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Indian shares bounce back

Indian shares bounce back

-- 2018-06-29 14:30:34

Indian rebounded strongly on Friday after two straight days of losses, starting July derivatives series on a strong footing led by energy and financial stocks as the rupee recovered from an all-time...

Vietnam's CPI up 3.3pc in six months

Vietnam's CPI up 3.3pc in six months

-- 2018-06-29 14:19:49

The consumer price index (CPI) of Vietnam rose 3.29 per cent on-year in the first half of 2018, the country's General Statistics Office said on Friday. In June alone, the index increased 0.61 per cen...

Asian shares rally on China rebound

Asian shares rally on China rebound

-- 2018-06-29 10:57:29

Asian share markets rallied from nine-month lows on Friday, after China eased foreign investment limits, but underlying sentiment was dampened by worries over trade frictions a week before initial US...

Mongolia's industrial production grows 23.3pc in Jan-May

Mongolia's industrial production grows 23.3pc in Jan-May

-- 2018-06-28 16:34:04

The volume of industrial production in Mongolia grew 23.3 per cent in the January-May period compared to the same period last year, amounting to $2.439 billion US dollars. The Ministry of Mining an...

European shares fall on trade tensions

European shares fall on trade tensions

-- 2018-06-28 16:05:58

European shares slipped on Thursday amid the ongoing trade tensions as investors positioned for a potentially divisive European Union summit. Having clawed back some ground on Wednesday, the pan-Eu...

Asian shares slump to nine-month low

Asian shares slump to nine-month low

-- 2018-06-28 10:31:38

Asian stocks slumped to nine-month lows on Thursday on growing worries the US administration’s approach to trade is harming global economic growth even as it appeared to be modifying its approac...

S Korea's household lending rate hits 44-month high

S Korea's household lending rate hits 44-month high

-- 2018-06-27 13:34:34

South Korea's households bank lending rate hit a 44-month high in the previous month on rising expectations for the policy rate hike in the near future, Bank of Korea (BOK) data showed Wednesday. A...

China Jan-May industrial profits rise to 16.5pc

China Jan-May industrial profits rise to 16.5pc

-- 2018-06-27 12:58:43

The industrial profits of China grew 16.5 per cent in the first five months of 2018, quickening from the 15-per cent expansion for the January-April period, official data showed Wednesday. In May alo...

China, HK shares slip on trade fears

China, HK shares slip on trade fears

-- 2018-06-27 12:49:58

China and Hong Kong stocks slipped on Wednesday and the markets looked set to post their third straight session of decline, amid lingering trade war fears and a depreciating yuan. The CSI300 index...

Asian shares fall as trade concerns linger

Asian shares fall as trade concerns linger

-- 2018-06-27 12:35:41

Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday as jitters over trade conflicts between the world's major economies lingered while the prices of oil extended gains. The oil prices extended gains as the...

Four found dead at Germany apartment, one seriously injured

Four found dead at Germany apartment, one seriously injured

-- 2018-06-26 14:32:50

Police say a woman and three children have been found dead at an apartment in southern Germany, as well as a man lying outside the building with life-threatening injuries from a fall. In a statement,...

Prince William starts Israel visit paying homage to Holocaust victims

Prince William starts Israel visit paying homage to Holocaust victims

-- 2018-06-26 13:44:14

Britain’s Prince William will pay homage on Tuesday to the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust, in a solemn start to the first official visit by a British royal to Israel and the Pales...

Singapore factory output rises to 11.1pc in May

Singapore factory output rises to 11.1pc in May

-- 2018-06-26 13:33:03

The manufacturing output of Singapore grew 11.1 per cent year on year in May, compared to the 9.1 per cent increase in April, the country’s economic development board (EDB) said on Tuesday. The...

Ex-Trump campaign head Manafort to appeal jailing order

Ex-Trump campaign head Manafort to appeal jailing order

-- 2018-06-26 12:53:52

Lawyers for Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former presidential campaign manager, said on Monday they plan to appeal a judge’s decision to jail Manafort while he awaits a criminal trial in W...

Asian stocks slip on trade spat

Asian stocks slip on trade spat

-- 2018-06-26 12:33:08

Asian shares were mostly lower on Tuesday, as moves by the US to gain an upper hand on trade with China weighed on the technology sector. Tech stocks have been the pillar of the Wall Street's long-r...

Israeli missiles strike near Damascus airport

Israeli missiles strike near Damascus airport

-- 2018-06-26 11:22:05

Syrian state news agency SANA said two Israeli missiles hit in the vicinity of Damascus international airport in the early hours of Tuesday morning, without giving further details. The Syrian Observa...

Global stocks slide on intensifying trade row

Global stocks slide on intensifying trade row

-- 2018-06-26 11:07:50

World stocks extended a sell-off on Tuesday as an escalating trade fight between the United States and other major economies steered investors away from riskier assets, with markets in China bearing t...

German economic boom is over: Ifo economist

German economic boom is over: Ifo economist

-- 2018-06-25 14:50:49

Germany’s economic boom times are over and Europe’s largest economy is on the way to a more normal growth path, Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe told Reuters on Monday after its latest survey...

US airstrikes kill six IS militants in Afghanistan

US airstrikes kill six IS militants in Afghanistan

-- 2018-06-25 14:48:56

At least six Islamic State (IS) militants were killed after NATO and US-led coalition forces launched airstrikes on IS hideouts in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar Sunday night, authorities...

S Korean manufacturers see 4IR’s negative impact

S Korean manufacturers see 4IR’s negative impact

-- 2018-06-25 14:24:13

Most South Korean manufacturers saw a negative impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), fourth major industrial era since the initial Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, on employment....

Indian shares tracks Asian peers lower

Indian shares tracks Asian peers lower

-- 2018-06-25 13:55:24

Indian shares inched lower on Monday, tracking weak Asian peers, as growing trade tensions between the United States and major economies of the world continued to dampen investors sentiment. A Wall...

SE Asian shares rise amid trade worries

SE Asian shares rise amid trade worries

-- 2018-06-25 13:42:47

Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Monday, amid the growing trade tensions between the United States and major economies of the world. The markets surged with the Philippines bouncing back af...

Mexico arrests 28 cops over political murder

Mexico arrests 28 cops over political murder

-- 2018-06-25 12:58:56

Twenty-eight police officers in the western Mexican state of Michoacan have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a candidate for mayor in the municipality of Ocampo, local media...

Flash floods, landslides leave seven dead in Vietnam

Flash floods, landslides leave seven dead in Vietnam

-- 2018-06-25 11:38:52

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least seven people and left 12 missing in northern Vietnam since Saturday, the government’s Disaster Management Authority...

Asian shares slip on trade worries

Asian shares slip on trade worries

-- 2018-06-25 11:06:57

Asian shares fell on Monday on escalating trade tensions between the United States and major economies while oil prices gave up some of their hefty gains made after major oil producers agreed to a mod...

Ex-Vatican diplomat gets five-year jail term over child porn

Ex-Vatican diplomat gets five-year jail term over child porn

-- 2018-06-24 11:22:29

A former Vatican diplomat has been sentenced to five years in prison for child pornography offences. Monsignor Carlo Alberto Capella pleaded guilty at a Vatican court, which heard that dozens of porn...

Three kidnapped Turkish engineers freed in Libya

Three kidnapped Turkish engineers freed in Libya

-- 2018-06-24 11:07:38

Three Turkish engineers kidnapped last year in the southern Libyan town of Ubari have been released, the UN-backed Libyan government said. In November, an unknown armed group kidnapped four engineers...

China consumer prices likely to stable in H2 2018

China consumer prices likely to stable in H2 2018

-- 2018-06-23 16:03:23

The consumer prices in China are likely to be stable in the second half (H2) of the year, the state planner said on Saturday, amid the trade dispute with the United States. “The market in gener...

Blast strikes new Ethiopian PM’s rally

Blast strikes new Ethiopian PM’s rally

-- 2018-06-23 14:09:28

An explosion has shaken a rally for Ethiopia’s new PM Abiy Ahmed which was being attended by thousands of people in Addis Ababa. Ahmed was taken away by security personnel immediately after his...

Global stocks rise, oil prices jump

Global stocks rise, oil prices jump

-- 2018-06-23 13:47:16

World stocks rose on Friday amid the global trade tensions, oil prices surged after OPEC decided on a modest production increase. US Treasury yields edged higher, trading in narrow ranges as risk app...