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US Fed keeps rates unchanged

-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00

The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but said inflation likely would rise this year, bolstering expectations borrowing costs will continue to climb under incoming central...

Philippines arrests Maoist rebel leader

-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00

Philippine security forces arrested the head of the communist movement’s armed wing following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to target guerrilla leaders after peace talks collapsed. Po...

Global cancer survival rate grows: Study

-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00

Cancer patients’ survival prospects are improving, even for some of the deadliest types such as lung cancer, but there are huge disparities between countries, particularly for children, accordin...

Insects could mar World Cup, Russia fears

-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00

Swarms of locusts (grasshoppers) pose a threat to Russia’s soccer World Cup as they could attack stadium pitches and cause a ‘global scandal’, an Agriculture Ministry official said o...

Tom Hardy gets tattoo designed by DiCaprio

-- 2018-02-01 00:00:00

Actor Tom Hardy has got 'Leo knows all' inked on his bicep two years after losing a bet with Leonardo DiCaprio who designed it. Reportedly, Hardy, who features in this year's Oscar nominated movie 'D...

Japan factory output jumps in Dec

-- 2018-01-31 15:23:22

Japan’s industrial output grew in December at the fastest pace in eight months, in a sign that its humming factories have likely driven economic expansion for an eighth consecutive quarter. T...

Court charges Sooraj Pancholi in death of Jiah Khan

-- 2018-01-31 15:11:29

A sessions court in Mumbai on Tuesday framed charges against Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi for allegedly abetting actress Jiah Khan’s suicide. Judge K D Shirbhate framed charges against the 2...

Thai Dec industrial output rises 2.35pc

-- 2018-01-31 14:16:05

Thailand’s annual industrial output rose for a second straight month in December, helped by higher production of rubber, cars and car engines and petroleum, but missed expectations. The manufac...

PTT Global rating not affected by potential U.S. investment

FE Online Desk 2018-01-31 13:26:48

SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Jan. 31--S&P Global Ratings said today that its rating and outlook on PTT Global Chemical Public Co. Ltd. (PTTGC: BBB/Stable/--) are not affected by the comp...

Mexico may allow armed air marshals on US flights

-- 2018-01-31 13:02:09

Mexico is in talks with the United States on whether to allow US federal air marshals to travel with Taser stun guns on cross-border flights with US airlines. National Security Commissioner Renato Sa...

Japanese stocks fall four weeks low

-- 2018-01-31 12:32:00

Japanese stocks fell to a four-week low on Wednesday morning in choppy trade after falling for five straight days, with most sectors in negative territory. Real estate firms, mining companies and ste...

Theresa May eyes UK-China free trade deal

-- 2018-01-31 12:19:29

Britain is seeking a free trade agreement with China, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday as she flew to the country for talks with Chinese leaders. She added that more should be done immedi...

Facebook to ban all cryptocurrency ads

-- 2018-01-31 11:15:35

Facebook has said it will block any advertising promoting cryptocurrency products and services. The company said it was open to emerging technologies but many companies were not acting in "good faith...

Liberia’s Weah to drop ‘racist’ clause of constitution

-- 2018-01-31 11:01:55

Liberia's President George Weah has called for the removal of a "racist" clause in the constitution which restricts citizenship to black people. The clause was "unnecessary, racist and inappropriate"...

Ohio house fire kills four

-- 2018-01-31 10:26:36

Firefighters have recovered the bodies of four people including two children who were killed in a house fire at Cleveland in the United State of Ohio. Crews needed heavy equipment to take apart and s...

Asia stocks slip

-- 2018-01-31 09:11:50

Asia stocks eased on Wednesday, pulling further back from record highs, as the recent rise in global bond yields weighed on equities. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan...

Airline bars woman from carrying 'peacock' aboard

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

A female traveller was recently banned from taking a large "emotional-support peacock" on board a United Airlines flight, it has emerged. She had offered to buy the bird its own plane ticket, accordi...

Strong quake rattles Afghanistan

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, said the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The quake, which was also felt in neighbouring Pakistan, struc...

Blast leaves three children dead in Libya

-- 2018-01-30 15:06:50

Three children were killed by unexploded ordnance when they were playing near the social security building in the city in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday. There were no reports of addit...

Japan job market tightest in 40 years

-- 2018-01-30 14:49:14

Japan’s job market is the tightest it’s been in more than 40 years, raising prospects for higher consumer spending and inflation. The employment data along with solid retail figures relea...

Blue moon, supermoon, lunar eclipse - all in one week!

-- 2018-01-30 14:43:48

The moon is providing a rare triple treat this week. On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and a supermoon, but also a total lunar eclipse, all rolled into one. There h...

Kuwait projects $17b deficit for 2018-19

-- 2018-01-30 14:12:19

Kuwait has announced a state budget for the year ending on March 31, 2019 with a deficit of 17.00 billion dollars or 6.556 billion dinars. The petroleum-based economic country on Monday projected s...

Yemen suicide attack claims 11 lives

-- 2018-01-30 13:36:17

A suicide car bomb attack on a checkpoint in south-eastern Yemen, run by local forces backed by the United Arab Emirates, has taken the lives of at least 11 people on Tuesday. Gunmen opened fire on t...

‘Sleep disorder may be early sign for Alzheimer’

-- 2018-01-30 13:33:37

An American study shows that a disorder in sleep and wake cycle might be early signs for Alzheimer's disease. The research at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis has indicated that t...

Asian shares fall after US stocks drop

-- 2018-01-30 13:33:25

Asian share markets dropped on Tuesday after Wall Street slipped to four-month low. Japan’s benchmark languished as the yen firmed against the US dollar. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.4...

Japanese stocks slip one-month low

-- 2018-01-30 13:27:25

Japanese stocks slipped to a one-month low on Tuesday, led by weakness in Apple suppliers, while mining shares underperformed on lower oil prices. The Nikkei ended 1.4 per cent lower at 23,291.97, th...

BDBL holds annual business conference

FE Online Desk 2018-01-30 12:32:26

Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) has organised ‘Annual Business Conference-2018’ at its auditorium. Sahabuddin Ahmed, secretary-in-charge of the ministry of food, and also the d...

Egypt polls: Sisi gets last-minute competitor

-- 2018-01-30 12:28:19

An Egyptian politician emerged just ahead of a deadline on Monday as the sole challenger to the incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a March election. Several leading opposition figures called...

Meryl Streep applies to trademark her own name

-- 2018-01-30 11:44:23

Meryl Streep, the most celebrated American actress of her generation, has filed an application to trademark her name. The application was filed with US Patent and Trademark Office on January 22, reco...

Facebook to promote 'trusted' local news

-- 2018-01-30 10:44:55

Facebook says it is changing the way its news delivery service works by focusing on local news sources in its drive for "high quality" content. "Local news helps us understand the issues that matter...