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Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Turkey, wounds 39

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Turkey, wounds 39

-- 2018-04-24 13:50:09

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Turkey’s southeastern province of Adiyaman early on Tuesday, leaving 39 people injured, said state-run Anadolu news agency. The US Geolog...

UK upper house hands govt another Brexit defeat

UK upper house hands govt another Brexit defeat

-- 2018-04-24 12:51:29

Britain’s upper house of parliament handed the government its third defeat over Brexit in less than a week on Monday, voting down plans not to retain EU rights in national law before Britain lea...

Angola fires army chief, spy boss in anti-graft move

Angola fires army chief, spy boss in anti-graft move

-- 2018-04-24 11:58:29

Angolan President Joao Lourenco sacked the chief of staff of the armed forces and the head of the foreign intelligence agency on Monday, his latest moves against officials tainted by graft allegations...

Nikkei rises on higher US yields

Nikkei rises on higher US yields

-- 2018-04-24 11:58:00

Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to near seven-week highs on Tuesday, with financials leading the gains after US bond yields spiked to four-year highs. The Nikkei advanced 0.67 per cent to 22,...

Asian stock markets mostly higher

Asian stock markets mostly higher

-- 2018-04-24 11:40:34

Most Asian stocks markets were mostly higher Tuesday as a surge in US bond yields pushed the value of the dollar higher against other major currencies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.7...

Mexico arrests ‘murderer’ of drug war journo

Mexico arrests ‘murderer’ of drug war journo

-- 2018-04-24 11:01:47

Mexico’s interior minister said that authorities had arrested the alleged murderer of a renowned journalist in northern Mexico whose death had become emblematic of a spike in violence across the...

Thousands protest against new election laws in Madagascar

Thousands protest against new election laws in Madagascar

-- 2018-04-23 16:37:35

Thousands marched in Madagascar’s capital on Monday to protest against new electoral laws and the death of a person in a similar march at the weekend, said a witness. On Saturday, police fired...

Paraguayans elect Mario Abdo Benítez as new president

Paraguayans elect Mario Abdo Benítez as new president

-- 2018-04-23 16:19:33

Conservative former senator Mario Abdo Benítez has been elected president of Paraguay. He beat his closest rival, Efraín Alegre from the liberal opposition alliance, by four percentage...

China’s March LNG imports rise 64.2pc

China’s March LNG imports rise 64.2pc

-- 2018-04-23 16:09:02

China imported 3.25 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in March, up 64.2 per cent year on year, data from the country's customs authority showed Monday. Total LNG imports in the first...

Belgium sentences Paris attacks suspect to 20 years in jail

Belgium sentences Paris attacks suspect to 20 years in jail

-- 2018-04-23 15:58:46

A Belgian judge on Monday sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Islamic State attacks on Paris, to 20 years in prison over a shootout with police in Brussels in 2016. Abde...

Singapore's CPI edges up in March

Singapore's CPI edges up in March

-- 2018-04-23 15:25:26

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Singapore rose 0.2 per cent in March, compared to the 0.5 per cent inflation in February, official data showed on Monday. The joint release by the Ministry of Trad...

Taliban attack leaves 14 Afghan troops, cops dead

Taliban attack leaves 14 Afghan troops, cops dead

-- 2018-04-23 15:05:37

Two near-simultaneous Taliban attacks in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province have left at least 14 troops and policemen dead on Monday, Afghan officials say. Ghulam Sarwar Haidari, the deput...

G7 members united against Russia: US official

G7 members united against Russia: US official

-- 2018-04-23 12:07:11

A meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations was united in opposing Russia’s behaviour, which they said threatened peace and security, a senior US State...

France passes new law to tighten asylum rules

France passes new law to tighten asylum rules

-- 2018-04-23 11:50:08

The French National Assembly has passed a tough new immigration law that tightens the rules around asylum. The bill shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal migrants...

Two cars collide in India, killing five

Two cars collide in India, killing five

-- 2018-04-23 11:33:57

At least five people were burnt to death after two cars collided head-on and caught fire in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday. The accident occurred on national highway 146 n...

Japanese shares edge down

Japanese shares edge down

-- 2018-04-23 10:43:11

Japanese shares edged down on Monday after index-heavy stocks such as SoftBank and Terumo lost ground, offsetting gains in financial stocks, which rallied after US yields rose. The Nikkei fell 0.2 pe...

Asia stocks struggle with rising yields

Asia stocks struggle with rising yields

-- 2018-04-23 09:54:39

Asian stocks dipped on Monday as investors braced for a bevy of earnings from the world’s largest corporations, while keeping a wary eye on U.S. bond yields as they approach peaks that have trig...

Saudi restricts drone flying after palace incident

Saudi restricts drone flying after palace incident

-- 2018-04-22 15:45:40

Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations were finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreati...

IMF not doing enough to reduce inequality

IMF not doing enough to reduce inequality

FE Online Desk 2018-04-22 12:58:03

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not doing enough beyond preventing the next global economic crisis from taking place and reducing inequality, says the Jubilee USA Network in a statement. It...

Rising financial vulnerabilities threaten global growth prospects : IMF

Rising financial vulnerabilities threaten global growth prospects : IMF

FE Online Desk 2018-04-22 12:16:38

Global growth has further strengthened and is increasingly broad-based, driven by a strong rebound in investment and trade, according to a communiqué of the 37th meeting of the International Mo...

Armenia anti-govt protesters to hold talks with PM

Armenia anti-govt protesters to hold talks with PM

-- 2018-04-22 11:45:41

The organiser of anti-government protests in Armenia says he will hold talks with Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan early on Sunday. Nikol Pashinyan has been leading calls for Sargsyan to resign over a c...

‘Terrorist group’ attack crude oil pipeline in Libya

‘Terrorist group’ attack crude oil pipeline in Libya

-- 2018-04-22 10:53:08

A Libyan crude pipeline owned by the al-Waha oil company, feeding the port of Es Sider, was set on fire on Saturday causing the loss of between 70,000 barrels per day and 100,000 bpd, state firm NOC s...

17 die after two dragon boats capsize in China

17 die after two dragon boats capsize in China

-- 2018-04-22 10:34:38

Two dragon boats practicing to race on a river in China have overturned and 17 people drowned, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. Television pictures showed one of the long, narrow b...

Global economy has a 'bumpy road ahead', warns IMF

Global economy has a 'bumpy road ahead', warns IMF

FE Online Desk 2018-04-21 13:43:27

World leaders, finance ministers, the private sector and nongovernmental organisations begin the Spring International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings on the 10-year anniversary of the global fin...

SA’s Ramaphosa cuts UK visit short to deal with protests

SA’s Ramaphosa cuts UK visit short to deal with protests

-- 2018-04-21 11:44:04

South Africa’s president has cut short a visit to Britain to return home and deal with violent protests in a provincial capital. President Cyril Ramaphosa left the Commonwealth summit in London...

Canada inflation rate inches up

Canada inflation rate inches up

-- 2018-04-21 11:34:20

The Canadian annual inflation rate in March edged up to 2.3 per cent from 2.2 per cent in February, the highest level in more than three years, in part due to costlier gasoline, Statistics Canada h...

Global stocks slip after oil dip

Global stocks slip after oil dip

-- 2018-04-21 10:54:14

World stocks slipped on Friday amid weakness in the energy sector and as worries about a global slowdown in smartphone demand dented the technology sector. Oil prices were also traded lower after US...

US stocks slip on tech woes

US stocks slip on tech woes

-- 2018-04-21 10:40:32

US stocks slipped on Friday, as Apple led a decline in technology stocks amid fears about weak iPhone demand and investors worried about the impact of a rise in US bond yields on equities. The S&...

Airstrike kills twenty in southwest Yemen, say residents

Airstrike kills twenty in southwest Yemen, say residents

-- 2018-04-21 10:33:46

An air strike lunched by a Saudi-led military coalition in south-western Yemen killed twenty people on Friday, residents said. The attack hit a car transporting 20 passengers south of Taiz province,...

Uruguay turns down US request to expel Russian diplomats

Uruguay turns down US request to expel Russian diplomats

-- 2018-04-21 10:11:44

Uruguay says it has rejected a request by the United States to expel Russian diplomats from the South American country in response to the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain. The decision was a...