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Nasdaq cracks down on IPOs of Chinese cos

Nasdaq cracks down on IPOs of Chinese cos

-- 2019-09-30 11:16:56

Nasdaq Inc is cracking down on initial public offerings (IPOs) of small Chinese companies by tightening restrictions and slowing down their approval, according to regulatory filings, corporate executi...

Saudi king’s bodyguard shot dead in dispute: state TV

Saudi king’s bodyguard shot dead in dispute: state TV

-- 2019-09-29 13:52:53

The personal bodyguard of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was shot dead in a personal dispute, state television al-Ekhbariya reported on Sunday. Major General Abdul Aziz al-Faghm was killed in the R...

China bus crash kills 36

China bus crash kills 36

-- 2019-09-29 11:02:09

A bus veered into the opposite lane in China on Saturday morning, hitting a truck and killing 36 people, according to an official police notice. The bus, which was driving north, broke through a barr...

Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva becomes new IMF head

Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva becomes new IMF head

BBC 2019-09-28 18:21:28

Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been appointed as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund for a five-year term, starting on October 1. Ms Georgieva, who was previous...

Fire on oil tankers at S Korean port injures nine: Yonhap

Fire on oil tankers at S Korean port injures nine: Yonhap

-- 2019-09-28 12:55:34

A fire onboard two oil tankers that injured nine sailors at a South Korean port has been put out, the Yonhap news agency said on Saturday. An explosion occurred on the Stolt Groenland, a 25,000-tonne...

Australia pledges $68m more in aid to farmers

Australia pledges $68m more in aid to farmers

-- 2019-09-28 12:10:52

Australia will set aside an additional $100 million Australian dollar (68 million US dollar) to support the country’s drought-stricken farmers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. Aus...

Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine resigns

Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine resigns

-- 2019-09-28 10:57:40

Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special en...

Hundreds of thousands join Canada climate strikes

Hundreds of thousands join Canada climate strikes

-- 2019-09-28 10:40:51

Hundreds of thousands of people have joined climate strike marches across Canada, with almost 100 events planned in cities and towns. Protesters are taking part in the global climate strike movement,...

Battle to woo trade war's corporate refugees intensifies

Battle to woo trade war's corporate refugees intensifies

Reuters 2019-09-27 20:42:22

When trade war tariffs jolted Chinese tire-maker Prinx Chengshan into speeding up foreign investment plans, the company wound up in Thailand, thanks to that country’s relentless courtship. With...

European shares rise on trade optimism

European shares rise on trade optimism

-- 2019-09-27 14:35:11

European shares rose on Friday while hopes of a quick resolution to the US-China trade war offset worries of slowing economic growth and rising political risks. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose...

PBOC drains 10b yuan from market

PBOC drains 10b yuan from market

-- 2019-09-27 14:30:42

People's Bank of China (PBOC) drained 10 billion yuan (about 1.41 billion US dollars) from the financial system on Friday, with more reverse repos maturing than conducted. The central bank injected a...

China to further reduce poverty via industrial dev

China to further reduce poverty via industrial dev

-- 2019-09-27 14:27:05

China will further encourage industrial development and entrepreneurship in rural areas in a bid to alleviate poverty, officials have said. Poverty-stricken areas will be supported to develop feature...

ADB lowers S Korea’s 2019 growth outlook to 2.1pc

ADB lowers S Korea’s 2019 growth outlook to 2.1pc

Xinhua 2019-09-26 13:09:19

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered South Korea's 2019 growth outlook to 2.1 per cent, according to South Korean Finance Ministry. The revised forecast was down from 2.4 per cent estimated i...

Strong quake rattles Indonesia’s Ambon, one dead

Strong quake rattles Indonesia’s Ambon, one dead

-- 2019-09-26 12:06:46

At least one person died on Thursday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku, damaging buildings and sending people fleeing to the hills, officials and witnes...

US, Japan agree initial trade deal focusing on agriculture

US, Japan agree initial trade deal focusing on agriculture

-- 2019-09-26 11:37:07

The US and Japan have agreed an initial trade deal that will eliminate or lower tariffs on certain products traded between them. Duties on some agricultural goods will be removed or lowered, while di...

Malaysia's leading index shows brighter economic outlook

Malaysia's leading index shows brighter economic outlook

-- 2019-09-25 15:54:45

Malaysia's leading index has signalled a brighter economic outlook in November 2019 until January 2020, according to official data released Wednesday. Malaysian Statistics Department said in a statem...

Mahathir slams UN, Myanmar govt over Rohingya crisis

Mahathir slams UN, Myanmar govt over Rohingya crisis

-- 2019-09-25 15:32:41

The United Nations and Myanmar government came under fire on Tuesday for their inaction in resolving the Rohingya crisis which has displaced more than a million people in the country. The UN’s...

Seven dead in Philippines dragon boat capsize

Seven dead in Philippines dragon boat capsize

-- 2019-09-25 12:23:23

The Philippine coast guard says seven rowers drowned and 14 others were rescued when their dragon boat was suddenly lashed by strong waves and overturned in the central Philippines. Coast guard spoke...

Teen climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump’s Twitter taunt

Teen climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump’s Twitter taunt

-- 2019-09-25 11:30:56

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back on Tuesday at US President Donald Trump’s attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Tru...

UK MPs, peers return after court rules shutdown unlawful

UK MPs, peers return after court rules shutdown unlawful

-- 2019-09-25 11:03:00

MPs and peers will return to Parliament later after the Supreme Court ruled that its suspension was unlawful. Boris Johnson is returning early from a UN summit in New York, while Labour cut its confe...

Eight infants dead in Algeria hospital fire

Eight infants dead in Algeria hospital fire

-- 2019-09-24 14:57:55

Eight infants died in a fire in a hospital in Algeria’s El Oued early on Tuesday the fire service was quoted as saying on state media without giving any further details. The government has open...

PBOC pumps $5.6 billion into market

PBOC pumps $5.6 billion into market

-- 2019-09-24 14:11:50

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank of the country, pumped 40 billion yuan (about 5.6 billion US dollars) into the financial system Tuesday. The PBOC injected the liquidity through 14...

New Zealand removes tax barriers for economic development

New Zealand removes tax barriers for economic development

Xinhua 2019-09-24 14:08:15

New Zealand government removed two kinds of taxes to support local companies for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive development on Monday. As part of the release of the government's econom...

Nissan paying $15m, Ghosn $1m to settle US fraud charges

Nissan paying $15m, Ghosn $1m to settle US fraud charges

-- 2019-09-24 12:48:42

Nissan will pay $15 million and former chairman Carlos Ghosn will pay $1 million to settle allegations by US regulators that they hid more than $140 million of Ghosn’s retirement benefits from i...

Boeing to pay families of 737 Max crash victims $144,500 each

Boeing to pay families of 737 Max crash victims $144,500 each

-- 2019-09-24 12:07:54

Families who lost relatives in fatal Boeing 737 Max air crashes are set to receive about $144,500 (£116,200) each from the company. The money comes from a $50m financial assistance fund, which...

Time for Iran to take steps to reduce tensions: Macron

Time for Iran to take steps to reduce tensions: Macron

-- 2019-09-24 11:07:48

The path to reduce tensions in the region has become smaller and the moment has come for Iran to help defuse the crisis, France’s president told his Iranian counterpart on Monday, his office sai...

Papua protests: 16 dead in burned buildings

Papua protests: 16 dead in burned buildings

-- 2019-09-24 10:52:14

At least 16 people are dead and dozens injured in Indonesia's eastern region of Papua after hundreds of protesters, mostly high school students, set fire to several buildings in one city. Among the d...

Trump hails Modi at ‘historic’ Texas rally

Trump hails Modi at ‘historic’ Texas rally

-- 2019-09-23 15:34:44

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanged warm words of friendship in Texas at a rare mass rally for a foreign leader. Around 50,000 people gathered for what Mr Trum...

S Korea's ICT export posts double-digit fall in August

S Korea's ICT export posts double-digit fall in August

-- 2019-09-23 13:15:33

South Korea's export of information and communications technology (ICT) products fell in double digits last month on weak demand and lower product price, a government report showed Monday. The ICT ex...

Spain police detain nine Catalan separatists

Spain police detain nine Catalan separatists

-- 2019-09-23 13:04:03

Nine Catalan separatists were detained in Catalonia early on Monday for planning violent actions, Spanish police said. “The detentions were ordered by Spain’s High Court,” a spokesw...