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Asian stocks rise in cautious trade

-- 2018-01-16 01:43:52

Asian share markets were rose slightly on Tuesday following a holiday for US markets as investors looked ahead to American corporate earnings. Investors are watching for the impact of Washington's la...

BlackBerry brings security tool for autonomous cars

-- 2018-01-16 01:28:10

Software major BlackBerry has unveiled a new cyber security tool called “BlackBerry Jarvis” for automakers that will scan in real-time all software components in an autonomous vehicle to p...

China shares rise inch higher

-- 2018-01-16 01:26:42

China shares rose slightly on Tuesday, financial, consumer staples sectors led the gain. The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.46 per cent, with its financial sector sub-index higher by 0.29 per cent,...

Merkel likely to join Macron for Trump clash

-- 2018-01-15 12:44:39

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering joining French President Emmanuel Macron at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week in what could turn into an epic clash of competing w...

Cops summon Salman, Shilpa over casteist comment

-- 2018-01-15 12:44:23

Bollywood actor Salman Khan and actress Shilpa Shetty have reportedly been summoned by the deputy SP of Rajasthan’s Churu district, Hukum Singh, for allegedly using ‘Bhangi’ word in...

Liberia’s ruling party expels outgoing president Sirleaf

-- 2018-01-15 12:00:00

Liberia's outgoing president has been expelled from her own party, for allegedly failing to support its candidate to succeed her. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is accused of encouraging people to vote agains...

Tunisia police use tear gas as protests continue

-- 2018-01-15 11:35:59

Violent protests erupted again in two areas of the capital Tunis and another town after a relatively calm two days, the latest protests in the country against austerity measures. After nearly a week...

WhatsApp’s update will prevent spam messages

-- 2018-01-15 11:17:31

WhatsApp is working on a feature in its app which will empower its users to prevent spam messages in the next update version 2.17.430, an app watcher said. According to WABetaInfo, a fan website that...

China highway crash claims eight lives

-- 2018-01-15 11:01:39

Eight people were killed and another six wounded in a highway collision in east China's Shandong Province, local authorities said Monday. The accident happened on Sunday when a coach rear-ended a tru...

Kashmir gunfight leaves five ‘militants’ dead

-- 2018-01-15 03:14:07

At least five suspected militants have been killed in a gunfight with government troops Monday after they crossed into the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed ter...

BoJ chief expects to hit inflation goal

-- 2018-01-15 03:12:07

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday reiterated his expectation to achieve the central bank’s ambitious 2.0 per cent inflation target. The BoJ governor’s positive comments on...

Milkshake duck: Macquarie Dictionary's word of the year

BBC 2018-01-15 02:58:29

Defeated by "youthquake" to be Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year, "milkshake duck" has - perhaps fittingly - won some redemption. The term denotes someone who gains widespread positive attention,...

Swedish apartment prices fall in Q4

-- 2018-01-15 02:49:40

Swedish apartment prices fell 2.0 per cent in the fourth quarter (Q4) from the same period a year earlier, data from an association of the country’s real estate agents showed on Monday. Prices...

Saudis start screening films as ban goes

-- 2018-01-15 02:33:00

Saudi Arabia began screening feature-length animated children’s films this weekend in a makeshift theatre, after a 35-year-old ban on cinemas was lifted in the conservative Islamic kingdom. The...

Peru economy grows 1.78pc in Nov

-- 2018-01-15 02:24:52

Peru’s economy grew by 1.78 per cent in November from the same month a year earlier thanks to a surge in foreign demand for the country’s mineral exports, state statistics agency Inei said...

Indonesia stock exchange ceiling collapses, dozens wounded

-- 2018-01-15 02:03:20

A mezzanine ceiling collapsed at the Jakarta stock exchange building (IDX), with reports that at least a dozen people have been injured. Images on social media show pieces of ceiling and broken furni...

Asian stocks edge higher, dollar falls

-- 2018-01-15 01:06:33

Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street's strong finish last week. The US dollar weakened against most major currencies, including the Japanese yen. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.3 pe...

Japanese shares rise, SoftBank climbs

-- 2018-01-15 01:01:55

Japanese share average tracked a rise in global equities and advanced on Monday, although the dollar’s weakening against the yen capped gains. The Nikkei ended 0.26 per cent higher at 23,714.88...

Former trans soldier to run for US senator post

-- 2018-01-14 12:53:36

Chelsea Manning, the transgender US Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for the US Senate seat from M...

Tunisia announces social reforms after protests

-- 2018-01-14 12:00:00

The Tunisian government has announced a wave of social reforms, following days of demonstrations by anti-austerity protesters. Protests broke out ahead of Sunday's seventh anniversary of the ousting...

Twitter account of top UN diplomat hacked

-- 2018-01-14 12:00:00

The Twitter handle of India's top diplomat to the United Nations was on early Sunday morning hacked and later restored. As part of the cyber attack, two images were posted from the verified handle o...

Spain seeks EU’s assistance from economic meltdown

-- 2018-01-14 12:00:00

Spanish tourism, finance and agriculture could be badly damaged if the EU fails to broker a deal with the UK over Brexit, the nation’s regional officials have warned. The EU’s European Co...

'Deadpool 2' to release sooner than expected!

-- 2018-01-14 11:46:41

The much anticipated 'Deadpool 2' will hit the theatres two weeks earlier than the scheduled date. According to a report, the studio has shuffled the release dates for its slate of 'X-Men' films and...

Volcano spews ash in Philippines, alert level raised

-- 2018-01-14 11:43:26

The Philippines raised the alert at its restive Mayon volcano by one notch early on Sunday, citing signs of rising magma that could lead to hazardous eruptions. Residents were evacuated from two vill...

H&M in SA faces backlash over ‘racist’ ad

-- 2018-01-14 10:47:57

South African police have used rubber bullets to disperse a mob trashing H&M stores in and around Johannesburg, after the brand used a controversial picture of a black child. The protests were or...

Czech presidential poll heads to run-off

-- 2018-01-14 10:23:19

The Czech presidential election will go to a run-off after incumbent Milos Zeman led the first round but did not secure enough votes to win outright. With nearly all results in, Zeman had 39% ahead o...

Afghan forces kill four insurgents

-- 2018-01-14 03:36:14

Four Taliban insurgents were killed and one other arrested in an operation in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand overnight, said the command of Special Forces on Sunday. "The operation began...

Egypt revises up growth forecast for 2017-18

Reuters 2018-01-14 02:25:50

Egypt has revised its GDP forecast for the 2017-18 fiscal year beginning in July up to 5.3-5.5 per cent, from 4.8 per cent previously, Planning Minister Hala al-Saeed said on Saturday. Saeed said the...

Netanyahu to visit India for strengthening ties

-- 2018-01-14 01:54:49

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed on Saturday night for a six-day visit to India to boost trade and solve out differences over a New Delhi decision to cancel a defence deal. A statem...

UK millionaire’s dream to be Bollywood singer

BBC 2018-01-14 01:50:18

Jasbir Wouhra, a millionaire businessman in the United Kingdom, dreams of a different sort of success - he wants to be a Bollywood singer. "I enjoy music very much," says 66-year-old Mr Wouhra. "I al...