-- 2019-01-31 13:13:52
Saudi Arabia has ended a sweeping crackdown on corruption ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that it said had recovered more than $106 billion through settlements with scores of senior prince...
-- 2019-01-31 12:02:38
Southeast Asian stocks rose on Thursday, in line with broader Asia, as the US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady while signalling its three-year drive to tighten monetary policy may be at an e...
-- 2019-01-31 11:40:54
Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Wednesday he would consider an amnesty for corruption suspects in order to help recover billions of dollars stashed abroad by the coun...
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The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged as expected and pledged to be patient about future rate hikes. In support of the goals to foster maximum employment and price stabili...
-- 2019-01-31 10:56:33
Cities are all but shutting down across the US Midwest as the region shivers in a deadly cold snap known as a polar vortex. At least seven people have been killed in several states as a result of the...
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Asia stocks rose to a four-month high on Thursday after the Federal Reserve pledged to be patient with further interest rate hikes, signalling a potential end to its tightening cycle amid signs of slo...
-- 2019-01-30 14:20:24
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said calls to hold early presidential elections amounted to blackmail and that the countries calling for them must wait until 2025, Russia’s RIA news agency r...
-- 2019-01-30 13:50:27
Mongolia’s parliamentary speaker, Enkhbold Myegombo, has been ousted following weeks of public protests against him over accusations he was involved in the corrupt sale of government positions....
-- 2019-01-30 12:55:45
Japan’s retail sales rose more than expected in December as consumers increased spending on clothes and home appliances. The 1.3 per cent rise in retail sales in December from a year earlier wa...
-- 2019-01-30 12:33:30
Southeast Asian stocks were lower to little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's policy review and looked toward trade talks between Washington and Beijing. Philippine...
-- 2019-01-30 12:15:56
Asian stocks rose Wednesday as traders awaited a Federal Reserve policy meeting and US-China talks, though Japan's benchmark declined. Japan's Nikkei 225 index retreated 0.5 per cent to 20,555.13 whi...
-- 2019-01-30 11:52:50
British lawmakers have instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen a Brexit treaty with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border arrangement - and promptly received a flat reject...
-- 2019-01-29 13:38:20
Denmark’s foreign minister called on Tuesday for European Union-wide sanctions on Russia over a standoff with Ukraine in the Azov Sea. Anders Samuelsen will meet Ukraine’s foreign ministe...
-- 2019-01-29 13:15:05
Cameroonian authorities arrested opposition leader Maurice Kamto on Monday, his lawyer said, after weekend protests that security forces dispersed with live bullets, wounding six people. Kamto has be...
-- 2019-01-29 12:10:06
Asian shares fell on Tuesday after the US Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against China’s Huawei, its subsidiaries and a top executive ahead of trade talks. Japan’s Nikkei 22...
-- 2019-01-29 12:08:38
Southeast Asian stocks fell on Tuesday after the United States charged China's Huawei with bank fraud and for conspiring to steal trade secrets, denting hopes of a trade deal days before the trade tal...
-- 2019-01-29 11:24:01
Malaysia on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious five-year plan to clamp down on corruption in government, months after a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal brought down the previous administration. The pla...
-- 2019-01-28 14:18:40
The most prominent Brexit campaigner in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party said on Monday that she would get widespread support if she got the European Union to ditch the Irish back...
-- 2019-01-28 14:03:47
Taiwan’s economic growth probably slowed in the fourth quarter (Q4) as the island’s technology exports were hit by softening global demand and fallout from the US-China trade war. The med...
-- 2019-01-28 13:58:38
China's industrial profits shrank for a second straight month in December, putting pressure on policymakers to support industries hurt by slowing prices and weak factory activity amid a protracted US-...
-- 2019-01-28 13:35:36
Thailand saw a record 38.27 million tourists in 2018, up 7.5 per cent from the previous year, the Tourism Ministry said on Monday. The ministry expects the number of tourists visiting the count...
Reuters 2019-01-28 12:25:39
Central banks may be about to face one of their biggest challenges yet: Global economic growth is slowing, but they have struggled to build up their policy arsenals since the last crisis to effectivel...
-- 2019-01-28 12:21:09
A Chinese court on Monday jailed prominent rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang for 4-1/2 years for subversion of state power. Human Rights Watch said the sentencing made a “mockery” of the Chines...
-- 2019-01-28 11:18:02
Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, suspended its planned shareholder dividends, share buybacks, and executive bonuses in light of a deadly tailings dam disaster in Brazil, according to...
FE Report 2019-01-28 11:03:26
Fifteen people were killed at a wedding in Peru on Sunday after a wall at the hotel where the celebration was held collapsed under heavy rains, the head of Peru’s civil defence institute said....
-- 2019-01-28 10:24:04
Asian stocks advanced on Monday as Wall Street rallied after a deal was announced to reopen the US government following a prolonged shutdown that had taken a toll on investor sentiment. MSCI’s...
-- 2019-01-27 15:24:19
At least four policemen were killed and 11 wounded by two roadside bombs that targeted police convoys in separate attacks in northern Iraq on Sunday, the service and medical sources said. Two died an...
-- 2019-01-27 14:04:50
The Duke of Edinburgh has written to a woman injured in a car crash he was involved in near Sandringham at Norfolk in England to say that he is "deeply sorry". Prince Philip wished Emma Fairweather a...
-- 2019-01-27 13:08:43
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit near the Pacific island nation of Fiji just before 8:00 local time on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. Shortly after the area felt another smaller tremor which re...
-- 2019-01-27 11:40:02
Egypt opened a new international airport on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday for an initial trial period, in a bid to ease pressure from Cairo’s main airport and help boost tourism. The...
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