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Export growth remains high in  Asia Pacific economies

Export growth remains high in Asia Pacific economies

FE Online Desk 2018-01-23 02:43:21

  SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Jan. 23,2018--Export growth remains high in the more trade-dependent Asia-Pacific economies, while domestic demand growth is broadening, said S&P Globa...

Nikkei hits fresh 26-year high

Nikkei hits fresh 26-year high

-- 2018-01-23 01:15:32

Japanese share on Tuesday ended at its highest in more than 26 years, with real estate and precision machinery stocks leading the gains. The Nikkei finished up 1.3 per cent at 24,124.15. Earlier in...

Asian share market post strong gains

Asian share market post strong gains

-- 2018-01-23 01:05:38

Asian share markets posted strong gains on Tuesday, as an upbeat forecast for global economic growth and the end of the US government shutdown helped lift sentiment. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei...

Gas leak at London hotel prompts mass evacuation

Gas leak at London hotel prompts mass evacuation

-- 2018-01-23 01:03:51

More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from a nightclub and a hotel in London's West End after a gas leak was discovered on Craven Street, just off Strand. Approximately 1,450 people were moved a...

German SPD votes in favour of coalition talks

German SPD votes in favour of coalition talks

-- 2018-01-22 12:51:23

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives start preparing for formal coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) on Monday, wasting no time after the centre-left party narrowly voted t...

Police shoot dead seven festival goers in Ethiopia

Police shoot dead seven festival goers in Ethiopia

-- 2018-01-22 12:26:12

Clashes during a religious festival in Ethiopia's northern Amhara regional state have taken the lives of seven people, a regional official said Sunday. Amare Goshu, Head of North Wollo Zone Police De...

Nikkei slips after US govt shutdown

Nikkei slips after US govt shutdown

-- 2018-01-22 12:16:11

Japanese shares inched lower on Monday as the US government shutdown hurt risk appetite globally. The US Senate set a vote for 12 pm on Monday for advancing a measure that would provide temporary gov...

Single blood test ‘detects eight common cancers’

Single blood test ‘detects eight common cancers’

-- 2018-01-22 12:10:19

US researchers have taken a major step forward in the fight against cancer by developing a single blood test that screens for eight common types of tumours in early stages. Larger studies of the test...

Asian shares mixed after US govt shutdown

Asian shares mixed after US govt shutdown

-- 2018-01-22 12:07:12

Asian share markets were mixed on Monday after global investors shrugged off the latest US government shutdown. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.2 per cent to 3,495.40 while Tokyo’s Nikkei 2...

1.0pc richest own 82pc global wealth: Oxfam

1.0pc richest own 82pc global wealth: Oxfam

-- 2018-01-22 12:00:00

Some 82 per cent of money generated in 2017 went in the pockets of the richest one per cent, while the poorest half saw no increase at all, Oxfam international said on Monday. The gap between the sup...

Sydney train hits buffer leaving 16 wounded

Sydney train hits buffer leaving 16 wounded

-- 2018-01-22 12:00:00

Sixteen people have been injured after a train hit a railway buffer on the outskirts of Australia’s Sydney, said police.   The accident happened at the end of a railway line in Richmond, i...

Slow labour growth 'unavoidable' for Singapore

Slow labour growth 'unavoidable' for Singapore

-- 2018-01-22 12:00:00

Slower rates of labour force growth in Singapore are unavoidable, the city-state’s central bank head said on Monday, and any attempt to completely offset it by increasing foreign workers is not...

Five die in Congo anti-Kabila protests

Five die in Congo anti-Kabila protests

-- 2018-01-22 11:54:54

At least five people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo during demonstrations on Sunday across the country against delayed elections and the continuation of Joseph Kabila’s pre...

Global stocks, dollar sag after US govt shutdown

Global stocks, dollar sag after US govt shutdown

-- 2018-01-22 10:51:54

US stock futures, Asian equities and the dollar pulled back slightly on Monday after the US government was forced to shut down amid a dispute between President Donald Trump and Democrats over immigrat...

Thai market bomb blast takes three lives

Thai market bomb blast takes three lives

-- 2018-01-22 10:37:19

Three people have been killed and 18 others wounded after a motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand’s southern Yala province on Monday, said a spokesman for the Internal Security Operat...

Vietnam jails ex-politburo official in graft case

Vietnam jails ex-politburo official in graft case

-- 2018-01-22 02:39:26

A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced a former politburo official to 13 years in prison and another high-profile energy official to life imprisonment for embezzlement and violating state rules, in a...

Elvis Presley’s paper cup up for auction

Elvis Presley’s paper cup up for auction

-- 2018-01-22 02:21:48

A paper cup allegedly used by Elvis Presley six decades ago in Oklahoma is up for auction, and bids have already surpassed $1,200. North Carolina resident Wade Jones is a collector of all things Elvi...

India, Japan to introduce robotics in defence

India, Japan to introduce robotics in defence

-- 2018-01-22 01:22:20

India and Japan will work together to introduce artificial intelligence and robotics in the defence sector, the next level of strategic cooperation between the two Asian partners. Kentaro Sonoura, Ja...

Govt troops clash with rebels in Philippines, five dead

Govt troops clash with rebels in Philippines, five dead

-- 2018-01-22 01:09:39

Five people have been killed after violent clashes erupted between the government troops and leftist rebels in the southern Philippines on early Monday, a military official said. The dead included fo...

British Airways hauls 'drunk' pilot off plane

British Airways hauls 'drunk' pilot off plane

BBC 2018-01-21 12:30:17

A pilot was taken off a flight from Gatwick Airport after fears were raised he was drunk. The British Airways flight to Mauritius on Thursday was delayed and the pilot replaced, BA said. An airline...

Nigerian police confirm release of abducted expatriates

Nigerian police confirm release of abducted expatriates

-- 2018-01-21 12:19:49

Two Americans and two Canadians have been freed after being kidnapped in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, a police spokesman said on Saturday, as it emerged that five oil workers had been abduct...

US military chopper crash leaves two dead

US military chopper crash leaves two dead

-- 2018-01-21 12:00:00

A US Army Apache attack helicopter crashed in California, killing two soldiers, a spokesman for the Army said. An investigation is ongoing into the crash of the AH-64 Apache helicopter on the sprawli...

Violent clashes erupt in Honduras over poll result

Violent clashes erupt in Honduras over poll result

-- 2018-01-21 11:59:41

Clashes have broken out in Honduras as demonstrators protesting President Juan Orlando Hernandez's re-election blocked roads in several locations and police moved into to break up the barricades. Fou...

SA ruling party to force Zuma to step down- eNCA TV

SA ruling party to force Zuma to step down- eNCA TV

-- 2018-01-21 11:25:47

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) declined to comment on a report its executive planned to force Jacob Zuma to quit as president, as its leaders gather to outline the party&r...

Turkey bus crash kills 11, wounds 46

Turkey bus crash kills 11, wounds 46

-- 2018-01-21 10:58:18

Eleven people have been killed and 46 wounded after a bus carrying families on a skiing trip crashed into trees on a motorway in north-western Turkey, local officials said. The bus, which was making...

Brazil declares emergency over yellow fever outbreak

Brazil declares emergency over yellow fever outbreak

-- 2018-01-21 03:13:10

Brazil's south-eastern state of Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency following a deadly outbreak of yellow fever. At least 15 people have died there since December. Many areas, includi...

China economy to grow better in 2018

China economy to grow better in 2018

Xinhua 2018-01-21 01:41:43

China's economic performance beat market expectations in 2017, but will the bullish momentum continue into the new year? A moderation in GDP growth is the popular view among global investors given a...

May insists comprehensive trade deal with EU

May insists comprehensive trade deal with EU

-- 2018-01-20 12:45:32

Britain wants to have a comprehensive trade deal with the European Union as well as a defence pact in place once it leaves the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said in remarks published in a German ne...

Philippines bans deployment of workers to Kuwait

Philippines bans deployment of workers to Kuwait

-- 2018-01-20 12:17:03

The Philippines has suspended sending workers to Kuwait, while it investigates the deaths of several Filipinos there. The ban comes a day after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed abusive employers in...

Musuveni may restart signing death warrants

Musuveni may restart signing death warrants

-- 2018-01-20 12:00:00

Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni may resume signing off on death sentences after a long hiatus to help stem a wave of crime, he said on Twitter in comments that were quickly denounced by rights activist...