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China stocks higher; blue chips jumps

China stocks higher; blue chips jumps

-- 2017-11-21 12:56:22

China stocks rose on Tuesday, with brokerages leading blue chips higher as analysts expect the sector to benefit from a stronger-than expected stock market performance this year. At the lunch break,...

NZ shares slip; health care stocks dip

NZ shares slip; health care stocks dip

-- 2017-11-21 12:44:22

Health care stocks led the decline of New Zealand shares on Tuesday, while the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index dipped 0.4 per cent or 28.619 points to 8,061.190. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corpora...

Australian shares flat

Australian shares flat

-- 2017-11-21 12:39:57

Australian shares were flat on Tuesday with declines in the financial sector negating miners’ strong gains after a rise in metals prices. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.06 per cent or 3.429 p...

Pope urges traffic police to show drivers ‘mercy’

Pope urges traffic police to show drivers ‘mercy’

-- 2017-11-21 12:21:11

Drivers who are caught speeding could now cite the Pope when asking for sympathy from the police. At a meeting with traffic police in Italy, Pope Francis urged them to show "mercy" towards those who...

US to end deportation protections for Haitians

US to end deportation protections for Haitians

-- 2017-11-21 12:08:34

The US is to terminate a programme that gives more than 50,000 immigrants from Haiti protection against deportation. Immigrants from the Caribbean nation received protected status in 2010 after a dev...

21m people living with HIV on treatment: UNAIDS

21m people living with HIV on treatment: UNAIDS

Xinhua 2017-11-21 12:00:00

Remarkable progress has been made on HIV treatment over the past 15 years, with about 57 percent of all the people worldwide living with HIV currently on treatment, according to UNAIDS' latest data on...

Pakistan's proposed sukuk assigned 'B' preliminary rating

Pakistan's proposed sukuk assigned 'B' preliminary rating

FE Online Desk 2017-11-21 12:00:00

SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 21, 2017--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its preliminary 'B' long-term foreign currency rating to the planned U.S. dollar-denominated sukuk (trust cert...

Beyonce highest-paid female singer

Beyonce highest-paid female singer

Reuters 2017-11-21 12:00:00

Beyonce’s hit album “Lemonade” and world tour made her the highest-paid woman in music in 2017, according to an annual Forbes list on Monday, edging out Britain’s Adele and pop...

At least 20 die in Nigeria mosque bombing

At least 20 die in Nigeria mosque bombing

-- 2017-11-21 12:00:00

At least 20 people are feared dead after a young suicide bomber detonated his explosives while mingling among the worshippers at a mosque in the northeast Nigerian town of Mubi on early Tuesday, accor...

Indonesia tremor kills one, damages 300 buildings

Indonesia tremor kills one, damages 300 buildings

-- 2017-11-21 11:38:54

One person was killed and nearly 300 buildings were damaged when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia on weekend, said Indonesian disaster management agency on Tuesday. Spokesperson of...

Singapore’s core inflation likely rise 1.5pc

Singapore’s core inflation likely rise 1.5pc

-- 2017-11-21 11:09:56

The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) core inflation measure in October likely rose 1.5 per cent from a year earlier, unchanged from September, a Reuters poll showed. “The MAS core...

Youth unemployment decreases globally, but quality jobs jolt: ILO

Youth unemployment decreases globally, but quality jobs jolt: ILO

-- 2017-11-21 07:42:57

There is a persisting overall trend of insufficient good jobs for young people seeking work, who are estimated to account for over 35 per cent of the unemployed worldwide in 2017, the International La...

NASA tests supersonic parachute for Mars mission

NASA tests supersonic parachute for Mars mission

Xinhua 2017-11-21 02:05:49

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has completed the first test of its Mars 2020 mission's parachute-testing series, the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experim...

Asian shares rise; SE Asian stocks mixed

Asian shares rise; SE Asian stocks mixed

-- 2017-11-21 01:16:55

Asian shares rose Tuesday after Wall Street regained lost ground overnight amid subdued trading ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.7 per cent to finish at 22,416.4...

Nikkei rises on large-cap rally

Nikkei rises on large-cap rally

-- 2017-11-21 01:06:34

Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday after large cap stocks such as automakers and manufacturers of factory automation equipment rallied, while North Korean tensions supported defence-related shares. The...

HK stocks rise on IT sector

HK stocks rise on IT sector

-- 2017-11-21 01:02:30

Hong Kong stocks rose on Tuesday as IT sector jumped. The Hang Seng Index was up 1.2 per cent at 29,619.80. The Hang Seng China index was up 1.91 per cent at 11,758.76, according to Reuters. The sub...

Asian shares slip in mute trading

Asian shares slip in mute trading

-- 2017-11-20 12:18:14

Asian shares slipped in muted trading Monday ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays in the US, as gloom carried over from Friday’s retreat on Wall Street. Japan reported its exports rose 14 per...

Reliance's proposed U.S. dollar senior unsecured notes assigned 'BBB+' Rating

Reliance's proposed U.S. dollar senior unsecured notes assigned 'BBB+' Rating

FE Online Desk 2017-11-20 12:00:00

SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 20, 2017--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its 'BBB+' long-term issue rating to the proposed U.S.-dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes due 2027 by...

Scientists warn of massive quakes in 2018

Scientists warn of massive quakes in 2018

Xinhua 2017-11-20 12:00:00

If a prediction by two U.S. scientists were true, then the world could see an increase in the number of strong earthquakes in 2018 and the next few years. Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado a...

Merkel in crisis as German coalition talks fail

Merkel in crisis as German coalition talks fail

-- 2017-11-20 12:00:00

Talks on forming a coalition government in Germany have collapsed, leaving Angela Merkel facing her biggest challenge in 12 years as chancellor. The free-market liberal FDP pulled out after four week...

Sleeping position linked to stillbirth risk: Study

Sleeping position linked to stillbirth risk: Study

BBC 2017-11-20 12:00:00

Women are being advised to sleep on their side in the last three months of pregnancy to help prevent stillbirth. A study of just over 1,000 women found the risk doubles if women go to sleep on their...

Chile presidential poll heads to run-off

Chile presidential poll heads to run-off

-- 2017-11-20 11:29:33

Conservative Sebastián Piñera has won the first round of Chile's presidential poll, but failed to avoid a run-off. With more than 90% the votes counted, the 67-year-old billionaire has...

Pakistan road crash claims 20 lives

Pakistan road crash claims 20 lives

-- 2017-11-20 03:24:44

Twenty people were killed and two others sustained injuries when  a coal-laden truck overturned on a passenger van near Shah Hussain area of Khairpur, in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh on...

Toshiba shares plummet

Toshiba shares plummet

-- 2017-11-20 03:04:49

Toshiba shares fell nearly 5 per cent on Monday after the company announced a plan to help it retain its listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). On Sunday, Toshiba said it would raise $5.4 billion...

Japan export growth steady in Oct

Japan export growth steady in Oct

-- 2017-11-20 02:04:45

Japan’s export growth held steady in October, while the trade surplus dropped from a year ago, as growth in exports were eclipsed by higher costs of importing crude oil and petroleum products....

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia outlook revised

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia outlook revised

FE Online Desk 2017-11-20 01:55:31

SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 17, 2017--S&P Global Ratings today revised its outlook on PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BRI) to positive from stable. At the same time, we affi...

Nikkei slips on stronger yen

Nikkei slips on stronger yen

-- 2017-11-20 01:30:29

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Monday amid losses on Wall Street and a stronger yen, while semiconductor equipment manufacturers and financial stocks underperformed. The Nikkei ended 0.6...

Producers delay ‘Padmavati’ release amid protests

Producers delay ‘Padmavati’ release amid protests

Reuters 2017-11-20 01:07:14

The producers of “Padmavati” - a Bollywood movie based on an epic poem about a Rajput queen, said on Sunday they had indefinitely delayed the release of the film, which has been accused of...

Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer key:  Experts

Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer key: Experts

Xinhua 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Early detection of pancreatic cancer is key in giving patients the best possible outcome, experts from the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Medical University of Vienna and the Vienna General Hospit...

Afghan forces rescue 30 after Taliban prison raid

Afghan forces rescue 30 after Taliban prison raid

-- 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Afghan and foreign special forces raided a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province on Sunday and rescued at least 30 people, according to army and provincial officials. Those rescued in the raid...