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Asian shares slip after China protests arrest of Huawei exec

Asian shares slip after China protests arrest of Huawei exec

-- 2018-12-10 14:15:12

Asian shares slipped on Monday after China protested the arrest of a senior executive of Chinese electronics giant Huawei, who is suspected of trying to evade US trade curbs on Iran. Japan’s...

Congo’s Kabila ‘may seek re-election in future’

Congo’s Kabila ‘may seek re-election in future’

-- 2018-12-10 12:59:26

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila says he will leave office after the 23 December poll, but may seek re-election in the future. Kabila, 47, said he would remain in politics after t...

Saudi Arabia refuses to extradite Khashoggi suspects to Turkey

Saudi Arabia refuses to extradite Khashoggi suspects to Turkey

-- 2018-12-10 10:44:50

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has ruled out the extradition of suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Istanbul’s chief prosecutor filed warrants for the arrest of tw...

Mideast stocks eke out some gains at opening

Mideast stocks eke out some gains at opening

-- 2018-12-09 14:30:42

Mideast stocks pared gains in early trading on Sunday, while Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) helped Saudi Arabia’s stock index, but Dubai’s market remained flat. Ma’ade...

Key Trump aide John Kelly to leave chief of staff job

Key Trump aide John Kelly to leave chief of staff job

-- 2018-12-09 13:49:35

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will leave his job at the end of the year, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday, his latest staff shakeup since midterm elections a month ago cost Republica...

India to hold top remittance-receiving country in 2018

India to hold top remittance-receiving country in 2018

-- 2018-12-09 12:24:25

India will retain its position as the world's top recipient of remittances this year with its diaspora sending a whopping 80 billion US dollar back home, the World Bank has said. India is followed...

China's export, import growth shrinks in November

China's export, import growth shrinks in November

-- 2018-12-08 14:50:38

China’s exports increased far less than expected in November, apparently indicating that slowing global demand outweighed any gains from a rush to ship goods to the United States ahead of a now-...

Japan eases immigration rules for workers

Japan eases immigration rules for workers

-- 2018-12-08 14:21:17

Japan's parliament has approved a controversial new law allowing hundreds of thousands of foreigners into the country to ease labour shortages. From next April foreigners will be allowed to take up j...

Sudan gold mine collapse kills three miners; 10 still trapped

Sudan gold mine collapse kills three miners; 10 still trapped

-- 2018-12-08 13:03:02

Three miners were killed and 10 were trapped underground when a gold mine they were working at in northern Sudan collapsed, the state’s Sudanese Mineral Resources Company (SMRC) said in a statem...

Global shares mixed as trade worries loom; oil surges

Global shares mixed as trade worries loom; oil surges

Reuters 2018-12-08 11:54:21

Concerns over China-US trade tensions gave European shares their worst week of losses in two months and sank US stocks on Friday, overshadowing the lift from higher oil prices and jobs data. While Eu...

Six die in Italy nightclub stampede; over 100 injured

Six die in Italy nightclub stampede; over 100 injured

-- 2018-12-08 11:28:57

Six people have been killed and more than 100 injured, 10 of them seriously, in a stampede at a nightclub in Italy, officials say. The incident took place near the eastern coastal city of Ancona. So...

5.1 quake jolts Japan’s Fukushima prefecture

5.1 quake jolts Japan’s Fukushima prefecture

-- 2018-12-08 10:42:10

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Saturday, Japan Meteorological Agency said. The temblor occurred at 10:54 am local time, with...

European shares attempt to recoup losses

European shares attempt to recoup losses

-- 2018-12-07 15:05:28

European shares attempted on Friday to recoup losses sustained during the previous session’s global selloff but lacked thrust from Wall Street and Asian markets for a significant rebound. By 08...

Japan household spending unexpectedly falls in Oct

Japan household spending unexpectedly falls in Oct

Reuters 2018-12-07 13:15:23

Japan’s household spending unexpectedly fell in October and real wages slipped for a third straight month, adding to concerns about the strength of the economy as global trade frictions cloud...

US trade deficit hits 10-year high in October

US trade deficit hits 10-year high in October

-- 2018-12-07 11:58:48

US trade deficit widened for a fifth consecutive month and reached a 10-year high in October, the government reported Thursday. The total trade gap increased 1.7 per cent to 55.5 billion US dollars i...

Japanese shares edge up

Japanese shares edge up

-- 2018-12-07 11:35:48

Japan’s Nikkei share average snapped a three-day losing streak on Friday, drawing some relief after Wall Street shares clawed back some of their sharp losses. Wider gains were capped, however,...

Asia shares struggle to rally, oil skids further

Asia shares struggle to rally, oil skids further

Reuters 2018-12-07 11:10:56

Asian shares fought to sustain the slimmest of recoveries on Friday amid speculation the Federal Reserve might be “one-and-done” with US rate hikes, while oil fell anew as producers bicker...

US military strike kills four al Shabaab militants in Somalia

US military strike kills four al Shabaab militants in Somalia

-- 2018-12-06 15:32:52

The US military said it killed four militants in an air strike against al Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Awdheegle, Somalia, as part of its operations to support the government’s efforts t...

Laos to export over 14,000 MW of electricity by 2030

Laos to export over 14,000 MW of electricity by 2030

-- 2018-12-06 13:30:18

Laos' electricity exports will hit 14,600 MW by 2030, the country’s Energy and Mines Minister Khammany Inthirath, said. He said at the 6th Ordinary Session of National Assembly's 8th Legislatu...

Nikkei hits five-week low

Nikkei hits five-week low

-- 2018-12-06 13:04:46

Japan’s Nikkei closed at more than a five-week low on Thursday as chip-related stocks were hit after Canada arrested a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei. Losses intensified later in...

Asian shares skid after arrest of Huawei CFO

Asian shares skid after arrest of Huawei CFO

-- 2018-12-06 12:08:56

Asian stock prices skidded Thursday following the arrest of a senior official at Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei that could derail progress in China-US trade talks. Hong Kong’s Hang...

Five US Marines go missing after warplanes crash off Japan’s coast

Five US Marines go missing after warplanes crash off Japan’s coast

-- 2018-12-06 11:31:55

Five US Marines were missing after two Marine Corps aircraft collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan on Thursday, in what US officials said may have been a refueling exerci...

UN-backed Yemen peace talks set to begin in Sweden

UN-backed Yemen peace talks set to begin in Sweden

-- 2018-12-06 11:14:09

UN-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of civil war in Yemen are due to begin in Sweden. A UN team will work alongside delegations from the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels...

Euro zone business growth at weakest pace in two years

Euro zone business growth at weakest pace in two years

-- 2018-12-05 19:55:58

Euro zone business growth was at its weakest pace in over two years last month as a manufacturing-led slowdown showed further signs of spreading to the service industry. The downbeat survey results w...

EU Commission for euro dominance

EU Commission for euro dominance

-- 2018-12-05 18:22:42

The European Commission has urged the states and global companies to increase the use of euro in international payments and as a reserve currency. The commission made the call in its non-binding prop...

Dozens arrested in European operation against organised crime

Dozens arrested in European operation against organised crime

-- 2018-12-05 15:32:16

Dozens of people were arrested in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and South America on Wednesday in an operation against members of Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group, offi...

South Korea's foreign reserves rise to $403b

South Korea's foreign reserves rise to $403b

-- 2018-12-05 12:13:42

South Korea's foreign currency reserves rose to 403 billion US dollars in November due to the weak dollar trend that increased the conversion value of non-dollar assets, according to central bank da...

S Korean stocks hit over one-week low

S Korean stocks hit over one-week low

-- 2018-12-05 11:54:49

South Korea's KOSPI stock index fell over 1.0 per cent on Wednesday to a more than one-week low, after US markets tumbled overnight, while the won and bond yields also fell. At 0132 GMT, the KOSPI...

Libyans protest against US air strike in southern Libya

Libyans protest against US air strike in southern Libya

-- 2018-12-05 11:37:58

Dozens of Libyans protested on Tuesday against a US air strike on suspected al Qaeda militants in the country’s southwestern desert, saying civilians had been targeted, witnesses said. The US A...

Khashoggi murder: US senators rip crown prince after CIA briefing

Khashoggi murder: US senators rip crown prince after CIA briefing

-- 2018-12-05 11:05:00

US senators say they are more certain than ever after a private CIA briefing that the Saudi crown prince had a role in the murder of a journalist. In a blistering attack, Senator Lindsey Graham said...