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Canada economy grows 0.4pc in Feb

Canada economy grows 0.4pc in Feb

-- 2018-05-02 12:45:44

The gross domestic product (GDP) of Canada rose 0.40 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, a sign that Q1 growth could outperform the Bank of Canada’s relatively weak expectat...

Russian military spending falls again

Russian military spending falls again

-- 2018-05-02 12:44:56

Russian military spending fell by a fifth last year, its first decline in nearly two decades, a report by defence think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has showed. Russi...

UK shop prices drop

UK shop prices drop

-- 2018-05-02 12:43:53

British shop prices slipped again in April, according to a survey on Wednesday that suggested inflation pressures remain in check ahead of a Bank of England interest rate decision next week. Overall...

Texas sues Trump administration over ‘DACA’ programme

Texas sues Trump administration over ‘DACA’ programme

-- 2018-05-02 12:10:42

Texas and six other Republican-governed states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to end a programme launched by Democratic former President Barack Obama that protects immigrants brought...

SE Asian stocks trade mostly lower

SE Asian stocks trade mostly lower

-- 2018-05-02 11:22:25

Southeast Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Wednesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve's upcoming policy statement where investors await clues on the future pace of monetary tightening. Malay...

Canada MPs urge Pope to apologise for school abuse

Canada MPs urge Pope to apologise for school abuse

-- 2018-05-02 11:20:56

Canadian members of Parliament have voted to ask the Catholic Church to apologise for its involvement in the abuse of indigenous students at school. The residential schools took children from their f...

Asian shares remain steady

Asian shares remain steady

-- 2018-05-02 10:48:58

Asian equities held steady on Wednesday, while the dollar traded near a four-month high as investors await the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy statement for clues on the future pace of US mone...

Macron unsure about Trump’s decision on Iran deal

Macron unsure about Trump’s decision on Iran deal

-- 2018-05-02 10:38:07

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said he did not know whether US President Trump would stick with a 2015 nuclear deal that many in the West see as the best hope of preventing Iran from ge...

C Africa church attack claims 15 lives

C Africa church attack claims 15 lives

-- 2018-05-02 10:20:44

At least 15 people, including a priest, have been killed in an attack on a church in the Central African Republic (CAR). Gunmen armed with grenades targeted the Notre-Dame de Fatima church in the cap...

Japanese shares eke out small gains

Japanese shares eke out small gains

-- 2018-05-01 15:03:31

Japanese shares eked out modest gains on Tuesday supported by buying in index-heavy stocks such as Fast Retailing and Fanuc, though Sony tumbled after the company issued a profit warning. The Nikkei...

Icebergs can help solve SA water crisis, say Marine experts

Icebergs can help solve SA water crisis, say Marine experts

-- 2018-05-01 14:59:50

Marine salvage experts are floating a plan to tug icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa’s drought-hit Cape Town to help solve the region’s worst water shortage in a century. Salvage ma...

Australia's central bank keeps rate at historic lows

Australia's central bank keeps rate at historic lows

-- 2018-05-01 14:45:24

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept interest rates at historic lows, predicting inflation would remain muted even as the economy gained speed this year. The RBA left the benchmark rates at 1...

Brazil’s Lula, Workers Party leader face new graft charges

Brazil’s Lula, Workers Party leader face new graft charges

-- 2018-05-01 14:01:57

Imprisoned former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, along with the current leader of the Workers Party he founded, were hit on Monday with fresh corruption charges by federal prosecutors....

Filipino workers slam contractualisation in May Day protests

Filipino workers slam contractualisation in May Day protests

-- 2018-05-01 12:33:58

Thousands of workers and activists in the Philippines marched on Tuesday in a May Day rally to demonstrate against what they said was President Rodrigo Duterte’s failure to keep a campaign promi...

China’s RMG industry faces tough times

China’s RMG industry faces tough times

-- 2018-05-01 11:44:34

At the bustling Canton Fair in southern China, second-generation textile manufacturer Pan Jing has drastically marked down her prices, according to a report published on /www.cnbc.com. The sign at...

10 S Sudan aid workers released a week after abduction

10 S Sudan aid workers released a week after abduction

-- 2018-05-01 11:06:14

Ten aid workers who went missing in South Sudan last week have been freed from an armed group that detained them in the Yei region southwest of the capital, the International Committee of the Red Cros...

UK voices support for Iran nuke deal

UK voices support for Iran nuke deal

-- 2018-05-01 10:11:12

Britain has backed a ‘vitally important’ nuclear deal with Iran, after Israel and the US accused the Iranians of pursuing atomic weapons. Israel claimed it had evidence showing Iran cover...

US stocks slide on rising oil prices

US stocks slide on rising oil prices

-- 2018-05-01 09:46:11

US stock markets slipped on Monday as healthcare stocks slid and rising oil prices and a looming deadline for exemptions to US steel and aluminum tariffs weighed on investor sentiment. The Dow Jones...

Stormy Daniels files defamation lawsuit against Trump

Stormy Daniels files defamation lawsuit against Trump

-- 2018-05-01 09:33:35

Adult film star Stormy Daniels is suing US President Donald Trump over a ‘defamatory’ tweet about alleged threats against her, her lawyer says. Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, says...

German retail sales drop in March

German retail sales drop in March

-- 2018-04-30 16:40:34

Retail sales in Germany dropped in last month, marking a fourth consecutive drop and dampening cheer around a consumer-led upswing in Europe’s biggest economy, data showed on Monday. The vola...

US-Saudi alliance will destabilise Mideast, says Iran

US-Saudi alliance will destabilise Mideast, says Iran

-- 2018-04-30 14:48:48

Iran said on Monday cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States will further destabilise the Middle East, a senior official said. The official added that Tehran will continue its presence...

Turkey c bank lifts year-end inflation forecast

Turkey c bank lifts year-end inflation forecast

-- 2018-04-30 14:17:17

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT), the central bank of Turkey, has lifted its year-end inflation forecast to 8.4 per cent from 7.9 per cent previously. The CBRT Governor Murat Cetin...

SE Asian stocks soar as Korea tensions ease

SE Asian stocks soar as Korea tensions ease

-- 2018-04-30 14:04:58

Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Monday as easing tensions in the Korean peninsula boosted investor sentiment, while Singapore stocks surged to a 10-year high. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Paci...

Asian shares rise, some markets closed for holidays

Asian shares rise, some markets closed for holidays

-- 2018-04-30 13:03:30

Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday following the release of reassuring manufacturing data for China, though a number of the Asian markets are closed for holidays. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong cl...

Landslide claims nine lives in China

Landslide claims nine lives in China

-- 2018-04-30 12:50:23

A landslide in northern China trapped and killed nine people Monday morning beneath the falling earth. More than a hundred firefighters, rescue workers and medical staff were sent to the scene in Sha...

US stops migrants from entering border, says capacity full

US stops migrants from entering border, says capacity full

-- 2018-04-30 11:59:49

About 50 people from a Central American migrant caravan including women, children and transgender individuals tried to seek US asylum on Sunday but were not allowed to cross the Mexico border because...

AFP photographer among 21 dies in Kabul suicide blasts

AFP photographer among 21 dies in Kabul suicide blasts

-- 2018-04-30 10:45:06

At least 21 people including a photographer of French news agency AFP have been killed when two blasts rocked the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, officials said. But there was no immediate claim of r...

UK home secretary quits over immigration scandal

UK home secretary quits over immigration scandal

-- 2018-04-30 10:28:21

Britain's home secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, saying she ‘inadvertently misled’ MPs over targets for removing illegal immigrants. Rudd, who was due to make a Commons statement on...

Plane crashes near oil field in Libya, killing three

Plane crashes near oil field in Libya, killing three

-- 2018-04-30 10:12:16

Three crew members of a transport plane have lost their lives after the aircraft crashed near one of the largest Libyan oil fields, says Libya’s oil agency. A statement by the National Oil Corp...

Truck crashes into bus, killing seven in India

Truck crashes into bus, killing seven in India

-- 2018-04-29 14:24:03

A collision between a truck and a bus in India’s Madhya Pradesh state has left at least seven people dead and 25 others injured on Sunday, said police. The accident occurred in the morning in M...