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More Americans will die: Taliban

More Americans will die: Taliban

-- 2019-09-09 11:12:54

President Donald Trump's decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday while the United States promised to keep up military pressure on the militants,...

Act now to get ready for recession, think-tank urges UK

Act now to get ready for recession, think-tank urges UK

Reuters 2019-09-09 10:54:51

Britain is not ready for its next recession and must consider changes to the way it manages its economy to see off the downturn when it comes, the Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, said on Monday....

China's August forex reserves rise to $3.1072 trillion

China's August forex reserves rise to $3.1072 trillion

Reuters 2019-09-08 15:43:23

China’s foreign exchange reserves rose unexpectedly in August, even as the yuan posted its biggest monthly drop in 25 years amid escalating trade tensions with the United States. The country&rs...

One dead, 29 injured in China earthquake

One dead, 29 injured in China earthquake

Xinhua 2019-09-08 14:49:12

One was killed and 29 others were injured as of 10 am after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Weiyuan County of Neijiang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 6:42 am Sunday, local government...

UK Work and Pensions Secretary quits govt in Brexit protest

UK Work and Pensions Secretary quits govt in Brexit protest

-- 2019-09-08 12:22:42

Britain’s Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd resigned from the government and the ruling Conservative Party on Saturday in a protest over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the...

Iran seizes ship for ‘fuel smuggling’ in Gulf, holds 12 crew

Iran seizes ship for ‘fuel smuggling’ in Gulf, holds 12 crew

-- 2019-09-07 14:31:22

Iran’s coast guard has seized a vessel for allegedly smuggling fuel in the Gulf and detained its 12 crew members from the Philippines, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The vessel wa...

Brexit: MPs willing to go to court to enforce delay

Brexit: MPs willing to go to court to enforce delay

-- 2019-09-07 14:15:19

British MPs, including Tories expelled from the party, are preparing legal action in case the PM refuses to seek a delay to Brexit. A bill requiring Boris Johnson to ask for an extension to the UK's...

Brazil to hire short-term environmental enforcers

Brazil to hire short-term environmental enforcers

-- 2019-09-07 10:44:52

Brazil doesn’t have the funding to hire more permanent environmental enforcement agents in the wake of surging Amazon fires but will contract local environmental police on a short-term basis, En...

China lowers tax rate on heavy rare earths to support industry

China lowers tax rate on heavy rare earths to support industry

Global Times 2019-09-06 18:24:17

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has formalised a new law that reduces the resource tax on heavy rare earths from 27 per cent to 20 per cent, a move that analysts said shows China's...

Australia’s underpowered tech industry could boost economy: report

Australia’s underpowered tech industry could boost economy: report

Xinhua 2019-09-06 18:09:04

With proper investment, Australia’s technology sector could give the country’s economy a much needed boost, according to a report released on Thursday by economic advisory group AlphaBeta....

Japanese shares jump to one-month high

Japanese shares jump to one-month high

-- 2019-09-05 12:45:45

Japanese shares rose on Thursday as investors cheered some easing tension in Hong Kong, British lawmakers’ vote against a “no-deal” Brexit and signs of progress in US-China trade tal...

Asian shares rise amid optimism about Hong Kong

Asian shares rise amid optimism about Hong Kong

-- 2019-09-05 12:39:18

Asian shares rose on Thursday amid encouraging global developments, including British lawmakers seeking a less chaotic exit from the EU and easing political tensions in Hong Kong. Japan's benchmark N...

India's economy suffers car crash, pain spreads to villages

India's economy suffers car crash, pain spreads to villages

Reuters 2019-09-05 11:47:59

The narrow lanes in Aliyar and Kasan villages in Manesar, an automotive manufacturing hub on New Delhi's southern outskirts, would usually be packed on Sundays with migrant workers employed at the nea...

China offers dev fund if Solomon Islands breaks Taiwan ties

China offers dev fund if Solomon Islands breaks Taiwan ties

-- 2019-09-05 11:36:19

China is offering to bankroll a development fund for the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific if it switches diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing, a parliamentary committee in the small island natio...

BoC keeps key interest rate unchanged

BoC keeps key interest rate unchanged

-- 2019-09-05 11:23:08

The Bank of Canada (BoC) on Wednesday announced it kept interest rate at 1.75 per cent as it gauged the extent of the damage that deepening trade conflicts have had on the domestic and global economie...

Guatemala declares state of siege after ‘drug dealers’ kill soldiers

Guatemala declares state of siege after ‘drug dealers’ kill soldiers

-- 2019-09-05 10:45:42

Guatemala’s government on Wednesday declared a state of siege in five northeastern provinces in an effort to regain control after three soldiers were killed by suspected drug traffickers, author...

US hits Iran space agencies with sanctions

US hits Iran space agencies with sanctions

-- 2019-09-04 10:55:41

The United States imposed sanctions on Iran’s civilian space agency and two research organisations on Tuesday, saying they were being used to advance Tehran’s ballistic missile programme....

Malaysia's manufacturing PMI drops in August

Malaysia's manufacturing PMI drops in August

-- 2019-09-03 14:50:57

Malaysia's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 47.4 in August from 47.6 in July. IHS Markit who compiled the survey said in a statement, the PMI is broadly indicative of annual Gro...

Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first: Imran Khan

Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first: Imran Khan

-- 2019-09-03 11:56:44

Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday, amid tensions with arch-rival India after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the disputed Kashm...

25 bodies found after California boat fire, nine missing

25 bodies found after California boat fire, nine missing

Reuters 2019-09-03 10:53:22

Divers found 25 bodies on Monday after a pre-dawn fire sank a scuba diving vessel off a Southern California island, leaving nine people unaccounted for, as the US Coast Guard continued its search, med...

UN chief visits Congo Ebola region, pledges solidarity

UN chief visits Congo Ebola region, pledges solidarity

-- 2019-09-02 14:16:35

The United Nations secretary general visited Congo’s eastern city of Beni on Sunday, pledging solidarity as the region faces an Ebola outbreak that has killed nearly 2,000 people in a year and o...

Australia intercepts Sri Lankan boat with 13 asylum seekers

Australia intercepts Sri Lankan boat with 13 asylum seekers

-- 2019-09-02 12:03:43

Australia’s military intercepted a Sri Lankan boat carrying 13 asylum-seekers last month, Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said on Monday, as Canberra sought to defend the relocation of a...

Argentina imposes currency controls to support economy

Argentina imposes currency controls to support economy

-- 2019-09-02 11:43:58

Argentina has imposed currency controls in a bid to stabilise markets as the country faces a deepening financial crisis. The government will restrict foreign currency purchases following a sharp drop...

Global stocks shiver in soaring trade war

Global stocks shiver in soaring trade war

Reuters 2019-09-02 10:43:25

Global stock prices fell on Monday after the United States and China imposed new tariffs on each other’s goods, reinforcing investors’ worries over slowing global growth. The E-mini futur...

South Korea August exports fall for ninth month

South Korea August exports fall for ninth month

-- 2019-09-01 12:25:00

South Korea’s exports tumbled in August for a ninth consecutive month, on sluggish demand from its biggest buyer, China, and depressed prices of computer chips globally, government data showed o...

US hits China with fresh tariffs

US hits China with fresh tariffs

-- 2019-09-01 11:01:11

The US has imposed fresh tariffs on $112bn (£92bn) of Chinese imported goods. It marks a sharp escalation of the bruising trade war between the world's two largest economies. The move is the f...

China rises to top engine of global economic growth in 70 years

China rises to top engine of global economic growth in 70 years

Xinhua 2019-08-31 17:25:24

China has ranked first in terms of contribution to global economic growth since 2006, becoming the leading engine of world economic growth, an official report said Thursday. In the past 70 years, Chi...

US blacklists Iranian tanker ‘bound for Syria’

US blacklists Iranian tanker ‘bound for Syria’

-- 2019-08-31 14:49:13

The US Treasury has blacklisted an Iranian tanker it claims is being used to ship oil to Syria. The Adrian Darya 1, previously known as Grace 1, was detained by British authorities in Gibraltar in Ju...

Bus plunges into river in Pakistan, killing 24

Bus plunges into river in Pakistan, killing 24

-- 2019-08-31 12:48:43

A passenger bus carrying about 24 passengers fall into a river in Kohistan district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing all the people on board, a senior police officer told X...

Pompeo’s remarks make talks with US more difficult: North Korea

Pompeo’s remarks make talks with US more difficult: North Korea

-- 2019-08-31 11:27:55

A recent remark by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about “North Korea’s rogue behaviour” will make talks with the United States more difficult, the North’s KCNA news agency o...