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-- 2018-05-26 10:59:28
S&P 500 companies have returned a record $1 trillion to shareholders over the past year, helped by a recent surge in dividends and stock buybacks following sweeping corporate tax cuts introduced b...
-- 2018-05-26 10:28:45
The United States warned Syria it would take ‘firm and appropriate measures’ in response to ceasefire violations, saying it was concerned about reports of an impending military operation i...
-- 2018-05-25 16:16:20
Official figures Friday confirmed that the British economy barely grew in the first three months of the year. The Office for National Statistics said the economy expanded by a quarterly rate of just...
-- 2018-05-25 13:30:03
Japan’s industrial production was expected to rise for a third straight month in April thanks to brisk export demand, a Reuters poll found on Friday. Factory output was expected to have risen b...
-- 2018-05-25 12:02:04
Most Southeast Asian stock markets were mixed in muted trading on Friday, while Malaysian shares climbed after five sessions of losses. Indonesian local benchmark equity index, which has shed about...
-- 2018-05-25 11:23:46
Asian shares were slightly weaker on Friday amid fragile market sentiment after US President Donald Trump called off a key summit with North Korea, though investor concerns were softened by expectatio...
-- 2018-05-24 15:52:47
The Bank of Korea (BOK), the central bank of the Republic of Korea, held interest rates steady for a sixth straight month on Thursday. Monetary policy committee of the BOK held its base rate KROCR...
-- 2018-05-24 15:11:50
Maria Florencia Humano opened a clothing store in 2016, convinced that Argentina’s long history of economic crises had ended under pro-business President Mauricio Macri. She will shutter it lat...
-- 2018-05-24 14:21:27
Two people have died and 18 others suffered injured when a regional train crashed into a truck in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, emergency services said on Thursday. The five-carriage train...
-- 2018-05-24 11:28:59
Japan’s Nikkei share average fell to more than two-week lows on Thursday as automakers slumped after US launched a national security investigation into car and truck imports. The Nikkei dropped...
-- 2018-05-24 11:06:12
The US State Department has said it has ordered two Venezuelan diplomats to leave the United States within 48 hours, a move that follows Venezuela’s decision to expel two American diplomats. Th...
-- 2018-05-24 11:01:28
Asian shares fell on Thursday after the US government launched a national security probe into auto imports that could lead to new tariffs, and President Donald Trump’s comments indicated fresh s...
-- 2018-05-24 10:53:52
A senior North Korean official has accused US Vice-President Mike Pence of being ‘stupid’ and warned of possible ‘nuclear showdown’ if diplomacy fails. Choe Son-hui said Pyong...
-- 2018-05-23 15:05:30
US President Donald Trump said there was a ‘substantial chance’ his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not take place as planned on June 12 amid concerns that Kim is resistan...
-- 2018-05-23 14:41:56
A criminal gang in South Africa who kidnapped a teenage boy on Sunday are demanding a ransom in bitcoin cryptocurrency of nearly $120,000, police said. Katlego Marite, 13, was dragged into a car whil...
-- 2018-05-23 14:21:31
Singapore’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose lower than expected in April from a year earlier, data showed on Wednesday. The all-items CPI of the city-state edged down to 0.1 per cent,...
-- 2018-05-23 14:18:52
Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for a criminal investigation into the head of the country’s football association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, for fraudulently using the President’s name....
-- 2018-05-23 12:09:16
The Southeast Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump tempered optimism over trade talks between Washington and Beijing. The broader Asian stocks outside Jap...
-- 2018-05-23 11:51:59
North Korea has accepted a list of South Korean reporters to visit their nuclear testing site after a days-long tug of war with Seoul, South Korea’s unification ministry said on Wednesday. Nort...
-- 2018-05-23 11:21:03
Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday as investors shifted their attention to uncertainties over a planned US-North Korea summit after the perk from eased US-China trade tensions faded. Japan's...
-- 2018-05-23 11:19:39
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of two top US diplomats in Caracas in retaliation for a new round of sanctions over the county’s widely-condemned election, accus...
-- 2018-05-22 16:06:33
President Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that Turkey might consider imposing a ban on imports of some Israeli goods over the killing of Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces on the Gaza border, media re...
-- 2018-05-22 14:39:14
Voters in Burundi have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, the electoral commission said on Monday, ushering in changes that could let the president stay in power to 2034. An opposition coali...
-- 2018-05-22 11:58:15
Most Southeast Asian stock markets were subdued on Tuesday, hurt by a strong dollar that crimped demand for emerging market assets, while Indonesia held firm, gaining over 1.0 per cent. The dollar...
-- 2018-05-22 11:44:33
Asian shares skidded on Tuesday as a strong dollar sapped demand for emerging market assets while surging oil prices stoked concerns about a flare-up in inflation and faster US interest rate increases...
-- 2018-05-22 11:40:40
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.0 hit 122 km ESE of Guam at 00:26:04 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at...
-- 2018-05-22 11:12:58
A Turkish court has sentenced 104 former military officers to life in prison for their involvement in a 2016 coup attempt, state media report. They were given ‘aggravated life sentences’,...
-- 2018-05-22 10:43:40
Five people have been killed and 22 wounded by a Houthi missile fired at the Yemeni city of Marib, which falls under control of the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour...
-- 2018-05-21 14:13:26
South Korea's parliament has passed an extra budget plan worth 3.8 trillion won (3.5 billion US dollars) to help create jobs especially among youths. The government of President Moon Jae-in submitted...
-- 2018-05-21 14:06:01
A teenage boy charged with fatally shooting eight students and two teachers during a gun rampage at a Houston-area high school had been spurned by one of his victims after making aggressive advances,...
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