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Boats collide in Greek waters, leaving two dead

Boats collide in Greek waters, leaving two dead

Xinhua 2019-08-10 12:05:15

Two boats collided on Friday night in the Argolic Gulf, east of Peloponnese peninsula, Greece, two men lost their lives during the accident, and a woman was seriously injured, Hellenic Coast Guard con...

Trump's comments on China trade roil markets

Trump's comments on China trade roil markets

-- 2019-08-10 11:28:06

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was not ready to make a deal with China and even called a September round of trade talks into question, reviving concerns on financial markets that the bila...

North Korea fires two short-range missiles in ‘show of force’

North Korea fires two short-range missiles in ‘show of force’

-- 2019-08-10 11:19:39

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles on Saturday, South Korea said, in a “show of force” against US-S Korea joint military exercises. More missile launches are h...

10 dead in Myanmar landslide; dozens missing

10 dead in Myanmar landslide; dozens missing

-- 2019-08-10 10:50:33

At least 10 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a landslide caused by severe rains buried homes and buildings in southern Myanmar, officials and rescue workers said on Friday. Heav...

China's foreign trade up 4.2pc in first seven months

China's foreign trade up 4.2pc in first seven months

Xinhua 2019-08-09 17:56:21

China's foreign trade of goods rose 4.2 per cent year on year in the first seven months of this year to 17.41 trillion yuan (about 2.49 trillion U.S. dollars), customs data showed Thursday. Exports i...

China mild inflation provides leeway for economic restructuring

China mild inflation provides leeway for economic restructuring

Xinhua 2019-08-09 17:37:54

China's consumer prices stayed elevated in July, fueled by higher fruit and pork prices, while factory price inflation dropped year on year, showing that overall inflationary pressures remain under co...

Three days of protests start at Hong Kong airport

Three days of protests start at Hong Kong airport

-- 2019-08-09 14:48:45

Demonstrators have gathered at Hong Kong's airport, marking the start of three days of unauthorised rallies in the Chinese territory. Activists dressed in black sat in the arrivals hall waving banner...

Japan’s economy grows 1.8pc in April-June

Japan’s economy grows 1.8pc in April-June

-- 2019-08-09 13:52:03

Japanese government data is showing Japan’s economy grew at a better-than-expected 1.8 per cent seasonally adjusted annualised rate during the April-June quarter on healthy consumer spending and...

Cambodia, Sri Lanka sign deals to boost bilateral ties

Cambodia, Sri Lanka sign deals to boost bilateral ties

Xinhua 2019-08-09 12:59:24

Cambodia and Sri Lanka signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on Thursday to boost bilateral relations in politics, trade and investment, a Cambodian senior official said. Cambodian Prime Min...

Malaysia files criminal charges against 17 current, former Goldman Sachs directors

Malaysia files criminal charges against 17 current, former Goldman Sachs directors

-- 2019-08-09 11:37:36

Malaysia filed criminal charges against 17 current and former directors at subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs Group Inc over the multi-billion dollar corruption probe at state fund 1MDB, the attorney gener...

Egypt security forces kill 17 militants

Egypt security forces kill 17 militants

-- 2019-08-09 11:25:44

Security forces killed at least 17 suspected militants in raids in Cairo and in another province, Egypt officials said Thursday, four days after a car filled with explosives wrecked outside the county...

Blasts rock Turkish ammunition depot near Syria

Blasts rock Turkish ammunition depot near Syria

-- 2019-08-09 11:15:38

A series of explosions rocked an ammunition depot in Turkey’s Hatay province, near the Syrian border, early on Friday and nearby homes were evacuated but there were no reports of casualties, Tur...

Trade war escalation nudges US closer to recession: Poll

Trade war escalation nudges US closer to recession: Poll

Reuters 2019-08-09 10:53:41

The recent escalation in the US-China trade war has brought forward the next US recession, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters who now expect the Federal Reserve to cut rates again...

Kenyan lawmaker, her baby ousted from parliament session

Kenyan lawmaker, her baby ousted from parliament session

-- 2019-08-08 15:25:13

Some Kenyan lawmakers are protesting a decision by the temporary speaker of parliament's lower house to eject their colleague who was holding her young child during a session of the legislature. Zule...

Reconsider downgrading ties: India to Pakistan

Reconsider downgrading ties: India to Pakistan

-- 2019-08-08 13:12:38

India on Thursday urged Pakistan to review its decision to downgrade diplomatic ties over the withdrawal of special status to Kashmir, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Pakistan said it would...

Asian shares rebound after volatile Wall Street day

Asian shares rebound after volatile Wall Street day

-- 2019-08-08 13:07:25

Asian stocks rebounded Thursday after Wall Street eked out a gain following volatility fuelled by concern fallout from the US-Chinese trade war will spread. Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo and H...

US immigration agents arrest 680 workers at Mississippi plants

US immigration agents arrest 680 workers at Mississippi plants

-- 2019-08-08 12:04:17

US immigration authorities arrested nearly 700 people at seven agricultural processing plants across Mississippi on Wednesday in what federal officials said could be the largest worksite enforcement o...

Taiwan braces for typhoon hours after 6.0 quake strikes

Taiwan braces for typhoon hours after 6.0 quake strikes

-- 2019-08-08 10:31:08

A powerful typhoon will hit Taiwan later on Thursday, bringing the risk of landslides and high seas, weather forecasters said, hours after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the island. Typhoon Lekima...

China's agriculture sector sees rapid growth over past 70 years

China's agriculture sector sees rapid growth over past 70 years

Xinhua 2019-08-07 18:09:19

China's agriculture sector has seen rapid growth over the past 70 years, with grain output expanding 4.8 times, according to a report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). China's grain outpu...

‘Britain will face some food shortages in a no-deal Brexit’

‘Britain will face some food shortages in a no-deal Brexit’

-- 2019-08-07 15:44:17

A disorderly no-deal Brexit would disrupt some food supplies for weeks or months if delays at ports leave fresh produce rotting in trucks, the industry’s trade body warned on Wednesday. Retaile...

Malaysia int'l reserves rise marginally to $103.9b

Malaysia int'l reserves rise marginally to $103.9b

Xinhua 2019-08-07 15:41:55

Malaysia's central bank Bank Negara Malaysia has said that its international reserves stood at 103.9 billion US dollars as of July 31. The reserves were 0.6 per cent higher compared with $103.3 bil...

Apple invites select users to apply for its credit card

Apple invites select users to apply for its credit card

Xinhua 2019-08-07 14:33:22

Apple sent out invitations on Tuesday to some select users to apply for its credit card released in partnership with investment bank Goldman Sachs. The users who got the chance to first try the Apple...

Explosion hits tax agency office in Copenhagen

Explosion hits tax agency office in Copenhagen

-- 2019-08-07 13:54:28

A blast that damaged the Danish Tax Agency’s office in Copenhagen late on Tuesday was an “attack” but it was too early to know who was responsible, police said on Wednesday. The exp...

Disney shares fall despite a string of movie hits

Disney shares fall despite a string of movie hits

-- 2019-08-07 12:57:12

Walt Disney's latest profit has failed to impress Wall Street, despite producing blockbuster movie hits including Avengers: Endgame and Toy Story 4. Disney's shares fell 5 per cent in after-hours tra...

Over five million Zimbabweans ‘facing food crisis’

Over five million Zimbabweans ‘facing food crisis’

-- 2019-08-07 11:50:13

The UN has stepped up its emergency appeal for Zimbabwe, warning that more than five million people - a third of the population - are in need of aid. The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a $33...

Pakistan vows to fight India’s ‘illegal Kashmir move

Pakistan vows to fight India’s ‘illegal Kashmir move

-- 2019-08-07 11:06:09

Pakistani PM Imran Khan has vowed to fight India's decision to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir's autonomy, including at the UN Security Council. Mr Khan said the move was in breach of internationa...

US plan to contain China’s rise would end in failure: Experts

US plan to contain China’s rise would end in failure: Experts

Global Times 2019-08-06 17:40:35

Washington's plans to contain China's economy would end in failure and the price to be paid by the US will far exceed its imagination as it provokes a massive trade war, Chinese experts warned on Tues...

US service sector growth hits three-year low

US service sector growth hits three-year low

-- 2019-08-06 14:25:16

The US non-manufacturing sector in July expanded at the slowest pace in nearly three years, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has said. The non-manufacturing index (NMI), which gauges the per...

China warns Hong Kong protesters not to ‘play with fire’

China warns Hong Kong protesters not to ‘play with fire’

-- 2019-08-06 14:09:07

China has issued a strong warning to Hong Kong's protesters, saying their attempts "to play with fire will only backfire". A spokesman for China's top policy office in Hong Kong told protesters not t...

Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima marks 74th anniversary of atomic bombing

-- 2019-08-06 12:38:36

Hiroshima marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city with its mayor renewing calls for eliminating such weapons and demanding Japan's government do more. Mayor Kazumi Matsui raised...