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Even a single cigarette raises stroke risk: Study

Even a single cigarette raises stroke risk: Study

-- 2018-01-27 11:25:03

Smokers need to quit cigarettes rather than cut back on them to significantly lower their risk of heart disease and stroke, a large BMJ study suggests. People who smoked even one cigarette a day were...

Canadian billionaire couple were ‘murdered’, police say

Canadian billionaire couple were ‘murdered’, police say

-- 2018-01-27 11:06:37

The Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire couple found dead at their home in Toronto on Dec 15, were murdered in a targeted killing, police investigators said. Police in their first detailed comments o...

S&P 500, Dow hit record highs

S&P 500, Dow hit record highs

-- 2018-01-27 10:51:41

US stocks ended on record high on Friday on the latest round of strong earnings reports, including results from Intel and AbbVie, as well as continued weakness in the dollar. Intel’s shares gai...

Macron urges tougher EU sanctions on Venezuela

Macron urges tougher EU sanctions on Venezuela

-- 2018-01-27 10:36:56

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for further European Union sanctions on Venezuela, days after the 28-nation bloc agreed a travel ban and asset freezes on seven senior Venezuelan offi...

US-Iraqi joint force mistakenly kills eight

US-Iraqi joint force mistakenly kills eight

-- 2018-01-27 03:11:31

Members of US and Iraqi joint force mistakenly killed eight people and wounded 10 others when they engaged in a clash with local police and paramilitary tribal fighters in Iraq's western province of A...

USA Gymnastics board quits amid abuse scandal

USA Gymnastics board quits amid abuse scandal

-- 2018-01-27 02:20:00

The remaining directors of the US gymnastics governing body are resigning in the wake of this week’s sentencing of the former national team doctor for molesting female athletes, USA Gymnastics s...

Turn off toilet taps to ease water crisis: SA govt

Turn off toilet taps to ease water crisis: SA govt

-- 2018-01-27 01:37:51

Residents in the South African city of Cape Town have been warned to "save water as if your life depends on it" to avoid the supply being shut off. A severe drought has forced the city's municipality...

US economic growth slows in Q4

US economic growth slows in Q4

-- 2018-01-27 01:21:29

The US gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a 2.6 per cent annual rate in the fourth quarter (Q4), compared to 3.2 per cent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department has said. The economic growth...

Casey Affleck withdraws from Oscar 2018

Casey Affleck withdraws from Oscar 2018

-- 2018-01-27 01:14:58

Oscar-winning Casey Affleck, who has been accused of sexual harassment by female crew members on an earlier film, has withdrawn as a presenter at the 2018 Academy Awards, a spokeswoman for the organis...

Japan economy: Little hope on inflation front

Japan economy: Little hope on inflation front

-- 2018-01-26 11:22:04

Japan’s inflation in December continued to lag a strong economic revival, leaving the central bank in a dilemma on how to turn off crisis-era stimulus policies that even some of its own board me...

ADB for more cooperation to boost dev of Asia-Pacific

ADB for more cooperation to boost dev of Asia-Pacific

FE Online Desk 2018-01-26 06:43:37

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects more cooperation with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to boost the development of the Asia-Pacific region. ADB resident mission in Dhaka, its...

Euro zone corporate lending falls in Dec

Euro zone corporate lending falls in Dec

-- 2018-01-26 03:37:26

Growth in euro zone corporate lending slowed in December, slipped from its post-crisis high, while a broader indicator of money circulating in the currency bloc dipped against expectations, data sho...

S’pore Dec factory output hits two-year low

S’pore Dec factory output hits two-year low

-- 2018-01-26 03:23:39

Singapore’s industrial production grew at its slowest pace in two years in December, driven by a slump in pharmaceuticals production. The manufacturing output in the previous month fell for the...

Nikkei slips in choppy trade

Nikkei slips in choppy trade

-- 2018-01-26 02:53:33

Japanese stocks ended lower in choppy trade on Friday as investors locked in profits ahead of the weekend, while mining shares and financial firms underperformed the market. The Nikkei closed 0.2 per...

Asia stocks edge back from record highs

Asia stocks edge back from record highs

-- 2018-01-26 02:03:02

Asian stocks came off record highs on Friday but were still poised to end the week with strong gains, while the battered dollar won back some ground after President Donald Trump said he wanted a stron...

Asian shares dip after US stocks slip

Asian shares dip after US stocks slip

-- 2018-01-25 12:50:58

Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after stocks wobbled on Wall Street. A dip in the dollar’s value against other currencies hit regional exporters’ shares. The dollar sagged agai...

Scientists recreate face of 9000-year-old teen girl

Scientists recreate face of 9000-year-old teen girl

-- 2018-01-25 12:12:36

The last time anyone looked on Dawn’s face was 9,000 years ago. Now the teenager can be seen again, after scientists reconstructed her face to show what people looked like in the Mesolithic per...

Apple moves to fix after slowdown row

Apple moves to fix after slowdown row

-- 2018-01-25 11:25:54

Apple Inc announced changes on Wednesday that make good on its promise to allow users to turn off a controversial feature that slows down iPhones when batteries are running low, although it signaled i...

Egypt’s Sisi in ‘uncontested’ presidential race

Egypt’s Sisi in ‘uncontested’ presidential race

-- 2018-01-25 11:17:12

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s last main challenger for the presidency pulled out on Wednesday, saying any hope of a new start for Egypt had ended in a race that is all but certain to deliver the leader...

Guatemala bus crash claims eight lives

Guatemala bus crash claims eight lives

-- 2018-01-25 10:43:20

At least eight people have been killed and 15 seriously wounded in Guatemala after a minibus came off the edge of a road and plunged down a ravine, an emergency services official said on Wednesday. A...

Malaysia raises interest rate to 3.25pc

Malaysia raises interest rate to 3.25pc

-- 2018-01-25 03:34:01

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) on Thursday raised its key interest rate to tap the brakes at a time growth has been robust and inflation creeping up. The central bank raised the key rate by 25 basis poin...

Barbie movie release date moves to 2020

Barbie movie release date moves to 2020

-- 2018-01-25 03:25:27

The release of Sony's forthcoming live-action Barbie film has been delayed until 2020. According to Deadline, the movie will now hit cinemas two years later than planned, having been initially schedu...

Russian fishing boat disappears in Japan sea, 21 missing

Russian fishing boat disappears in Japan sea, 21 missing

-- 2018-01-25 03:23:50

Russian fishing vessel "Vostok" with 21 crew members on board has gone missing in the Sea of Japan, the local Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a statement Thursday. "At a distance of about 20...

Autumn holiday hits S Korean Q4 export

Autumn holiday hits S Korean Q4 export

-- 2018-01-25 02:52:00

Autumn holiday in October hit fourth-quarter industrial output of South Korea, as the car exporters and industrial production failed to keep up the dashing pace. The economic output of the fourth l...

‘Flu infection may increase heart attack risk’

‘Flu infection may increase heart attack risk’

-- 2018-01-25 02:29:57

The risk of a heart attack may be increased six-fold within the first week after detection of laboratory-confirmed influenza infection, a new study said Wednesday. Researchers in Canada looked at nea...

Italy train derailment leaves ‘two dead’

Italy train derailment leaves ‘two dead’

-- 2018-01-25 02:12:58

At least two people have been killed and 10 others seriously wounded after a train derailed near Milan in Italy on Thursday, TV channels RaiNews24 and SkyTG24 reported citing emergency services. A sp...

German far-right activist converts to Islam

German far-right activist converts to Islam

-- 2018-01-25 01:57:28

Arthur Wagner, a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party who is known for its anti-Muslim rhetoric, has surprised observers by converting to Islam. He sat on the party's executive...

China raises snowstorm alert level

China raises snowstorm alert level

-- 2018-01-25 01:35:20

China's national observatory upgraded its snowstorm warning to the second highest level Thursday, as heavy snow continues to hit areas in central and eastern China. The National Meteorological Cente...

Canadian opposition leader denies misconduct accusations

Canadian opposition leader denies misconduct accusations

-- 2018-01-25 01:05:54

The leader of the main opposition party in Canada’s Ontario province has denied allegations of sexual misconduct that broadcaster CTV News reported were made by two women, prompting several staf...

Nikkei slips to 10-day low

Nikkei slips to 10-day low

-- 2018-01-25 01:02:13

Japanese shares slipped to a 10-day low on Thursday as a stronger yen hurt exporters, although oil and mining stocks bucked the weakness, supported by firmer oil prices. The Nikkei fell 0.8 per cent...