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Asian stocks mixed after US stocks tumble

Asian stocks mixed after US stocks tumble

-- 2018-10-29 10:58:44

Asian share prices were mixed Monday after Wall Street extended its slide, fueling concern about the global market outlook. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.1 per cent to 2,570.17 while Tokyo's...

5.8 magnitude quake jolts Romania

5.8 magnitude quake jolts Romania

-- 2018-10-28 15:25:15

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Romania’s eastern county of Buzau on Sunday morning, the National Institute for Earth Physics announced. It was the strongest earthquake not only in this y...

Armed men kill two UN peacekeepers in Mali, 12 wounded

Armed men kill two UN peacekeepers in Mali, 12 wounded

-- 2018-10-28 11:54:00

The United Nations mission in Mali says armed men attacked a UN camp outside of Timbuktu killing at least two peacekeepers and wounding at least a dozen others. UN Mali mission spokeswoman Myriam Des...

Gunman targeting Jews shoots dead 11 at US synagogue

Gunman targeting Jews shoots dead 11 at US synagogue

-- 2018-10-28 11:45:10

A gunman yelling, “All Jews must die,” stormed a synagogue at Pittsburgh in the US during Saturday services, killing 11 worshippers and wounding six other people including four police offi...

SA gets $20 billion of investment pledges at confce: Ramaphosa

SA gets $20 billion of investment pledges at confce: Ramaphosa

-- 2018-10-27 14:21:03

Investment commitments of almost 290 billion rand ($20 billion) into the South African economy were made at an investment conference on Friday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “This is going to...

Suicide bombing claims five lives in central Afghanistan

Suicide bombing claims five lives in central Afghanistan

-- 2018-10-27 13:52:17

At least five people were killed and 15 more wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives outside a police compound in central Afghan province of Wardak on Saturday, a police s...

China's industrial profits up 14.7pc in first nine months

China's industrial profits up 14.7pc in first nine months

-- 2018-10-27 13:45:35

Profits of China's major industrial firms grew 14.7 per cent year on year in the first nine months of 2018, down from the 16.2-per cent expansion for the January-August period, official data showed Sa...

Afghans vote in delayed Kandahar elections

Afghans vote in delayed Kandahar elections

-- 2018-10-27 12:49:01

Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar votes in parliamentary elections on Saturday, a week after 32 of the country’s 34 provinces went to the polls, a delay caused by the assassinati...

CSRC approves two IPO applications

CSRC approves two IPO applications

-- 2018-10-27 12:21:11

China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has approved new IPO applications from two companies, which will raise up to 1.4 billion yuan (about 201.44 million US dollars) in the A-share market. Be...

Khashoggi’s fiancee declines Trump invitation to White House

Khashoggi’s fiancee declines Trump invitation to White House

-- 2018-10-27 12:04:32

The fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says she has declined an invitation to the White House from US President Donald Trump, accusing him of not being sincere about investigating th...

US stocks end lower, internet stocks tumble

US stocks end lower, internet stocks tumble

-- 2018-10-27 11:33:26

US stocks closed lower on Friday, the S&P 500 ended at its lowest level since early May after technology and internet shares sold off further, capping a volatile week that confirmed a correctio...

Sea tourism accounts for 3.5pc of Greek GDP

Sea tourism accounts for 3.5pc of Greek GDP

-- 2018-10-26 13:46:36

Sea tourism (sea cruise, coastal shipping and yachting) contributes about 3.5 per cent of Greek GDP each year in recent years, according to a local media report. Citing a report of the Institute of...

SE Asian shares mostly lower, Philippines rebounds

SE Asian shares mostly lower, Philippines rebounds

-- 2018-10-26 13:28:56

Southeast Asian stocks were mostly lower on Friday in line with broader Asia as they failed to shrug off a dismal Thursday, while Philippines shares regained their footing after steep falls in the p...

Asian shares turn lower despite Wall St rally

Asian shares turn lower despite Wall St rally

-- 2018-10-26 12:50:09

Asian shares have turned lower after early gains, despite the overnight jump on Wall Street. Worries over corporate earnings, trade and the outlook for growth weighed on sentiment. Japan’s be...

French court rejects Sarkozy’s appeal in ‘Bygmalion’ case

French court rejects Sarkozy’s appeal in ‘Bygmalion’ case

-- 2018-10-25 13:37:43

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost an appeal against an earlier decision to send him to trial over charges of illegal campaign financing, in a case known as the ‘Bygmalion’ a...

South Korea's real GDP grows 0.6pc in Q3

South Korea's real GDP grows 0.6pc in Q3

-- 2018-10-25 13:32:28

South Korea's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.6 per cent in the third quarter from the previous quarter, central bank data showed Thursday. The GDP growth rate fell from 1.0 per cent in the...

Asia shares extend losses

Asia shares extend losses

-- 2018-10-25 13:10:12

Asian shares skidded Thursday after another torrent of selling on Wall Street sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting more than 600 points, erasing its gains for the year. Japan’s Ni...

Tesla shares jump on higher production of Model 3

Tesla shares jump on higher production of Model 3

Reuters 2018-10-25 10:35:53

Tesla reported a net profit, positive cash flow, and wider-than-expected margins for the latest quarter on Wednesday, delivering on Chief Executive Elon Musk’s promise to turn the electric carma...

Pakistan secures $6b Saudi loan

Pakistan secures $6b Saudi loan

-- 2018-10-24 15:03:33

Saudi Arabia has agreed to provide a financial assistance of $6 billion US dollar to pull Pakistan out of the economic quagmire, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The deal was signed by Pakista...

EU rejects Italy budget, demands changes

EU rejects Italy budget, demands changes

-- 2018-10-24 15:02:50

The European Commission has told Italy to revise its budget for 2019, an unprecedented move with regard to an EU member state. The Commission is worried about the impact of higher spending on alrea...

China's power generation up 7.4pc in Jan-Sept

China's power generation up 7.4pc in Jan-Sept

-- 2018-10-24 14:52:33

China's power generation rose 7.4 per cent in the first nine months of 2018, with electricity from nuclear and wind power facilities expanding at a fast pace in September. The growth in the first...

No new nuclear arms in Europe despite Russian treaty breach: NATO

No new nuclear arms in Europe despite Russian treaty breach: NATO

-- 2018-10-24 14:48:10

NATO allies are not likely to deploy more nuclear weapons in Europe in response to what the West says is a Russian breach of a nuclear arms control treaty that Washington is pulling out of, NATO Secre...

Indian shares break four-day losing streak

Indian shares break four-day losing streak

-- 2018-10-24 13:54:12

Indian shares rose on Wednesday, snapping four straight sessions of fall, with the trading sentiment supported by a firmer rupee as oil prices plunged. A bird flies past the logo of National Stock...

Asian shares rebound on strong Japan factory data

Asian shares rebound on strong Japan factory data

-- 2018-10-24 13:46:44

Asian share markets have bounced back from their retreat after the report of strong preliminary manufacturing data in Japan. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped 0.5 per cent to 22,130.30 as a pri...

Clan clashes kill over 50 in breakaway Somali region

Clan clashes kill over 50 in breakaway Somali region

-- 2018-10-24 13:34:09

Fighting between clans in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region has killed more than 50 people, a witness at the scene and an official in neighbouring Puntland said on Tuesday. “There has...

Japan’s Abe vows to boost China ties day before Beijing trip

Japan’s Abe vows to boost China ties day before Beijing trip

-- 2018-10-24 13:12:30

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to bolster cooperation and friendship between his country and China in a key policy speech the day before he makes the first trip to Beijing by a Japa...

Ecuador says not planning to intervene with UK for Assange

Ecuador says not planning to intervene with UK for Assange

-- 2018-10-24 12:10:43

Ecuador does not plan to intervene with the British government on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in talks over his situation as an asylee in the South American country’s London embas...

China signs free trade agreement MoU with Palestine

China signs free trade agreement MoU with Palestine

-- 2018-10-24 10:58:00

China has signed a free trade agreement Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Palestine, China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday in a statement posted on its official website. China’...

Imran khan seeks loans to reservice debts, investments

Imran khan seeks loans to reservice debts, investments

-- 2018-10-23 15:14:33

Pakistan is seeking loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and friendly countries to reservice debt and shore up its economy, the country’s prime minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday....

J&J makes $2.1b offer to buy out Ci:z

J&J makes $2.1b offer to buy out Ci:z

-- 2018-10-23 15:01:53

US healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it is acquiring all outstanding shares of Japanese cosmetics firm Ci:z Holdings Co Ltd that it does not already own for 230 billion y...