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Trade friction to hamper world economy: Expert

Trade friction to hamper world economy: Expert

-- 2018-09-29 14:19:01

The trade friction between China and the United States will lower the global economic growth rate and at the same time have a spillover effect on protectionism, a trade expert has said. "If one count...

US stocks end near flat

US stocks end near flat

-- 2018-09-29 11:57:30

Wall Street ended flat on Friday as gains led by Intel, real estate companies and utilities were offset by Facebook after the social network disclosed a security breach. Based on the latest availab...

Israeli troops kill seven Palestinians at Gaza border

Israeli troops kill seven Palestinians at Gaza border

-- 2018-09-29 11:57:08

Israeli soldiers shot dead seven Palestinians, including two boys, who were among thousands of people who thronged to the fortified Gaza Strip border on Friday as part of weekly protests launched half...

Death toll reaches 384 after tsunami, quake in Indonesia

Death toll reaches 384 after tsunami, quake in Indonesia

-- 2018-09-29 10:38:07

The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi jumped to 384 on Saturday, authorities said, with many of those killed swept away by giant waves as they played on t...

Japan industrial output rises 0.7pc in Aug

Japan industrial output rises 0.7pc in Aug

-- 2018-09-28 15:14:52

The industrial production in Japan increased in August from the previous month, marking the first rise in four months, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said in a report on Friday. T...

European shares dip on Italian budget worries

European shares dip on Italian budget worries

-- 2018-09-28 15:08:21

European shares dipped on Friday after the Italian government agreed to set a higher than expected budget deficit target that could put Rome on a collision course with Brussels. Shares in Italian...

Nikkei hits 27-year high on strong dollar

Nikkei hits 27-year high on strong dollar

-- 2018-09-28 13:23:35

Japan’s Nikkei hit a 27-year high on Friday, taking heart from a boost for the dollar after the Federal Reserve chairman said he did not expect a near-term recession, and strong gains on Wall St...

Russian spy poisoning suspect was ‘honoured by Putin’

Russian spy poisoning suspect was ‘honoured by Putin’

-- 2018-09-27 15:30:53

A Russian man accused of the Salisbury poisoning is a military officer who received an honour from Vladimir Putin, an investigative website says. Following the attempted poisoning in March, UK invest...

Fed raises US interest rates, sees at least three more years of growth

Fed raises US interest rates, sees at least three more years of growth

-- 2018-09-27 14:05:58

The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and left intact its plans to steadily tighten monetary policy, as it forecast that the US economy would enjoy at least three more years of gro...

10 members of a family die in Oman house fire

10 members of a family die in Oman house fire

-- 2018-09-27 13:20:10

Police in Oman say 10 members of a single family have died after suffocating in a fire at their home in the sultanate. The Royal Oman Police said on Twitter on Thursday that the fire happened at a ho...

Tokyo stocks edge lower in early trading

Tokyo stocks edge lower in early trading

-- 2018-09-27 12:30:54

Japan’s Tokyo stocks edged lower Thursday morning as investors secured profits after the benchmark Nikkei stock index's eight-day winning streak. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 32.07 p...

Asian markets mixed after Fed rate hike

Asian markets mixed after Fed rate hike

-- 2018-09-27 12:14:08

Asian shares mixed on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve lifted its key interest rate as expected for the third time this year. Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped 0.3 per cent to 23,952.30. South Korea's...

Mexico sentences ex-ruling party governor to nine years in jail

Mexico sentences ex-ruling party governor to nine years in jail

-- 2018-09-27 11:53:38

A disgraced former state governor from Mexico’s ruling party was sentenced to nine years in prison on Wednesday for money laundering and links to organised crime in a case that public auditors s...

IMF boosts bailout for crisis-hit Argentina

IMF boosts bailout for crisis-hit Argentina

-- 2018-09-27 10:54:25

The International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide a bigger, faster bailout to Argentina than initially planned in an effort to restore market confidence in the country. The IMF plans to boost its...

Trade war dims Asia's 2019 growth outlook: ADB

Trade war dims Asia's 2019 growth outlook: ADB

-- 2018-09-26 14:39:54

Developing Asia could grow more slowly than previously thought next year as the US-China trade war inflicts damage on the region’s export-reliant economies, the ADB said on Wednesday. Tightenin...

European shares nearly flat at opening

European shares nearly flat at opening

-- 2018-09-26 14:17:14

European shares broadly held their ground on Wednesday morning following limited gains on Asian stock markets ahead of a widely expected rate hike by the Federal Reserve in the United States. The pan...

Asian shares rise ahead of US Fed rate hike

Asian shares rise ahead of US Fed rate hike

-- 2018-09-26 14:11:53

Asian shares rose on Wednesday as traders awaited a third interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve for this year. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose less than 0.1 per cent to 23,953.98. Hong Kong's Hang S...

India’s top court upholds national identity project

India’s top court upholds national identity project

-- 2018-09-26 13:18:03

India’s top court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of the country’s ambitious biometric identity project ‘Aadhaar’, saying it benefits the marginalised and poor,...

US arrests Chinese man for ‘spying on engineers, scientists’

US arrests Chinese man for ‘spying on engineers, scientists’

-- 2018-09-26 11:34:15

A Chinese man has been arrested for allegedly spying on US engineers and scientists on behalf of Beijing, US prosecutors say. Ji Chaoqun, 27, was arrested in Chicago and charged with acting as an ill...

Swedish parliament votes out PM Lofven, new govt unclear

Swedish parliament votes out PM Lofven, new govt unclear

-- 2018-09-25 16:01:15

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a mandatory confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday meaning he will step down, but with neither major political bloc holding a majority it remained unclear w...

Vietnam jails activist for anti-govt posts on Facebook

Vietnam jails activist for anti-govt posts on Facebook

-- 2018-09-25 16:01:05

A court in Vietnam has jailed an activist for two years and three months on accusations of abusing democracy rights following anti-government posts on social media site Facebook, authorities said. De...

Australian cash deficit reaches $10.1b

Australian cash deficit reaches $10.1b

-- 2018-09-25 15:20:42

Australia's cash deficit has reached 10.1 billion Australian dollars or 0.6 per cent of GDP, the lowest level in a decade, the government announced on Tuesday. The Final Budget Outcome for the 2017-1...

Comcast buys 29.1pc of Sky stock in market purchases

Comcast buys 29.1pc of Sky stock in market purchases

-- 2018-09-25 13:20:59

Comcast (CMCSA.O), the victor in the auction for Sky (SKYB.L) on Saturday, said on Tuesday it had bought 29.1 per cent of the European pay-TV group’s shares in the market. Comcast bid 17.28 pou...

UK to focus on skilled migrants, no EU preference after Brexit

UK to focus on skilled migrants, no EU preference after Brexit

-- 2018-09-25 13:20:27

People from the EU should face the same immigration rules as those from elsewhere, once the UK has completely left the bloc, the cabinet has agreed. The agreement in principle follows a recommendatio...

Japanese stocks creep higher

Japanese stocks creep higher

-- 2018-09-25 12:52:40

Japanese stocks crept higher Tuesday morning on buying before shares for the fiscal first half through this month turn ex-dividend, with buying supported by the yen's softer tone. The 225-issue Nikke...

Asian share markets fall on trade worries

Asian share markets fall on trade worries

-- 2018-09-25 12:47:50

Asian shares fell on Tuesday after a Chinese government report accusing the Trump administration of bullying other countries dampened hopes for a settlement in their escalating tariff war. The Shangh...

US diplomat found dead at Madagascar home

US diplomat found dead at Madagascar home

-- 2018-09-25 11:31:09

A suspect is in custody after an American diplomat was found dead at home while serving in Madagascar, the US State Department said on Monday. Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statemen...

European markets dip as trade war, Brexit pessimism weigh

European markets dip as trade war, Brexit pessimism weigh

-- 2018-09-24 15:58:00

European stock markets traded in negative territory on Monday as fears of an escalating trade row between the United States and China spread from Asian markets, while oil rallied as US sanctions restr...

One dies as protests erupt in Nicaragua

One dies as protests erupt in Nicaragua

-- 2018-09-24 14:20:14

Police and supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega clashed in Managua on Sunday with demonstrators calling for the release of people imprisoned during recent protests, leaving at least one pe...

Turkey’s Erdogan pledges to increase safe zones in Syria

Turkey’s Erdogan pledges to increase safe zones in Syria

-- 2018-09-24 11:29:01

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will take action east of the Euphrates river in Syria and impose secure zones as it has done in northwest Syria, the Hurriyet daily and other media s...