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S&P 500  cos return $1.0 trillion to shareholders in tax-cut surge

S&P 500 cos return $1.0 trillion to shareholders in tax-cut surge

-- 2018-05-26 10:59:28

S&P 500 companies have returned a record $1 trillion to shareholders over the past year, helped by a recent surge in dividends and stock buybacks following sweeping corporate tax cuts introduced b...

US warns Syria of ‘firm’ actions for truce violations

US warns Syria of ‘firm’ actions for truce violations

-- 2018-05-26 10:28:45

The United States warned Syria it would take ‘firm and appropriate measures’ in response to ceasefire violations, saying it was concerned about reports of an impending military operation i...

UK economy barely growing amid Brexit concerns

UK economy barely growing amid Brexit concerns

-- 2018-05-25 16:16:20

Official figures Friday confirmed that the British economy barely grew in the first three months of the year. The Office for National Statistics said the economy expanded by a quarterly rate of just...

Japan factory output seen rising in April

Japan factory output seen rising in April

-- 2018-05-25 13:30:03

Japan’s industrial production was expected to rise for a third straight month in April thanks to brisk export demand, a Reuters poll found on Friday. Factory output was expected to have risen b...

SE Asian stocks mixed in muted trading

SE Asian stocks mixed in muted trading

-- 2018-05-25 12:02:04

Most Southeast Asian stock markets were mixed in muted trading on Friday, while Malaysian shares climbed after five sessions of losses. Indonesian local benchmark equity index, which has shed about...

Asian shares shaky after Trump-Kim summit cancellation

Asian shares shaky after Trump-Kim summit cancellation

-- 2018-05-25 11:23:46

Asian shares were slightly weaker on Friday amid fragile market sentiment after US President Donald Trump called off a key summit with North Korea, though investor concerns were softened by expectatio...

BOK holds interest rates steady

BOK holds interest rates steady

-- 2018-05-24 15:52:47

The Bank of Korea (BOK), the central bank of the Republic of Korea, held interest rates steady for a sixth straight month on Thursday. Monetary policy committee of the BOK held its base rate KROCR...

Argentina again seeks IMF help to face crisis

Argentina again seeks IMF help to face crisis

-- 2018-05-24 15:11:50

Maria Florencia Humano opened a clothing store in 2016, convinced that Argentina’s long history of economic crises had ended under pro-business President Mauricio Macri. She will shutter it lat...

Italy train accident leaves two dead, 18 wounded

Italy train accident leaves two dead, 18 wounded

-- 2018-05-24 14:21:27

Two people have died and 18 others suffered injured when a regional train crashed into a truck in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, emergency services said on Thursday. The five-carriage train...

Nikkei falls to two-week lows

Nikkei falls to two-week lows

-- 2018-05-24 11:28:59

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell to more than two-week lows on Thursday as automakers slumped after US launched a national security investigation into car and truck imports. The Nikkei dropped...

US expels two Venezuelan envoys in retaliation

US expels two Venezuelan envoys in retaliation

-- 2018-05-24 11:06:12

The US State Department has said it has ordered two Venezuelan diplomats to leave the United States within 48 hours, a move that follows Venezuela’s decision to expel two American diplomats. Th...

Asia share markets fall after US auto tariff threat

Asia share markets fall after US auto tariff threat

-- 2018-05-24 11:01:28

Asian shares fell on Thursday after the US government launched a national security probe into auto imports that could lead to new tariffs, and President Donald Trump’s comments indicated fresh s...

North Korea calls Pence ‘stupid’

North Korea calls Pence ‘stupid’

-- 2018-05-24 10:53:52

A senior North Korean official has accused US Vice-President Mike Pence of being ‘stupid’ and warned of possible ‘nuclear showdown’ if diplomacy fails. Choe Son-hui said Pyong...

Trump doubtful about summit with Kim

Trump doubtful about summit with Kim

-- 2018-05-23 15:05:30

US President Donald Trump said there was a ‘substantial chance’ his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not take place as planned on June 12 amid concerns that Kim is resistan...

SA kidnappers demand bitcoin ransom for abducted teen

SA kidnappers demand bitcoin ransom for abducted teen

-- 2018-05-23 14:41:56

A criminal gang in South Africa who kidnapped a teenage boy on Sunday are demanding a ransom in bitcoin cryptocurrency of nearly $120,000, police said. Katlego Marite, 13, was dragged into a car whil...

Singapore April CPI edges up 0.1pc y/y

Singapore April CPI edges up 0.1pc y/y

-- 2018-05-23 14:21:31

Singapore’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose lower than expected in April from a year earlier, data showed on Wednesday. The all-items CPI of the city-state edged down to 0.1 per cent,...

Ghana president calls for criminal probe into head of soccer body

Ghana president calls for criminal probe into head of soccer body

-- 2018-05-23 14:18:52

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for a criminal investigation into the head of the country’s football association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, for fraudulently using the President’s name....

Southeast Asian stocks slump

Southeast Asian stocks slump

-- 2018-05-23 12:09:16

The Southeast Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump tempered optimism over trade talks between Washington and Beijing. The broader Asian stocks outside Jap...

N Korea permits S Korean reporters to visit nuke site

N Korea permits S Korean reporters to visit nuke site

-- 2018-05-23 11:51:59

North Korea has accepted a list of South Korean reporters to visit their nuclear testing site after a days-long tug of war with Seoul, South Korea’s unification ministry said on Wednesday. Nort...

Asian shares slip on political uncertainty

Asian shares slip on political uncertainty

-- 2018-05-23 11:21:03

Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday as investors shifted their attention to uncertainties over a planned US-North Korea summit after the perk from eased US-China trade tensions faded. Japan's...

Maduro expels US diplomats in response to latest sanctions

Maduro expels US diplomats in response to latest sanctions

-- 2018-05-23 11:19:39

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of two top US diplomats in Caracas in retaliation for a new round of sanctions over the county’s widely-condemned election, accus...

Erdogan hints at banning Israeli goods over Gaza violence

Erdogan hints at banning Israeli goods over Gaza violence

-- 2018-05-22 16:06:33

President Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that Turkey might consider imposing a ban on imports of some Israeli goods over the killing of Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces on the Gaza border, media re...

Burundi’s Nkurunziza to stay in power till 2034

Burundi’s Nkurunziza to stay in power till 2034

-- 2018-05-22 14:39:14

Voters in Burundi have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, the electoral commission said on Monday, ushering in changes that could let the president stay in power to 2034. An opposition coali...

SE Asian stocks nearly flat in subdued trading

SE Asian stocks nearly flat in subdued trading

-- 2018-05-22 11:58:15

Most Southeast Asian stock markets were subdued on Tuesday, hurt by a strong dollar that crimped demand for emerging market assets, while Indonesia held firm, gaining over 1.0 per cent. The dollar...

Asian shares stumble as dollar strengthens

Asian shares stumble as dollar strengthens

-- 2018-05-22 11:44:33

Asian shares skidded on Tuesday as a strong dollar sapped demand for emerging market assets while surging oil prices stoked concerns about a flare-up in inflation and faster US interest rate increases...

6.0 quake strikes near Guam

6.0 quake strikes near Guam

-- 2018-05-22 11:40:40

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.0 hit 122 km ESE of Guam at 00:26:04 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at...

104 ex-Turkish military get life in jail over coup attempt

104 ex-Turkish military get life in jail over coup attempt

-- 2018-05-22 11:12:58

A Turkish court has sentenced 104 former military officers to life in prison for their involvement in a 2016 coup attempt, state media report. They were given ‘aggravated life sentences’,...

Houthi missile attack kills five in Yemen

Houthi missile attack kills five in Yemen

-- 2018-05-22 10:43:40

Five people have been killed and 22 wounded by a Houthi missile fired at the Yemeni city of Marib, which falls under control of the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour...

S Korea approves extra budget to create jobs

S Korea approves extra budget to create jobs

-- 2018-05-21 14:13:26

South Korea's parliament has passed an extra budget plan worth 3.8 trillion won (3.5 billion US dollars) to help create jobs especially among youths. The government of President Moon Jae-in submitted...

‘Romantic rejection’ led to Texas school shooting!

‘Romantic rejection’ led to Texas school shooting!

-- 2018-05-21 14:06:01

A teenage boy charged with fatally shooting eight students and two teachers during a gun rampage at a Houston-area high school had been spurned by one of his victims after making aggressive advances,...