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European powers vow to save Iran deal

European powers vow to save Iran deal

-- 2018-05-09 11:37:37

Western powers say they remain committed to the Iran nuclear deal - after the US announced it was withdrawing from the agreement. The UK, France and Germany say they ‘will work with all remaini...

China coal mine explosion leaves two miners dead

China coal mine explosion leaves two miners dead

-- 2018-05-09 11:06:44

An explosion at a small coal mine in China’s Hunan province killed two workers on Wednesday while another three remained missing, the Hunan coal mine safety regulation bureau said. The incident...

Asian shares mixed; oil jumps

Asian shares mixed; oil jumps

-- 2018-05-09 10:58:19

Asian stock markets traded mixed Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the United States will withdraw from a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran and re-impose sanctions while oil prices surged....

Malaysia goes to polls

Malaysia goes to polls

-- 2018-05-09 10:53:31

Millions of voters in Malaysia are heading to the polls in an election that will see the country’s leader take on his 92-year-old former mentor. Opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad will face off...

Wall St retreats after Trump quits Iran deal

Wall St retreats after Trump quits Iran deal

-- 2018-05-09 10:48:35

US stocks cut losses to end little changed on Tuesday while energy stocks rallied after US President Donald Trump said they would quit the Iran nuclear deal, confirming what many investors had expecte...

US job vacancy surges to record high

US job vacancy surges to record high

-- 2018-05-08 20:46:12

US job openings surged to a record high in March, suggesting that a recent slowdown in hiring was probably the result of employers having difficulties finding qualified workers. Job openings, a measu...

Iraq's Kurdistan to hold polls on Sept 30

Iraq's Kurdistan to hold polls on Sept 30

-- 2018-05-08 16:02:00

Elections will be held in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq on September 30, Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw said on Tuesday, citing regional prime minister Nechirvan Barzani. Rudaw is...

Philippines farm output rises in Q1

Philippines farm output rises in Q1

-- 2018-05-08 14:01:36

The agriculture production of Philippines rose 1.47 per cent in the first quarter of 2018 from a year earlier, driven by gains in crop, livestock and poultry sectors, the statistics agency said on Tue...

Asian shares rise; oil prices drop

Asian shares rise; oil prices drop

-- 2018-05-08 12:31:47

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday following an upbeat finish on Wall Street, while oil prices fell back from a three-year high. Chinese benchmarks surged after Beijing reported that exports...

Technology stocks push Nikkei to gain

Technology stocks push Nikkei to gain

-- 2018-05-08 12:27:44

Japanese shares rose on Tuesday as tech shares rallied and Takeda Pharmaceutical jumped after a report the drug-maker will make a formal offer to buy Shire for $62 billion. The Nikkei gained 0.4 pe...

Train collision leaves two dead in Germany

Train collision leaves two dead in Germany

-- 2018-05-08 11:46:16

A goods train and a passenger train collided in southern Germany on Monday, rail operator Deutsche Bahn said, and local media reported two people were killed. The collision took place at around 9.20...

China jails ex-Communist official for life over bribery

China jails ex-Communist official for life over bribery

-- 2018-05-08 10:41:23

A former Chinese Communist Party official once tipped for a top leadership position has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery. Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member, is the latest senior fig...

Trump to reveal Iran nuke decision Tuesday

Trump to reveal Iran nuke decision Tuesday

-- 2018-05-08 10:19:22

US president Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday whether he will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and a senior US official said it was unclear if efforts by European allies to address Trump&rsquo...

Somali extremists kill nine Kenyan soldiers

Somali extremists kill nine Kenyan soldiers

-- 2018-05-08 10:08:41

Extremists carried out an attack on Kenyan soldiers’ patrol car in Somalia, leaving nine troops dead, says Kenya’s president. President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned the soldiers who were killed...

Indonesian cops foil suicide attack plot; three held

Indonesian cops foil suicide attack plot; three held

-- 2018-05-07 13:39:59

The Anti-terror squad of the Indonesian national police thwarted a suicide attack plot and nabbed three alleged terrorists involved with the plan. Police disclosed on Monday that the three had planne...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano wrecks dozens of homes

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano wrecks dozens of homes

-- 2018-05-07 13:16:16

The eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has destroyed 26 homes and is threatening hundreds more, with new fissures opening overnight on Sunday. Nearly 2,000 people have so far been evacuated. S...

UK’s Johnson urges Trump not to walk away from nuke deal

UK’s Johnson urges Trump not to walk away from nuke deal

-- 2018-05-07 12:11:52

British foreign secretary Boris Johnson has urged President Trump not to give up on the Iran nuclear deal, saying ‘at this delicate juncture it would be a mistake to walk away’. Johnson i...

Asia shares edge ahead

Asia shares edge ahead

-- 2018-05-07 11:37:28

Asian shares crept higher on Monday after a tame reading on US wages lowered the risk of faster rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, although Sino-US trade tensions and a looming deadline for the Irania...

Tunisia’s Ennahda tops landmark municipal polls

Tunisia’s Ennahda tops landmark municipal polls

-- 2018-05-07 11:30:09

Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party claimed victory late on Sunday in the country’s first free municipal elections, a key step in a democratic transition marred by economic disappointment. A...

Bandit attack on Nigerian village leaves 51 dead

Bandit attack on Nigerian village leaves 51 dead

-- 2018-05-07 10:49:42

A gang of what are said to be former cattle rustlers has killed at least 51 adults and children in a village in northern Nigeria, burning down homes. Amongst the rows of dead bodies in Gwaska, in the...

Turkey vows to respond if US halts arms sales

Turkey vows to respond if US halts arms sales

-- 2018-05-06 15:16:38

Turkey will retaliate if the United States enacts a proposed law that would halt weapons sales to the country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday. Lawmakers in the US House of Represent...

Bank of England to keep rates steady

Bank of England to keep rates steady

-- 2018-05-06 15:06:16

The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on ice this week, capping a sharp swing in the outlook for the British central bank, which might now struggle to convince investors that it will...

‘Iran is ready to resist any Trump decision on Nuke deal’

‘Iran is ready to resist any Trump decision on Nuke deal’

-- 2018-05-06 13:47:33

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Iran has plans to respond to any move by US President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear agreement and the United States would regret a decision to exit the acc...

Buffett craves more Apple shares, clears its buybacks

Buffett craves more Apple shares, clears its buybacks

Reuters 2018-05-06 13:03:05

Billionaire Warren Buffett has been buying a boatload of Apple Inc shares and on Saturday suggested he would buy even more shares at the right price. At Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual sharehol...

10 Cambodians die drinking contaminated water; 120 ill

10 Cambodians die drinking contaminated water; 120 ill

-- 2018-05-06 12:19:33

A health official says 10 Cambodian villagers have died and 120 others are sickened after drinking water suspected to be contaminated with insecticide. The head of the Kratie Provincial Health Depart...

Trump’s gun speech sparks fury in France, Britain

Trump’s gun speech sparks fury in France, Britain

-- 2018-05-06 11:36:30

US President Donald Trump sparked anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015, and linking a wave of knife crime in London to a...

Lebanon heads to polls after nine years

Lebanon heads to polls after nine years

-- 2018-05-06 10:36:52

Polling booths opened in Lebanon on Sunday for the country’s first parliamentary election in nine years, a period marked by stretches of political paralysis and war in neighbouring Syria. Votin...

Brazil tour bus crash claims nine lives

Brazil tour bus crash claims nine lives

-- 2018-05-06 10:23:16

A head-on collision between a tour bus and a car left at least nine people dead in Brazil’s southern Parana state on early Saturday, said highway police. The accident occurred around dawn when...

South Africa’s economy to grow by 5pc until 2026

South Africa’s economy to grow by 5pc until 2026

-- 2018-05-05 18:28:00

South Africa will sustain average economic growth of 4.91 per cent per year for the next eight years until 2026, according to a new report by Harvard University’s Centre for International Develo...

California's economy surpasses UK's to become world's fifth biggest

California's economy surpasses UK's to become world's fifth biggest

-- 2018-05-05 18:14:20

California’s economy has surpassed that of the United Kingdom to become the world’s fifth largest, according to new federal data made public on Friday. Despite having a population of only...