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N Korea has not stopped nuclear programmes: UN report

N Korea has not stopped nuclear programmes: UN report

-- 2018-08-04 10:43:31

North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential UN report seen by Reuters. The six-month report by independent exp...

Wall Street eyes more gains  from Apple, its $1 trillion stock

Wall Street eyes more gains from Apple, its $1 trillion stock

-- 2018-08-04 10:20:02

Shares in Apple Inc (AAPL.O) edged higher on Friday but stayed close to the $1 trillion valuation milestone the iPhone maker reached a day earlier, even as Wall Street predicted more gains. After bec...

Italy economy to slow down in coming months

Italy economy to slow down in coming months

-- 2018-08-03 16:27:30

Italian economic growth is likely to weaken in coming months, national statistics office ISTAT said on Friday. In its monthly economic bulletin, ISTAT said its latest composite leading indicator &ldq...

Apple hits $1.0 trillion stock market valuation

Apple hits $1.0 trillion stock market valuation

-- 2018-08-03 13:18:09

Apple Inc on Thursday became the first $1 trillion publicly listed US company, crowning a decade-long rise fueled by its ubiquitous iPhone that transformed it from a niche player in personal computers...

Nikkei inches up as Suzuki jumps

Nikkei inches up as Suzuki jumps

-- 2018-08-03 11:58:13

Japanese shares inched up in cautious trading on Friday as Sino-US trade tensions and upcoming trade talks between Washington and Tokyo kept investors on guard. Bucking the cautious mood, however, wa...

Asia stocks up as trade  war dents confidence

Asia stocks up as trade war dents confidence

-- 2018-08-03 10:03:28

Asian stocks inched on Friday following a tech-led rise on Wall Street, although the latest exchange of trade threats between Beijing and Washington capped gains and drove safehaven flows to the dolla...

Militants kill three foreigners in Afghan capital: Police

Militants kill three foreigners in Afghan capital: Police

-- 2018-08-02 14:34:55

Militants killed three foreign nationals working for an international company in the Afghan capital, Kabul, two security officials said on Thursday. “An Indian, a Malaysian and a Macedonian cit...

BoE poise to raise rates interest

BoE poise to raise rates interest

-- 2018-08-02 13:55:11

The Bank of England (BoE) looks set to raise interest rates on Thursday to their highest level since the financial crisis almost a decade ago. The fifth largest economy of the world has slowed since...

Trump thanks Kim for keeping word on war remains

Trump thanks Kim for keeping word on war remains

-- 2018-08-02 13:54:17

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he looked forward to meeting Kim Jong Un soon and thanked the North Korean leader for sending the suspected remains of US soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Ko...

Three die in Zimbabwe troops, protesters clash

Three die in Zimbabwe troops, protesters clash

-- 2018-08-02 11:00:11

Zimbabwe police said three people were killed in Harare on Wednesday as soldiers dispersed stone-throwing opposition supporters who accused the ruling party of trying to rig Monday’s presidentia...

China central bank to fine-tune policy to ensure ample liquidity

China central bank to fine-tune policy to ensure ample liquidity

-- 2018-08-02 10:10:25

China’s central bank will fine-tune monetary policy in a “pre-emptive” way to ensure liquidity is reasonably ample, it said on Wednesday, amid heightened trade tension that has stiff...

Asian shares face headwinds from fresh trade worries

Asian shares face headwinds from fresh trade worries

-- 2018-08-02 09:49:54

Asian stocks dropped on Thursday as the latest escalation in the Sino-US trade war hit Chinese shares, while global bond markets were rattled by increased borrowing by Washington and Japan’s new...

Trump to slap 25pc tariff on $200b of Chinese imports

Trump to slap 25pc tariff on $200b of Chinese imports

-- 2018-08-01 13:13:03

The Trump administration plans to propose slapping a 25-per cent tariff on $200 billion of imported Chinese goods after initially setting them at 10 per cent. The administration plan to more than d...

Zimbabwe ruling party wins majority of seats in parliament

Zimbabwe ruling party wins majority of seats in parliament

-- 2018-08-01 13:12:53

Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party won the majority of seats in parliament after sweeping rural constituencies by huge margins, official results showed on Wednesday, setting the stage for President...

Tokyo shares rise on company earnings reports

Tokyo shares rise on company earnings reports

-- 2018-08-01 12:36:53

Japan’s Tokyo shares rose Wednesday morning, tracking strong US stocks overnight as well as robust earnings reports of the country’s major companies. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average...

Asian shares rise amid trade hopes

Asian shares rise amid trade hopes

-- 2018-08-01 12:31:06

Asian shares are mostly higher as traders watch to see what might come of reports the US and China are looking to restart trade talks. Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 0.7 per cent to 22,713.08 and Sout...

Plane crashes in Mexico after take-off, no deaths reported

Plane crashes in Mexico after take-off, no deaths reported

-- 2018-08-01 10:50:29

A plane has crashed in the capital of Mexico's Durango state, television images show, with the state governor confirming nobody was killed. Governor José Aispuro tweeted that there were no dea...

SE Asian stock markets inch higher

SE Asian stock markets inch higher

-- 2018-07-31 13:23:24

Most of the Southeast Asian stock markets inched higher on Tuesday as global investors were awaiting cues from the Bank of Japan and the US Federal Reserve. The Indonesian stock market slid after t...

S Korean business sentiment worsens to 17-month low

S Korean business sentiment worsens to 17-month low

-- 2018-07-31 12:40:18

A gauge of businesses sentiment over economic situations for South Korea fell to the lowest in 17 months on worry about the global trade conflict. The business sentiment index (BSI) came in at 75 i...

Japan factory output falls over 2pc in June

Japan factory output falls over 2pc in June

-- 2018-07-31 11:38:40

The industrial production in Jappan fell 2.1 per cent from a month earlier in June, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted index of the output at factories...

Asian shares advance with narrow trading

Asian shares advance with narrow trading

-- 2018-07-31 11:07:09

Asian share markets were mixed on Tuesday with narrow trading ahead of a key statement by the Bank of Japan, which could indicate a tightening of its monetary policy. Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropp...

Nikkei ends lower ahead of BoJ, fed meetings

Nikkei ends lower ahead of BoJ, fed meetings

-- 2018-07-30 13:13:54

Japanese stocks closed lower on Monday as possible changes this week in the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy weighed on sentiment, while quarterly earnings were also in focus. Japan’s Nikk...

Beijing to shut 1,000 manufacturing firms by 2020

Beijing to shut 1,000 manufacturing firms by 2020

Reuters 2018-07-30 12:15:54

China’s capital Beijing will shut around 1,000 manufacturing firms by 2020 as part of a programme aimed at curbing smog and boosting income in neighbouring regions, state media said on Monday....

Asia cautious ahead of central bank, data fest

Asia cautious ahead of central bank, data fest

-- 2018-07-30 09:54:45

Asian share markets drifted lower on Monday while currencies kept to familiar ranges ahead of a busy week peppered with central bank meetings, corporate results and updates on US inflation and payroll...

EU trying to ‘swindle’ UK, says Italy’s interior minister

EU trying to ‘swindle’ UK, says Italy’s interior minister

-- 2018-07-29 13:41:25

Italy’s far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has accused the European Union of trying to cheat Britain out of the Brexit it voted for, according to extracts from a newspaper interview pu...

Malians vote in presidential election

Malians vote in presidential election

-- 2018-07-29 12:02:33

Malian voters were due to decide on Sunday on whether or not to give President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita a second term, despite widespread ethnic and jihadist violence that has dramatically worsened sinc...

Israeli Arab MP quits over ‘nation state’ law

Israeli Arab MP quits over ‘nation state’ law

-- 2018-07-29 11:12:43

An Israeli Arab politician has resigned in opposition to a controversial new law which declares Israel to be the nation state of the Jewish people. Zouheir Bahloul, 67, branded parliament "racist" an...

Japan braces for strong typhoon

Japan braces for strong typhoon

-- 2018-07-28 15:29:04

More than 100 flights were cancelled in Japan and residents already reeling from deadly floods sand-bagged rivers and prepared for more evacuations as a powerful typhoon neared on Saturday. Typhoon J...

37 die in India after monsoon rains trigger house collapses

37 die in India after monsoon rains trigger house collapses

-- 2018-07-28 14:19:03

At least 37 people have been killed this week as monsoon rains triggered house collapses and flooded wide swaths of land in northern India, officials said Saturday. Weather officials have predicted m...

Pence meets with Ethiopian PM, praises reform efforts

Pence meets with Ethiopian PM, praises reform efforts

-- 2018-07-28 12:12:27

US Vice President Mike Pence met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday and praised “the historic reform efforts” undertaken by Abiy since assuming power in April, the White Ho...