-- 2019-01-17 09:47:49
Asian share markets faltered on Thursday as unease over China’s economic outlook eroded early gains, though an anti-climactic end to the latest chapter in the Brexit saga did offer sterling a mo...
-- 2019-01-16 16:06:51
The United States and Britain have conducted their first joint naval drills in the disputed South China Sea since China built island bases there, the two navies said on Wednesday, as Washington seeks...
-- 2019-01-16 14:28:04
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Wednesday injected liquidity into the banking system through reverse repos to offset the impact from a tax payment peak. The central bank said the injection was t...
-- 2019-01-16 13:24:52
Australia will allow imports of the intoxicating drink kava, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as it seeks to forge closer ties with its Pacific neighbours amid growing Chinese interest...
-- 2019-01-16 12:54:03
Most Southeast Asian markets remained subdued on Wednesday tracking broader Asia as optimism over China's economic stimulus waned while Philippine stocks plunged. The Philippine benchmark index dropp...
-- 2019-01-16 12:19:59
Asian share markets were mixed on Wednesday as poor Japanese data and worries about global growth put a damper on trading. Japan's Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.6 per cent to 20,430.73 while South Korea...
-- 2019-01-16 11:29:59
Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, an ex-Guzman associate testified on Tuesday that he previ...
-- 2019-01-15 14:40:53
India’s annual retail inflation rate dropped to an 18-month low of 2.19 per cent in December, strengthening views of some economists that the central bank could ease monetary policy next month a...
-- 2019-01-15 13:39:53
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday denied former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s request for release on bail after his indictment last week on two new charges, including for aggrava...
-- 2019-01-15 13:17:05
Indonesia, classified as a newly industrialised country, posted wider-than-expected trade deficit in December, bringing the gap for 2018 to the largest ever, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday. De...
-- 2019-01-15 12:42:24
Bank of China (BOC) has offered a loan of $300 million (232.68 million pounds) to Sri Lanka which can be raised to $1 billion, a source in Colombo with direct knowledge of the matter, said. The sourc...
-- 2019-01-15 12:36:12
China plans to launch 100 new large-scale recycling ‘bases’ by the end of next year, part of a campaign to make better use of its resources after extending a ban on foreign trash imports....
-- 2019-01-15 12:17:56
Most Southeast Asian stock markets recovered on Tuesday with Singapore leading the gains, as China hinted at supportive monetary policies to strengthen its economy. China will strengthen monitoring o...
-- 2019-01-15 11:41:19
Hundreds of Honduran migrants began the long trek north on Monday, part of new US-bound caravan that hopes to succeed even as a previous wave of Central Americans were unable to quickly enter the Unit...
-- 2019-01-15 11:23:41
Nearly 80 per cent of junior doctors across New Zealand walked off the job at public hospitals on Tuesday after a breakdown in union talks with the government over working conditions and wages. The s...
-- 2019-01-15 11:21:18
Asian shares rebounded from slight early losses on Tuesday after senior economic officials said Beijing will cut taxes and keep monetary policy flexible to help weather China’s slowdown. Japan&...
-- 2019-01-14 14:30:43
An influential African bloc has urged Democratic Republic of Congo to recount votes cast in its disorganised presidential election, raising pressure on Kinshasa to ensure the legitimacy of the next go...
-- 2019-01-14 13:10:11
The wife of ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman Carlos Ghosn has urged New York-based Human Rights Watch to draw attention to his “harsh treatment” during detention in a Japanese jail, a l...
-- 2019-01-14 12:39:06
Indian shares fell in line with broader Asia on Monday after a shock contraction in Chinese exports raised fears of a sharper global slowdown, but the blow was cushioned by gains in Infosys Ltd. The...
-- 2019-01-14 12:15:20
US President Donald Trump has threatened to “devastate Turkey economically” if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria following a planned pullout of US troops. In two tweets on Sunday, Trump...
-- 2019-01-14 12:06:16
Asian shares fell on Monday, extending the latest losses on Wall Street, as China reported a slowdown in exports. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost 1.4 per cent to 26,299.19 while the Shanghai C...
-- 2019-01-14 11:27:19
Indonesia has found the cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air plane more than two months after the Boeing Co 737 MAX jet crashed into the sea near Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board, search off...
-- 2019-01-14 11:14:43
The driver of a minibus died and 16 passengers were injured after the vehicle they were traveling in flipped and crashed onto a boundary wall in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Mond...
-- 2019-01-14 11:03:41
Asian shares and US stock futures skidded on Monday after a shock contraction in Chinese exports pointed to deepening cracks in the world’s second-biggest economy and raised fears of a sharper s...
-- 2019-01-14 10:38:41
China’s exports rose 9.9 per cent in 2018, its strongest trade performance in seven years, despite growing disruptions from an escalating trade war with the United States, customs data showed on...
-- 2019-01-13 16:33:22
Qatar Investment Authority aims to raise investments in the United States to $45 billion in the next two years from around $30 billion now. Chief Executive of the body Mansour Ibrahim al-Mahmoud gave...
-- 2019-01-13 12:30:38
A former commander of Colombia's FARC rebel group, Iván Márquez, has released a video six months after going into hiding. In the film, he accuses the government of betraying the terms o...
-- 2019-01-12 16:36:44
The inclusion of Chinese A-shares in global stock indexes could see foreign inflows into China’s stock market double in 2019, the Shanghai Securities News quoted a top Chinese securities regulat...
-- 2019-01-12 16:08:18
Zimbabwe will introduce a new currency in the next 12 months as a shortage of US dollars plunges the financial system into disarray, forcing businesses to close and threatening unrest. Finance Minist...
-- 2019-01-12 13:05:58
Vietnam will achieve garment and textile export turnovers of 40 billion US dollars this year, up 10.8 per cent from last year, the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) has said. To this en...
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