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Boeing announces $100m fund for families of 737 MAX crash victims

Boeing announces $100m fund for families of 737 MAX crash victims

-- 2019-07-04 11:20:25

Boeing Co said on Wednesday it would give $100 million over multiple years to local governments and non-profit organisations to help families and communities affected by the deadly crashes of its 737...

Magnitude 6.5 quake jolts Canada’s Vancouver island

Magnitude 6.5 quake jolts Canada’s Vancouver island

-- 2019-07-04 11:06:47

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck northwest of Canada’s Vancouver island, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday. There was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of d...

Gulf stock markets mostly slip

Gulf stock markets mostly slip

-- 2019-07-03 16:11:20

Major Gulf stock markets were mostly lower slipped on Wednesday, in line with global equities amid concerns about a slowdown in the world economy. However, Kuwait continued to rally in the wake of...

BSE, NSE swing on global economic worries

BSE, NSE swing on global economic worries

-- 2019-07-03 16:06:39

Indian stocks remained volatile in morning trade on Wednesday, with global economic data hurting sentiments, while investors kept waiting for positive cues from the federal budget due later this week....

Euro zone business growth slow in June

Euro zone business growth slow in June

-- 2019-07-03 16:01:01

Euro zone business activity picked up slightly in June but remained weak as a modest but broad-based upturn in the services industry offset a continued deep downturn in factory output, a survey showed...

UN investigator reports possible fresh war crimes in Myanmar

UN investigator reports possible fresh war crimes in Myanmar

-- 2019-07-03 14:56:50

Myanmar security forces and insurgents are committing human rights violations against civilians in restive western states that may amount to fresh war crimes, a United Nations investigator has said....

Dam bursts in India after heavy rains, killing six

Dam bursts in India after heavy rains, killing six

-- 2019-07-03 11:33:39

Heavy monsoon rains caused the breach of a small dam in western India, washing away dozens of homes and killing at least six people with 18 missing, a government official said on Wednesday. Seasonal...

Italy cuts budget deficit to avoid EU disciplinary action

Italy cuts budget deficit to avoid EU disciplinary action

-- 2019-07-02 15:09:00

The Italian cabinet has agreed to reduce the country's budget deficit target by 0.3 per cent in 2019 to avoid European Union (EU) disciplinary action. The measure was seen as a necessary step for the...

SE Asian stocks subdued after weak data

SE Asian stocks subdued after weak data

-- 2019-07-02 12:51:59

Southeast Asian stocks were subdued on Tuesday, as worries over weakening manufacturing activity and slowing economic growth hit risk appetite and dimmed enthusiasm around the Sino-US trade truce. Ho...

Asian shares rise after US stocks hit record high

Asian shares rise after US stocks hit record high

-- 2019-07-02 12:41:40

Most Asian stock markets rose Tuesday after Wall Street's benchmark hit a new high following the latest truce in the costly US-Chinese trade war. Tokyo and Sydney rose, while Shanghai was unchanged....

13 dead as bus carrying retirees crashes in Argentina

13 dead as bus carrying retirees crashes in Argentina

-- 2019-07-02 10:42:24

Officials say a bus carrying a group of retirees has overturned on a foggy road in northern Argentina, killing at least 13 passengers and leaving 40 injured. La Madrid town representative Dardo Herre...

34 dead in Kabul blast, Taliban claim responsibility

34 dead in Kabul blast, Taliban claim responsibility

-- 2019-07-01 14:50:00

Up to 34 people have been confirmed dead and 68 injured persons have been taken to hospitals after a powerful blast rocked Afghan capital Kabul in the morning rush hour on Monday, a local broadcaster...

South Korea June exports tumble

South Korea June exports tumble

-- 2019-07-01 13:28:53

South Korea’s exports posted their biggest slide in three-and-a-half years in June, data showed on Monday, denting government hopes for a pick-up in economic growth after a shocking decline in t...

SE Asian stocks climb as trade worries ease

SE Asian stocks climb as trade worries ease

-- 2019-07-01 13:10:54

Southeast Asian stock markets saw a relief rally on Monday after weeks of volatile trade, as a thaw in Sino-US trade tensions and upbeat comments from US President Donald Trump revived risk appetite....

Seven die as thousands protest against army rule in Sudan

Seven die as thousands protest against army rule in Sudan

-- 2019-07-01 11:34:09

Huge crowds marched on Sudan’s defence ministry on Sunday demanding the ruling military hand over power to civilians, and the authorities said at least seven people were killed and scores injure...

Asian shares rise on hopes for trade negotiations

Asian shares rise on hopes for trade negotiations

-- 2019-07-01 11:14:35

Asian shares took heart Monday from revived hopes for progress in trade negotiations between the US and China after President Donald Trump met with China's Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Japa...

Japan resumes commercial whale hunting

Japan resumes commercial whale hunting

-- 2019-07-01 10:58:03

Five Japanese whaling vessels have set sail for the country's first commercial hunt in decades, in defiance of international criticism. The whaling ships have a permit to catch 227 whales - minke, Br...

Unidentified object crashes in Cyprus, no casualties

Unidentified object crashes in Cyprus, no casualties

-- 2019-07-01 10:42:25

An unidentified object that may have been a missile crashed north of the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, early on Monday, but no one was hurt on the ground, Turkish Cypriot officials said. Mustafa Akinci,...

PNG volcanic eruptions force 15,000 from their homes

PNG volcanic eruptions force 15,000 from their homes

-- 2019-06-30 14:05:04

Volcanic eruptions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have forced 15,000 villagers in the country’s northeast to flee their homes, aid agencies said on Sunday. Mount Ulawun on PNG’s northeastern i...

Cameroon opposition leader freed after abduction

Cameroon opposition leader freed after abduction

-- 2019-06-30 11:30:21

The leader of one of Cameroon’s main opposition parties was released by his captors on Saturday after being abducted by unidentified gunmen in the country’s restive Anglophone region a day...

Trump says both he and Kim want to meet at DMZ

Trump says both he and Kim want to meet at DMZ

-- 2019-06-30 10:53:46

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un both want to meet at the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas later in the day, raising hopes for an encount...

'Unleash creativity to solve social problems'

'Unleash creativity to solve social problems'

Tanvir Sufi, from Bangkok 2019-06-30 10:43:37

The ninth Social Business Day concluded on Saturday in Bangkok with a call to harness the power of creativity of the youths, which can help solve social problems. In his concluding remark, Nobel Laur...

Separate stabbings in London leave man, pregnant woman dead

Separate stabbings in London leave man, pregnant woman dead

-- 2019-06-30 10:34:02

Two people were stabbed to death in separate incidents in London on Saturday, including a woman who was about eight months pregnant, police said. Police were called to an address in south London at 3...

'Brexit could leave UK short of energy'

'Brexit could leave UK short of energy'

-- 2019-06-29 20:31:21

The UK would be vulnerable to gas supply shortages and price hikes after Brexit, an industry leader has warned. Marco Alvera, head of European industry body GasNaturally, said that EU nations could r...

Social business day concludes in Bangkok

Social business day concludes in Bangkok

Tanvir Sufi, from Bangkok 2019-06-29 18:50:52

The Ninth Social Business Day concluded on Saturday in Bangkok with a call to tap into the power of creativity of the youth for solving social problems.  In his concluding remark, Nobel Laureate...

Taliban kill 26 pro-govt militia members in Afghanistan

Taliban kill 26 pro-govt militia members in Afghanistan

-- 2019-06-29 15:25:28

Taliban militants killed at least 26 members of a pro-government militia in north Afghanistan on Saturday, government officials said, the same day the militants and US government officials are due to...

‘Trump wants Turkey missile plans resolved without damaging ties’

‘Trump wants Turkey missile plans resolved without damaging ties’

-- 2019-06-29 14:04:04

US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that he wanted the issue over Ankara’s procurement of air defence systems to be resolved without damaging bilateral ties, th...

France roasts in record heatwave, two die in Spain

France roasts in record heatwave, two die in Spain

-- 2019-06-29 12:40:12

France registered its highest temperature since records began on Friday as the death toll rose from a heatwave suffocating much of Europe. The mercury hit 45.9 degrees Celsius (114.6 Fahrenheit) in G...

'Bring social business into mainstream'

'Bring social business into mainstream'

Tanvir Sufi, from Bangkok 2019-06-29 09:37:00

Experts and dignitaries laid on Friday emphasis on bringing the social business into the mainstream rather than applying it as a marginal business model. The real benefit of social business can be re...

Social Business Day held in Bangkok

Social Business Day held in Bangkok

Tanvir Sufi, from Bangkok 2019-06-28 18:44:22

Ninth Social Business Day was inaugurated in Bangkok on Friday with the presence of some 1,500 delegates from 60 countries, including Antarctica along with icons of social innovation and entrepreneurs...