-- 2019-01-27 10:56:12
In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor with comments about Huawei’s high-profile e...
-- 2019-01-26 17:25:47
China has appointed banking veteran Yi Huiman to head the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The appointment was announced at a time when investor confidence has been hit by a slowing eco...
-- 2019-01-26 14:15:47
Tens of thousands of people rallied across Australia on Saturday calling for the abolition of the Jan 26 national holiday in protests showing a deep division over a festivity intended to celebrate the...
-- 2019-01-26 12:46:10
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that he is confident of keeping the country’s economic growth rate within an appropriate range in spite of multiple risks and challenges in 2019. “China&rs...
-- 2019-01-26 12:02:30
Global stocks rose on Friday as investors reacted to corporate earnings reports and US President Donald Trump announced an agreement to end the longest ever US government shutdown. Wall Street indexe...
-- 2019-01-26 11:21:04
Setting deadlines for elections in Libya is counterproductive as the political players need to agree first on a political solution to end the country’s conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
-- 2019-01-26 11:14:19
Wall Street ended higher on Friday after a broad-based rally, with investors heartened by news that Washington would move to temporarily end the longest US government shutdown in history. Based on th...
-- 2019-01-26 10:39:45
Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings dam burst on Friday at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, the second major dam disaster involving the company in just ove...
-- 2019-01-26 10:02:25
President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial US government shutdown without getting the $5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, han...
-- 2019-01-25 13:06:04
Latin American and Caribbean economies face downward risks on several fronts despite a greater growth in 2018, according to a UN report released Thursday. The region's GDP could grow 1.7 per cent in...
-- 2019-01-25 12:51:19
Southeast Asian shares rose on Friday, with Singapore leading the gains buoyed by strong earnings, while Philippines hit its highest level in more than 10 months. The Singapore benchmark rose 0.8 per...
-- 2019-01-25 12:41:24
Asian shares rise on Friday after a moderate rise on Wall Street, amid persisting optimism over the potential for China-US trade talks to help end a tariffs war between the two largest economies. Jap...
-- 2019-01-24 12:19:57
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and offered his support after a Venezuelan opposition leader declared himself interim president, a spokesman for the Turkish...
-- 2019-01-24 11:13:22
India will continue to remain the world's fastest-growing large economy in 2019 as well as in 2020, much ahead of China, a UN's World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report has said. Accordin...
-- 2019-01-24 11:11:16
Police took Peru’s former authoritarian president Alberto Fujimori back to prison on Wednesday to finish the remaining 13 years of his 25-year sentence for human rights crimes and graft. A cour...
-- 2019-01-24 10:54:59
The former governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, who was jailed for blasphemy in 2017, has been released early. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, left the jail outside Jakarta at 07:30 loc...
-- 2019-01-24 10:38:18
Tokyo stocks were mixed on Thursday morning as concerns about a protracted US government shutdown was offset by investors buying on dips following shares'recent declines. The 225-issue Nikkei Stoc...
-- 2019-01-24 10:23:12
Asian shares were subdued on Thursday as political uncertainty in the United States and worries about weakening global economic growth left investors wary of riskier assets. MSCI’s broadest ind...
-- 2019-01-23 14:09:25
US home sales tumbled to their lowest level in three years in December and house price increases slowed sharply, suggesting a further loss of momentum in the housing market. November’s sales pa...
-- 2019-01-23 13:37:38
Britain’s opposition Labour Party is highly likely to back an amendment by lawmaker Yvette Cooper that could prevent a no-deal Brexit, the second most powerful man in the party said. The Cooper...
-- 2019-01-23 13:33:28
Indian shares were little changed on Wednesday, mirroring broader Asian markets where investors stayed away from risky assets, with losses in IT and financial stocks countering gains in consumer stock...
-- 2019-01-23 13:27:16
Asian share markets were flat in subdued trading Wednesday as Japan reported weak export data and news surfaced of possible hiccups in China-US trade talks. Japan's Nikkei 225 index was less than 0.1...
-- 2019-01-23 13:06:39
Hong Kong on Wednesday presented a controversial bill to lawmakers that prescribes jail terms of up to three years for disrespecting the Chinese national anthem, a move critics say raises fresh fears...
-- 2019-01-23 11:16:09
Two explosions hit south of Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, early on Wednesday, with one of them being an operation that targeted missiles and weapons cache, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV report...
-- 2019-01-22 13:10:49
Police in Macau and mainland China detained 37 suspects in an underground lending case involving more than 30 billion yuan ($4.42 billion), as China steps up measures to reduce economic risks and clam...
-- 2019-01-22 12:15:55
A surge in South Korean government spending boosted the country’s economy in the fourth quarter (Q4) but weakening exports braked last year’s annual pace of growth to a six-year low. Tues...
-- 2019-01-22 12:01:03
The International Monetary Fund has warned that escalating trade tensions could undermine global economic growth. In a new report on the world economic outlook, the IMF also warns of risks from a no-...
-- 2019-01-22 11:14:54
France has summoned Italy's ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration. On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union to...
-- 2019-01-22 10:46:30
The global economy will continue to grow at a steady pace of around 3.0 per cent in 2019 and 2020 amid signs that global growth has peaked, the United Nations said Monday. However, "a worrisome combi...
-- 2019-01-22 10:18:22
Asian shares and US stock futures slipped on Tuesday as pessimism about world growth drove investors away from risky assets, while sterling dithered as the latest plan for Brexit appeared to come and...
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