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Macron, Rihanna join forces for global education

Macron, Rihanna join forces for global education

-- 2018-02-03 12:41:47

Emmanuel Macron and Rihanna may not usually move in the same circles, but the French president and pop star joined forces on Friday to champion education for the world’s poorest countries. The...

Army choppers collide in France, killing five

Army choppers collide in France, killing five

-- 2018-02-03 12:24:37

Five people have been killed after two army helicopters collided in southern France, officials say. The crash happened near Carcès lake in Var area, about 50km (30 miles) north-west of St Trop...

Global stocks sink, bond yields soar

Global stocks sink, bond yields soar

-- 2018-02-03 12:12:47

Global stock markets plunged and bond yields soared on Friday after US data showing the strongest annual wage growth since 2009. Yields on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury note shot up to a four-yea...

Four die as army, militants clash in Libya

Four die as army, militants clash in Libya

-- 2018-02-03 12:06:03

One Libyan soldier and three Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed after a clash erupted between the Libyan army and IS terrorists near the town of Zalla in central Libya on Friday. A stateme...

Dow slips to two-year low

Dow slips to two-year low

-- 2018-02-03 11:06:49

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped on Friday, swooning almost 666 points, for its biggest daily percentage loss in 20 months. It was the biggest daily point fall in the Dow since December 2008...

WhatsApp hits 1.5 billion monthly active users

WhatsApp hits 1.5 billion monthly active users

-- 2018-02-03 10:49:19

WhatsApp now has 1.5 billion monthly active users (MAUs) who are exchanging nearly 60 billion messages in a single day, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday. In an earnings call after a...

US plans to expand nuke capabilities

US plans to expand nuke capabilities

-- 2018-02-03 10:48:59

Concerned about Russia’s growing tactical nuclear weapons, the United States will expand its nuclear capabilities, a policy document released on Friday said. This is a move some critics say cou...

Prominent Islamic scholar faces rape charges in France

Prominent Islamic scholar faces rape charges in France

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

Swiss Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan has been charged with rape and ordered to stay in the custody in France. Ramadan, the 55-year-old professor of Islamic studies, was questioned by police in Par...

Myanmar to hold multi-stake holder forum

Myanmar to hold multi-stake holder forum

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) will hold a multi-stake holder forum for sustainable development of rice industry this month, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday. Under the...

Fed's Williams sees three or four rate hikes this year

Fed's Williams sees three or four rate hikes this year

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

A pickup in wage growth and inflation are signs of a healthy economy and at this point are not enough to force the US Federal Reserve to raise rates much more this year than the three times it has bee...

Asian shares see mostly lower

Asian shares see mostly lower

-- 2018-02-02 13:56:30

Asian shares were mostly lower Friday as investors evaluated the latest earnings reports while worries about rising US bond yields weighed on sentiment. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 sank 0.7 pe...

Indian shares tumble on budget woes

Indian shares tumble on budget woes

-- 2018-02-02 13:50:25

Indian shares tumbled on Friday as the long-term capital gains tax on equities investments dampened the investors’ sentiment. The weak sentiment came a day after the government unveiled its bud...

SE Asian stocks nudge higher

SE Asian stocks nudge higher

-- 2018-02-02 13:41:00

Southeast Asian stock markets nudged higher on Friday with the Philippines heading for its first gain in four sessions, while Singapore slipped for a third day in four. The Philippine Stock Exchange...

S Korean stocks fall to two-week lows

S Korean stocks fall to two-week lows

-- 2018-02-02 13:35:24

South Korean stocks fell to two-week lows on Friday, while the Korean won skidded to its lowest in six weeks. Bond yields rose. Both the benchmark index and the currency were hammered by heavy foreig...

Hong Kong stocks nearly flat

Hong Kong stocks nearly flat

-- 2018-02-02 12:42:45

Hong Kong stocks were nearly flat on Friday while, the Hang Seng Index was down 0.01 per cent at 32,640.12. The sub-index of the Hang Seng index tracking energy shares rose 2.7 per cent while the...

China shares extend losses

China shares extend losses

-- 2018-02-02 12:39:12

China stocks extended losses on Friday as investors booked profits after recent sharp gains, with the Shanghai benchmark index poised for their worst weekly losses in nearly two years. At 04:03 GMT,...

New Zealand shares tick up

New Zealand shares tick up

-- 2018-02-02 12:22:10

New Zealand shares ticked up on Friday, helped by a rise in materials and industrials. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.1 per cent or 5.39 points to 8,389.260, on track to add 1.0 per cen...

ASX rises on energy, materials

ASX rises on energy, materials

-- 2018-02-02 12:19:44

Australian shares ticked up on Friday as energy and materials stocks firmed on higher oil and iron ore prices. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.3 per cent or 20.80 points to 6,110.90 by 0113 GMT. The...

Blowout in bond yields rattles Asian stocks

Blowout in bond yields rattles Asian stocks

-- 2018-02-02 10:35:39

The euro neared multi-year peaks on Friday as talk of policy tightening in Europe and expectations that inflation is set to gear higher drove up borrowing costs globally, a move that sparked a sell-of...

Factories worldwide start 2018 on solid footing

Factories worldwide start 2018 on solid footing

-- 2018-02-02 09:57:22

Factories across the globe got off to a strong start this year, with manufacturing activity in most countries gaining momentum and hitting multi-year highs. Business surveys from Europe and Asia show...

1,300-year-old Christian Cross to go on Cambridge display

1,300-year-old Christian Cross to go on Cambridge display

-- 2018-02-01 14:25:12

A rare Anglo-Saxon cross buried with the body of a teenage girl is to go on display near to where it was found. The 1,300-year-old gold and garnet cross was unearthed at Trumpington Meadows near Camb...

Gymnastics doctor abused 265 girls: US judge

Gymnastics doctor abused 265 girls: US judge

-- 2018-02-01 13:45:57

The disgraced ex- Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been accused of abusing 265 girls after scores more victims came forward ahead of his final sentencing hearing. A US judge said at least 65 victim...

Turkey airstrikes kill 49 Kurds in Iraq, army says

Turkey airstrikes kill 49 Kurds in Iraq, army says

-- 2018-02-01 13:00:42

Turkey’s armed forces on Thursday said 49 Kurdish rebels were killed after Turkish warplanes struck 19 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Monday. Two airstrikes were carr...

Poland okays draft Holocaust law defying criticism

Poland okays draft Holocaust law defying criticism

-- 2018-02-01 12:44:44

Polish lawmakers have approved draft legislation on Thursday penalising suggestions of any complicity by Poland in the Nazi Holocaust on its soil during World War Two, defying criticism by Israel and...

Japanese shares rebound

Japanese shares rebound

-- 2018-02-01 12:24:38

Japanese shares rebounded on Thursday, rebounding from a six-day losing streak and pushing most sectors into positive territory, as a weaker yen and corporate earnings helped drive the markets higher....

Google Search to provide 'diverse' answers

Google Search to provide 'diverse' answers

-- 2018-02-01 11:07:40

Google will put more of a premium on “diverse perspectives” in its search results that answers highlighted at the top of result pages would soon display multiple viewpoints on topics for t...

Asian shares mixed after Fed holds rates

Asian shares mixed after Fed holds rates

-- 2018-02-01 11:02:52

Asian share markets were mixed on Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Tokyo stocks rose as the yen weakened against the US dollar. Chinese markets dec...

Kenyan channels to stay off air over opposition coverage

Kenyan channels to stay off air over opposition coverage

-- 2018-02-01 10:58:16

Three Kenyan TV stations will stay off the air until further notice because they had planned to broadcast the opposition leader Raila Odinga’s unofficial ‘inauguration’ in Nairobi....

Japan welfare house fire takes 11 lives

Japan welfare house fire takes 11 lives

-- 2018-02-01 10:19:34

Eleven people have been killed after a fierce fire gutted a low-rent residence in northern Japan that mainly housed elderly people on welfare, police said on Thursday Five people have been rescued....

Taiwan gets new central bank governor after 20 years

Taiwan gets new central bank governor after 20 years

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

Taiwan’s government has appointed Yang Chin-long, deputy governor of the island’s central bank, as its next governor, a government official said on Thursday. Yang will replace Perng Fai-n...