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Indian shares flat; state-run banks fall

Indian shares flat; state-run banks fall

-- 2018-07-13 15:57:23

Indian shares were nearly flat on Friday while the benchmark BSE index scaled a new peak as retail inflation hit a five-month high in June and stayed above the central bank’s target for the ei...

Singapore Q2 GDP growth slows on trade raw

Singapore Q2 GDP growth slows on trade raw

Reuters 2018-07-13 15:50:38

The economic growth of Singapore eased in the second quarter (Q2), preliminary data showed on Friday, as manufacturing activity cooled amid the ongoing US-China trade raw. Gross domestic product grew...

Japan exports likely to grow 7.0pc in June

Japan exports likely to grow 7.0pc in June

-- 2018-07-13 15:49:25

Japan’s exports likely grew 7.0 per cent from a year ago, thanks to global demand for semiconductors and electronic parts, a Reuters poll showed. The country is expected to report a solid growt...

Annual export to Canada crosses $1.10b again

Annual export to Canada crosses $1.10b again

FE Online Report 2018-07-13 15:46:06

Merchandise export to Canada from Bangladesh crossed $1.10 billion in the past fiscal year. Statistics available with the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) showed that the export reached at $1.118 bill...

Peru's c bank holds rate again

Peru's c bank holds rate again

-- 2018-07-13 14:40:13

Peru’s central bank held the benchmark interest rate at 2.75 per cent for the fifth consecutive month on Thursday as expected. Citing recovering inflation and signs of more dynamic economic act...

Nikkei hits record high

Nikkei hits record high

-- 2018-07-13 11:59:10

Japan’s Nikkei surged to 2-1/2-week highs on Friday, helped by a weaker yen and gains from index-heavy stock Fast Retailing after it jumped on the back of strong third-quarter results. The Nikk...

Asian shares inch up

Asian shares inch up

-- 2018-07-13 11:54:30

Asian shares are mostly higher, rebounding from jitters over the US-China trade disputes for a second straight day. Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.3 per cent to 22,483.13 and South Korea’s...

Stormy Daniels arrested at US strip club, lawyer says

Stormy Daniels arrested at US strip club, lawyer says

-- 2018-07-12 15:51:40

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has been arrested in a strip club in Columbus, Ohio in the US, according to her lawyer. Daniels was arrested for allegedly letting a customer touch her on stage &ldq...

Turkey coup trial: Court sentences 72 plotters to life in jail

Turkey coup trial: Court sentences 72 plotters to life in jail

-- 2018-07-12 14:44:49

A Turkish court sentenced 72 defendants to life in prison on Thursday for their roles in clashes on a suspension bridge in Istanbul in which 34 people were killed during an attempted coup two years ag...

Sensex hits all-time high

Sensex hits all-time high

-- 2018-07-12 13:51:31

India’s Sensex touched an all-time high on Thursday, driven by gains in financial and energy stocks, as optimism around corporate earnings and stronger Asian shares boosted sentiment. The broad...

Canada raises interest rate amid trade row

Canada raises interest rate amid trade row

-- 2018-07-12 13:11:11

The Bank of Canada announced Wednesday it was raising the benchmark interest rate from l.25 per cent to 1.5 per cent, partly due to rising trade tensions with the United States. The US has been pre...

Nigeria to sign African free-trade agreement soon

Nigeria to sign African free-trade agreement soon

-- 2018-07-12 13:06:04

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said the country will sign up soon to a $3 trillion African free-trade agreement. Nigeria is one of Africa’s two largest economies, the other bein...

US firms in China mostly oppose tariffs, survey shows

US firms in China mostly oppose tariffs, survey shows

-- 2018-07-12 12:07:42

Most US businesses operating in China oppose the use of tariffs in retaliation for the challenges they face, from an uneven playing field to poor protection of intellectual property rights, a survey s...

North Korea needs food, medicine, clean water: UN

North Korea needs food, medicine, clean water: UN

-- 2018-07-12 11:36:27

A senior UN official visiting North Korea is highlighting malnutrition, drinking water and a shortage of medicines as problems facing the country. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark...

Asian shares rebound after Wall St falls

Asian shares rebound after Wall St falls

-- 2018-07-12 11:13:42

Asian shares rose Thursday following Wall Street's decline amid US-Chinese trade tensions and oil prices recovered some of the previous day's steep losses. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.1 per...

Most Gulf markets open lower

Most Gulf markets open lower

-- 2018-07-11 16:15:18

Gulf markets opened lower on Wednesday as financials weighed on Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabian shares, while Qatar and Dubai were slightly down. Abu Dhabi’s index was down 0.5 per cent, pulled d...

European shares fall as dispute ramps up

European shares fall as dispute ramps up

-- 2018-07-11 16:11:57

European shares slipped on Wednesday as an escalation in the US-China trade dispute looked set to bring a six-session winning streak to an end. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 1.1 per cen...

Egypt security forces kill 11 insurgents in Sinai

Egypt security forces kill 11 insurgents in Sinai

-- 2018-07-11 16:06:58

Egypt’s official news agency says security forces killed at least 11 suspected militants in a shootout in the northern Sinai Peninsula. MENA quoted an unnamed security official Wednesday as say...

German court sentences neo-Nazi murderer to life in jail

German court sentences neo-Nazi murderer to life in jail

-- 2018-07-11 15:08:05

A German woman was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for her part in the murders of 10 people during a seven-year campaign of violence by a neo-Nazi gang. The Higher Regional Court in Munich r...

Roadside bomb blast leaves five Afghan civilians dead

Roadside bomb blast leaves five Afghan civilians dead

-- 2018-07-11 14:44:54

An Afghan official says a roadside bomb struck a vehicle in the western Farah province in Afghanistan, killing five civilians, including two women and a small child. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman f...

Greece to expel two Russian diplomats over ‘Macedonia interference’

Greece to expel two Russian diplomats over ‘Macedonia interference’

-- 2018-07-11 14:19:13

Greece will expel two Russian diplomats and ban entry to another two over suspicions they tried to undermine an agreement between Athens and the neighbouring Macedonia last month, Greek newspaper Kath...

US slaps visa sanctions on Myanmar nationals

US slaps visa sanctions on Myanmar nationals

-- 2018-07-11 13:11:50

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced, in coordination with the State Department, the implementation of visa sanctions on Myanmar and Laos due to “lack of cooperation”...

US threatens tariffs on another $200b of Chinese goods

US threatens tariffs on another $200b of Chinese goods

-- 2018-07-11 12:48:50

The Trump administration raised the stakes in its trade dispute with China, threatening 10 per cent tariffs on a list of $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, sending stocks lower and prompting Beiji...

Sri Lanka approves capital punishment for drug crimes

Sri Lanka approves capital punishment for drug crimes

-- 2018-07-11 12:15:12

The Sri Lankan cabinet has unanimously approved a move to bring back capital punishment for drug-related crimes, the Times of India reports citing a senior minister. Gamini Jayawickrema Perera, minis...

US, Mexico vow to reunite migrant families ‘as quickly as possible’

US, Mexico vow to reunite migrant families ‘as quickly as possible’

-- 2018-07-11 11:39:56

The United States and Mexico have vowed to work with Central American nations to reunite migrant families separated at the US border “as quickly as possible” as the Trump administration fa...

Saudi Arabia arrests defence ministry official on bribery charges

Saudi Arabia arrests defence ministry official on bribery charges

-- 2018-07-11 11:12:31

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say a Defence Ministry official has been arrested on suspicion of accepting over $260,000 in a bribe. A report Tuesday night by the state-run Saudi Press Agency says the o...

European shares edge up as oil stocks rise

European shares edge up as oil stocks rise

-- 2018-07-10 15:19:48

European shares inched up on Tuesday as global markets extended their recovery rally, oil stocks rose as crude prices climbed on concerns over potential supply shortages. The pan-European STOXX 600 i...

China pledges $20b to revive Mideast economy

China pledges $20b to revive Mideast economy

-- 2018-07-10 13:43:16

Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged a package of $20 billion (15.12 billion pounds) in loans, and about $106 million in financial aid, to Middle East nations. The president on Tuesday pledged...

Divers start final mission to bring out last five from Thai cave

Divers start final mission to bring out last five from Thai cave

-- 2018-07-10 13:35:33

The first eight boys rescued from a Thai cave complex are in good health overall and some asked for chocolate bread for breakfast, officials said on Tuesday as rescuers began a third and more challeng...

Philippines' trade deficit rises in May

Philippines' trade deficit rises in May

-- 2018-07-10 12:53:41

The trade deficit of Philippines rose to five-month high in May as exports shrunk while imports continued to grow, although at a slower annual pace, the statistics agency said. The imports of the Sou...