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Harry, Markle’s ‘royal romance’ coming on big screen

Harry, Markle’s ‘royal romance’ coming on big screen

-- 2018-02-07 15:22:46

Like Prince William and Kate Middleton before them, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are now getting a Lifetime movie about their relationship. Murray Fraser and Parisa Fitz-Henley have been cast as th...

Trump calls for another shutdown over immigration deal

Trump calls for another shutdown over immigration deal

-- 2018-02-07 13:50:31

President Donald Trump has said he would "love to see" the US government shut down if Congress does not agree an immigration deal. "If we don't change it let's have a shutdown. We'll do a shutdown, a...

China shares slip in volatile trading

China shares slip in volatile trading

-- 2018-02-07 13:37:23

China stocks reversed earlier gains and fell in volatile trading on Wednesday as investors cut their positions in leading developers that posted handsome gains in recent months. An index tracking m...

HK shares rise to more than 1pc

HK shares rise to more than 1pc

-- 2018-02-07 13:34:18

Hong Kong stocks rose more than one per cent on Wednesday, as a semblance of calm returned to Wall Street where major indexes ended firmer after days of deep losses. Chinese H-shares listed in Hong...

Jeep falls into ravine, killing nine in India

Jeep falls into ravine, killing nine in India

-- 2018-02-07 13:19:40

Nine people have been killed after a jeep in which they were travelling, skidded off a road in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand and fell into a ravine on Wednesday, said police. The incident occu...

Court hands death sentence to Somali truck bomber

Court hands death sentence to Somali truck bomber

-- 2018-02-07 12:49:14

Somalia's military court has sentenced a man to death for his role in the country's deadliest bomb attack last year that killed at least 500 people in the capital Mogadishu. Hassan Adan Isaq was accu...

Apple sees 'strong demand' for iPhone battery replacement

Apple sees 'strong demand' for iPhone battery replacement

-- 2018-02-07 12:40:46

Apple Inc has seen “strong demand” for replacement iPhone batteries and may offer rebates for consumers who paid full price for new batteries, the company said in a letter to US lawmakers...

Japanese stocks bounce back sharply

Japanese stocks bounce back sharply

-- 2018-02-07 12:12:15

Japanese stocks bounced back sharply on Wednesday morning after crumbling to their biggest percentage fall in 15 months the previous day. The Nikkei 225 share average jumped 3.2 per cent to 22,303.88...

Trudeau faces criticism over ‘peoplekind’ comment

Trudeau faces criticism over ‘peoplekind’ comment

-- 2018-02-07 11:58:17

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a backlash for correcting a woman who used the term ‘mankind’. During a town hall event in Edmonton, Alberta, last week, Trudeau interrupt...

Asia stocks back from the brink as Wall Street rallies

Asia stocks back from the brink as Wall Street rallies

-- 2018-02-07 11:29:46

Asian share markets were trying to find their footing on Wednesday as a semblance of calm returned to Wall Street where major indices bounced into the black after days of deep losses. Analysts said d...

Japan's Princess postpones marriage

Japan's Princess postpones marriage

-- 2018-02-07 11:25:05

Japan’s Princess Mako will postpone her wedding to commoner Kei Komuro to 2020 until after her grandfather Emperor Akihito abdicates next year, public broadcaster NHK said on Tuesday. The coupl...

West London house fire kills one

West London house fire kills one

-- 2018-02-07 11:19:13

A fierce fire broke out at a house in west London’s Holland Park, killing a man and prompting evacuation of several residents, the fire brigade said early on Wednesday. Around 12 fire engines a...

Poland’s Duda signs Holocaust bill defying criticisms

Poland’s Duda signs Holocaust bill defying criticisms

-- 2018-02-07 10:53:05

Polish president has signed a controversial bill that imposes jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust, prompting sharp criticism from Israel and the United States. Andrze...

Wall Street roars back, traders eye volatility ahead

Wall Street roars back, traders eye volatility ahead

-- 2018-02-07 09:58:01

Shaken out of many months of calm, Wall Street braced for a higher level of volatility in the days ahead, after a roughly 2 per cent rebound in US stocks on Tuesday followed the biggest one-day sellof...

Vietnam sentences blogger to 14 years in prison

Vietnam sentences blogger to 14 years in prison

-- 2018-02-06 16:06:37

A court in central Vietnam jailed a prominent environmental blogger on Tuesday for 14 years for abusing his democratic freedom and opposing officials on duty, his lawyer said. Vietnamese activist Hoa...

Four die in Indonesia tourist resort landslide

Four die in Indonesia tourist resort landslide

-- 2018-02-06 13:39:46

Four people have been killed and two others gone missing after landslides hit a tourist resort in Indonesia's West Java province, national disaster management agency said on Tuesday. Heavy downpours...

Taiwanese military chopper falls into sea, six missing

Taiwanese military chopper falls into sea, six missing

-- 2018-02-06 13:26:59

A military helicopter from Taiwan fell into the sea on Monday night and six people on board are still missing. The rescue operation continued till Tuesday morning, Xinhua news agency reports citing T...

Global LNG gathering begins Feb 28 in Singapore

Global LNG gathering begins Feb 28 in Singapore

FE Online Desk 2018-02-06 13:22:35

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 6 February 2018 - More than 200 LNG experts from 25 countries are expected to convene at the two-day long 13th LNG Supplies for Asian Markets Conference (LNGA) at ONE...

Poland bars Israeli minister's visit to Warsaw

Poland bars Israeli minister's visit to Warsaw

-- 2018-02-06 12:53:25

Poland cancelled Israel’s education minister Naftali Bennett’s visit to its capital, Warsaw this week as he refused to back off of condemnation of a bill that would outlaw suggesting Polan...

‘High blood pressure remains unnoticed in new mothers’

‘High blood pressure remains unnoticed in new mothers’

-- 2018-02-06 12:40:28

Women with severe pre-eclampsia should have their blood pressure closely monitored for a year after giving birth because high blood pressure can remain undetected, a new study suggests. It found high...

Powell takes the reins at US Federal Reserve

Powell takes the reins at US Federal Reserve

-- 2018-02-06 12:17:14

Jerome Powell took the oath of office as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, succeeding Janet Yellen. "Today, unemployment is low, the economy is growing, and inflation is low. Through our decisions...

Kenya govt allows two channels to resume broadcasting

Kenya govt allows two channels to resume broadcasting

-- 2018-02-06 12:11:54

Two private Kenyan TV stations are now back on air after being shut down for seven days. “Government switches NTV and KTN News back on after seven days,” privately-owned NTV said on its l...

German cops hunt witches after teen thrown into cauldron

German cops hunt witches after teen thrown into cauldron

-- 2018-02-06 11:20:48

Police in south-west Germany are investigating after an 18-year-old spectator suffered second-degree burns at an annual "witches' parade". Some witnesses said that the woman was carried to a cauldron...

Intel to become Apple’s chip supplier

Intel to become Apple’s chip supplier

-- 2018-02-06 11:20:13

As legal action between Apple and Qualcomm intensifies with billions of dollars at stake, a report on Monday claimed that the iPhone maker will use Intel baseband chips for its devices in 2018. Accor...

Asian markets slide after Wall Street decline

Asian markets slide after Wall Street decline

Reuters 2018-02-06 11:07:52

Asian shares and US stock futures sank on Tuesday, after Wall Street suffered its biggest decline since 2011 as investors’ faith in factors underpinning a bull run in markets began to crumble....

Russia shielding Syria chemical attacks, US accuses

Russia shielding Syria chemical attacks, US accuses

-- 2018-02-06 10:29:07

US Ambassador Nikki Haley accused Russia of protecting Syrian President Bashar Assad from responsibility for what she said were multiple chlorine gas attacks on civilians in recent weeks. Haley told...

South Korea’s tech boom to spur on growth, DHL trade data suggests

South Korea’s tech boom to spur on growth, DHL trade data suggests

FE Online Desk 2018-02-06 00:00:00

SEOUL- 6 February, 2018 - South Korea's high-tech industry -- a powerhouse of both innovation and export production -- will add fire to the country's trade growth in the coming quarter, according to a...

Indian quack infects 21 with HIV using common syringes

Indian quack infects 21 with HIV using common syringes

-- 2018-02-06 00:00:00

A fake doctor who has been treating poor villagers for colds, coughs and diarrhoea, infected at least 21 of them with HIV by using contaminated syringes and needles, says an Indian health official. T...

Luis Fonsi to receive BMI award for ‘Despacito’

Luis Fonsi to receive BMI award for ‘Despacito’

-- 2018-02-06 00:00:00

The annual BMI Latin Awards will honour Luis Fonsi not only for his mega smash “Despacito” but for the string of hits he’s racked up over two decades. Fonsi is set to receive the BM...

Army chopper crashes into house in Japan

Army chopper crashes into house in Japan

-- 2018-02-05 15:52:28

A Japanese military helicopter has crashed in south-western Japan, ripping the top floor off a house and setting it afire. The combat helicopter belonging to the Ground Self-Defense Force's Metabaru...