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North Korea calls Bolton ‘war fanatic’ over missile test comments

North Korea calls Bolton ‘war fanatic’ over missile test comments

-- 2019-05-27 10:16:06

US National Security Adviser John Bolton is a “war fanatic” who was wrong to conclude that North Korea’s recent missile tests violated United Nations resolutions, the North’s f...

Winning BJP candidate Smriti Irani’s close aide shot dead

Winning BJP candidate Smriti Irani’s close aide shot dead

-- 2019-05-26 13:04:57

An aide to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Smriti Irani, who recently defeated Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi for a seat in parliament, was shot dead overnight, police said on Sunday. Suren...

US ambassador urges China to hold talks with Dalai Lama

US ambassador urges China to hold talks with Dalai Lama

-- 2019-05-26 11:54:37

China should hold talks with Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad told Chinese officials during a trip to the Himalayan region where he criticised Beij...

Israelis protest moves to grant Netanyahu immunity from prosecution

Israelis protest moves to grant Netanyahu immunity from prosecution

-- 2019-05-26 11:12:47

Thousands of Israelis have protested against legislative steps that could grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity from prosecution and limit the power of the country’s Supreme Court. T...

‘Extremists’ kill 20 in Nigeria ambush

‘Extremists’ kill 20 in Nigeria ambush

-- 2019-05-26 10:54:40

Witnesses say at least 20 people are dead and many others are missing after suspected extremists ambushed a military and civilian convoy in Nigeria’s northeast. The witnesses say the military w...

Ireland votes to liberalise divorce laws

Ireland votes to liberalise divorce laws

-- 2019-05-26 10:46:23

People in the Republic of Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of liberalising divorce laws, in a referendum held on Saturday. The constitution currently states that spouses must be separated...

Global stocks rebound on muted trade hopes

Global stocks rebound on muted trade hopes

-- 2019-05-25 13:43:28

World equity markets rebounded on Friday from the previous day’s sharp fall, boosted after US President Donald Trump’s comments. Trump said complaints against China’s Huawei Technol...

US stocks eke out gains on trade hopes

US stocks eke out gains on trade hopes

-- 2019-05-25 13:35:19

US stocks eked out some gains on Friday, rebounding from the previous session’s losses, on US-China trade hopes. Wall Street’s major indexes edged higher after hopeful comments from US Pr...

North Korean missile test violated UN resolution, says Bolton

North Korean missile test violated UN resolution, says Bolton

-- 2019-05-25 12:07:31

US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday North Korea’s recent missile launches violated a UN Security Council resolution and urged leader Kim Jong Un to return to denuclearisati...

Venezuelan prison riot kills 29 inmates

Venezuelan prison riot kills 29 inmates

-- 2019-05-25 11:01:43

Twenty-nine detainees were killed and 19 police officers were wounded in a confrontation in a cellblock in central Venezuela in what a state official called a failed escape attempt, but human rights g...

Uber’s first employee Ryan Graves resigns from board

Uber’s first employee Ryan Graves resigns from board

-- 2019-05-25 10:46:18

Uber’s first employee and one-time chief executive Ryan Graves will step down from the company’s board of directors, Uber said on Friday. Graves this week informed the company of his inte...

More efforts should be made to stabilise and improve trade, China says

More efforts should be made to stabilise and improve trade, China says

-- 2019-05-24 11:48:52

China’s commerce ministry said on Friday that more efforts should be made to achieve the goal of stabilising trade while improving its quality, adding that the trade environment is growing more...

Trump unveils $16b aid package for farmers hit in trade war

Trump unveils $16b aid package for farmers hit in trade war

-- 2019-05-24 11:42:53

The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a $16 billion farm aid package to offset losses from a 10-month trade war with China. The administration said payment rates to farmers would be determine...

SE Asian stocks fall as trade dispute deepens

SE Asian stocks fall as trade dispute deepens

-- 2019-05-24 11:09:08

Southeast Asian stock markets declined on Friday as the trade war between the United States and China snowballed into a deeper strategic issue, while Indonesia was on track to snap four weeks of decli...

Asian shares edge down on trade worries

Asian shares edge down on trade worries

-- 2019-05-24 11:00:54

Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday as worries that the standoff between the US and China over trade might expand put investors in a selling mood. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.5 per...

European shares fall amid trade worries

European shares fall amid trade worries

-- 2019-05-23 15:42:17

European shares fell sharply on Thursday, as investors grappled with the latest round of US-China trade friction while British Prime Minister Theresa May faced growing pressure to resign. By 0710 GMT...

Myanmar attracts $2.4b foreign investments in 7 months of FY 2018-19

Myanmar attracts $2.4b foreign investments in 7 months of FY 2018-19

-- 2019-05-23 15:32:57

Myanmar has attracted over 2.41 billion US dollar foreign investments in the first seven months of the present fiscal year 2018-2019, according to the DICA. The Directorate of Investment and Company...

‘American Taliban’ Lindh being released from prison

‘American Taliban’ Lindh being released from prison

-- 2019-05-23 12:55:17

The California man who became known as the ‘American Taliban’ after his capture on an Afghanistan battlefield in late 2001, is on the cusp of release from prison. Thirty-eight-year-old Jo...

Indian stocks hit record highs with Modi set for big win

Indian stocks hit record highs with Modi set for big win

-- 2019-05-23 12:32:55

Indian stock markets hit record highs while the rupee and bonds rallied as early vote counting in general elections showed the ruling National Democratic Alliance with Narendra Modi at the helm winnin...

Panasonic says on its China website it is supplying Huawei normally

Panasonic says on its China website it is supplying Huawei normally

-- 2019-05-23 11:46:15

Japan’s Panasonic Corp said on its China website on Thursday it continues to supply Huawei Technologies Co Ltd normally. The company had said earlier that it stopped shipments of certain compon...

Asia shares hit four-month low on risk of endless trade war

Asia shares hit four-month low on risk of endless trade war

-- 2019-05-23 10:40:36

Asian shares broke support and caved to a four-month low on Thursday, as concerns grew that the Sino-US trade conflict was fast morphing into a prolonged technology cold war between the world’s...

Taiwan navy holds drill amid China tensions

Taiwan navy holds drill amid China tensions

-- 2019-05-22 14:28:26

Taiwan's navy has held a major live-firing exercise off the island's east coast in an area increasingly threatened by Chinese ships and planes. Wednesday's drills are part of the annual Han Kuang exe...

Beijing ready for further trade talks, China’s ambassador to US says

Beijing ready for further trade talks, China’s ambassador to US says

-- 2019-05-22 12:21:39

Beijing is ready to resume trade talks with Washington, China’s ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said, as a top US business lobby in China said nearly half its members are seeing non-...

Russian economy to grow 1.3pc in 2019, says minister

Russian economy to grow 1.3pc in 2019, says minister

-- 2019-05-22 12:02:56

Russian economy will grow by 1.3 per cent for the year of 2019 as expected, Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin said on Tuesday, refuting an outlook of recession. Russia's GDP growth outlo...

Nike, Adidas urge Trump to end trade war

Nike, Adidas urge Trump to end trade war

-- 2019-05-22 11:08:33

Some of the world's biggest footwear firms are urging Donald Trump to end the US trade war with China, warning of a "catastrophic" effect on consumers. In a letter signed by 173 companies, including...

Indonesian police arrest 20 amid post-election violence

Indonesian police arrest 20 amid post-election violence

-- 2019-05-22 10:40:12

Indonesian police have arrested at least 20 people accused of provoking riots in Jakarta following official results showing President Joko Widodo had been re-elected, a police spokesman said on Wednes...

Singapore, Malaysia agree to suspend intercity rail project

Singapore, Malaysia agree to suspend intercity rail project

-- 2019-05-21 12:11:56

Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to suspend the construction of a billion dollar train project linking the city-state to the southern Malaysian state of Johor, their transport ministers said on Tues...

Australia central bank signals rate cut in June

Australia central bank signals rate cut in June

-- 2019-05-21 11:29:25

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the central bank of Australia, would consider cutting interest rates next month to support the economy, Governor Philip Lowe said on Tuesday. Mr Lowe said that...

SE Asian stocks inch up; Singapore falls

SE Asian stocks inch up; Singapore falls

-- 2019-05-21 11:13:21

Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday as investors took a breather from last week's sell-off, while the Singapore index declined after the country cut its 2019 growth outlook. Indonesian s...

Asian stocks mixed on trade anxiety

Asian stocks mixed on trade anxiety

-- 2019-05-21 11:03:25

Asian shares were mixed Tuesday after anxiety over US restrictions on sales to Chinese tech giant Huawei pulled Wall Street lower. Benchmarks in Shanghai and Seoul advanced, while Tokyo, Hong Kong an...