subdue ahead of Infosys results

Indian shares subdue ahead of Infosys results

-- 2019-01-11 13:15:02

Indian shares were little changed on Friday, as investors awaited technology giant Infosys Ltd’s results for clarity after rival Tata Consultancy Services’ quarterly margins contracted. T...

China to set lower GDP growth target in 2019

China to set lower GDP growth target in 2019

-- 2019-01-11 12:53:36

China plans to set a lower economic growth target of 6-6.5 per cent in 2019 compared with last year’s target of “around” 6.5 per cent, policy sources told Reuters, as Beijing gears u...

Asia stocks reach five-week high

Asia stocks reach five-week high

-- 2019-01-11 11:40:14

Asian stocks inched up to five-week highs on Friday, after Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated the Federal Reserve will be patient about raising interest rates and news that trade talks between Washingt...

German airport strikes lead to cancelation of 600 flights

German airport strikes lead to cancelation of 600 flights

-- 2019-01-10 14:30:33

More than 640 flights in Germany were canceled on Thursday due to security staff strikes at Duesseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart airports in a bid to put pressure on management in wage talks. Out of 1,...

Australian police charge man over parcels sent to consulates

Australian police charge man over parcels sent to consulates

-- 2019-01-10 13:27:51

Australian police on Thursday charged a 49-year-old man for sending as many as 38 packages containing a hazardous material to diplomatic embassies and consulates across the country. More than a dozen...

SE Asia stocks climb in cautious trading

SE Asia stocks climb in cautious trading

-- 2019-01-10 12:06:08

Southeast Asian stock markets climbed on Thursday, while investors kept a cautious stance awaiting concrete evidence that progress is being made in the US-China trade negotiations. Singapore shares e...

India’s inflation in Dec likely hit record low

India’s inflation in Dec likely hit record low

-- 2019-01-10 11:49:42

India’s retail inflation in December is expected to have eased to its lowest since June 2017 as food costs fell and fuel prices rose at a slower pace, a Reuters poll showed. Inflation likely co...

Asia shares check rally on US-China trade talks

Asia shares check rally on US-China trade talks

-- 2019-01-10 11:38:07

Asian shares took a breather on Thursday after an extended rally, as markets awaited more news on US-China trade talks that have raised hopes of a deal to avert an all-out trade war between the econom...

Former Israeli minister pleads guilty to spying for Iran

Former Israeli minister pleads guilty to spying for Iran

-- 2019-01-09 16:10:36

An Israeli former cabinet minister admitted to spying for Iran on Wednesday in a plea deal in exchange for an 11-year prison sentence, the Israeli Justice Ministry said. Gonen Segev, energy minister...

Global GDP growth to slow to 2.9pc in 2019: WB

Global GDP growth to slow to 2.9pc in 2019: WB

-- 2019-01-09 14:40:45

Global economic growth is projected to slow to 2.9 per cent in 2019 from a downwardly revised 3.0 per cent in 2018 amid rising downside risks, the World Bank said on Tuesday. In its newly-released Gl...

Russia ready to hold talks with US on INF arms treaty: Tass

Russia ready to hold talks with US on INF arms treaty: Tass

-- 2019-01-09 13:42:42

Russia is ready to hold consultations with the United States about the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at diplomatic and military levels, Tass news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign...

Myanmar UN chief expresses concern over fighting in Rakhine

Myanmar UN chief expresses concern over fighting in Rakhine

-- 2019-01-09 13:11:09

The head of the United Nations in Myanmar on Wednesday expressed concern about the situation in the western state of Rakhine, where fighting between the military and the rebel Arakan Army has displace...

SE Asian stocks rise on trade talk hopes

SE Asian stocks rise on trade talk hopes

-- 2019-01-09 12:48:48

Southeast Asian stocks rose on Wednesday as further headway in US-China trade talks increased chances of the two nations striking a deal to end the long-drawn confrontation. US and Chinese officials...

Asian shares soar on US-China trade optimism

Asian shares soar on US-China trade optimism

-- 2019-01-09 12:01:23

Asian shares extended gains on Wednesday on hopes for progress in resolving the tariffs battle between the US and China as talks appeared to have been extended in Beijing. Japan’s Nikkei 225 in...

‘Suspicious packages’ found at Australia consulates

‘Suspicious packages’ found at Australia consulates

-- 2019-01-09 11:37:09

Australian authorities are investigating suspicious packages found at foreign consulates in Canberra and Melbourne, police have confirmed. Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade said it had been calle...

Amazon world's most valuable public company

Amazon world's most valuable public company

-- 2019-01-08 18:31:55

Amazon, formed 25 years ago, has eclipsed Microsoft to become the world's most valuable listed company. The online giant was worth $797 billion when the US stock market closed on Monday after rising...

European shares hit three-week high on trade hopes

European shares hit three-week high on trade hopes

-- 2019-01-08 15:52:31

European shares hit a three-week high on Tuesday as hopes of a possible trade deal between China and the US offset worries over global growth and Italian banks rose after Rome moved in support of trou...

Turkey to ask US to hand over military bases in Syria

Turkey to ask US to hand over military bases in Syria

-- 2019-01-08 15:06:24

Turkey will ask US officials in talks on Tuesday to hand over its military bases in Syria to Ankara or destroy them, the Hurriyet newspaper reported, a request that could further complicate discussion...

Mozambique indicts 18 for involvement in $2b loan fraud

Mozambique indicts 18 for involvement in $2b loan fraud

-- 2019-01-08 14:33:25

Mozambique has indicted 18 citizens for their involvement in fraud involving $2 billion in loans to state-owned companies, the attorney general’s office (AGO) said on Monday, in a scandal that h...

US Uber driver pleads guilty to six murders in 2016

US Uber driver pleads guilty to six murders in 2016

-- 2019-01-08 13:42:47

An Uber driver accused of killing six people at random in a shooting spree in the US state of Michigan in 2016 has pleaded guilty to murder, attempted murder and firearms offences. Four people were k...

Oil tanker fire kills one in Hong Kong, rescue ongoing

Oil tanker fire kills one in Hong Kong, rescue ongoing

-- 2019-01-08 12:23:13

An oil tanker caught fire in Hong Kong’s southern waters on Tuesday, killing one crew member while at least 21 were rescued, police said, with witnesses reporting a loud blast that shook windows...

Indonesia to resume search for Lion Air jet’s cockpit voice recorder

Indonesia to resume search for Lion Air jet’s cockpit voice recorder

-- 2019-01-08 11:31:55

Indonesia will launch a renewed search effort as early as Tuesday to find the cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, the head of its accident investigati...

Hopes for Sino-US deal prop up Asian shares

Hopes for Sino-US deal prop up Asian shares

-- 2019-01-08 11:30:17

Most Asian shares were propped up on Tuesday by hopes that Washington and Beijing may be inching towards a trade deal and that US Federal Reserve would halt its tightening if economic growth slows fur...