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Argentina GDP grows 2.9pc in 2017

Argentina GDP grows 2.9pc in 2017

-- 2018-01-20 12:00:00

Argentina's economy expanded by 2.9 per cent in 2017, and grew 0.7 per cent in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, a Treasury Ministry source said. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the uppe...

Global equity markets hit record high

Global equity markets hit record high

-- 2018-01-20 11:56:22

World equity markets hit a record high on Friday as the US dollar held near three-year lows, while US Treasury yields continued their ascent to hit their highest levels since September 2014. US stock...

Tourists in Jamaica urged to ‘stay in hotel’ during curfew

Tourists in Jamaica urged to ‘stay in hotel’ during curfew

-- 2018-01-20 11:55:28

Tourists are being warned they should stay inside their resorts in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The Jamaican government has declared a state of emergency in the St James parish, after a number of "shooting...

Amazon, Nike shares lift Wall Street

Amazon, Nike shares lift Wall Street

-- 2018-01-20 11:29:14

US stocks were mostly higher on Friday, powered by gains in Amazon and Nike, while investors shrugged off fears of a looming US government shutdown. Amazon rose 1.3 per cent after it raised the mo...

Thai police block anti-junta march

Thai police block anti-junta march

-- 2018-01-20 10:30:52

Hundreds of police in Thailand blocked protestors planning to march from Bangkok to Khon Kaen in the northeast of the country Saturday in a rare display of public discontent in the junta-ruled country...

NY Fed reduces Q1 GDP target

NY Fed reduces Q1 GDP target

-- 2018-01-20 01:10:54

The New York Fed, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has reduced its estimate on US gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the first quarter of 2018. The bank on Friday reduced the estimated GDP...

US stocks retreat as industrial shares fall

US stocks retreat as industrial shares fall

-- 2018-01-19 12:36:44

US stocks retreated on Thursday as losses in industrial stocks and interest-rate sensitive sectors offset marginal gains in tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 97.01 points, or 0.37 pe...

Sweden leads Scandinavian growth outlook

Sweden leads Scandinavian growth outlook

Reuters 2018-01-19 12:00:00

Swedish and Danish growth prospects for 2018 have brightened in recent months, following last year’s forecast-beating economic performance in Scandinavia, a Reuters poll of economists showed on...

World stocks pause after rally

World stocks pause after rally

-- 2018-01-19 12:00:00

World stock markets slipped into the red zone on Thursday, as a decline in Boeing and interest-rate sensitive sectors such as utilities and real estate weighed on US equities. US stocks took a breath...

Philippines rice harvest hits record high

Philippines rice harvest hits record high

-- 2018-01-19 12:00:00

The Philippines’ rice output grew at record high in the fourth quarter (Q4), while the total agricultural output grew 2.2 per cent in the same period. The paddy rice output of the 9th largest r...

Bank Indonesia holds key rates

Bank Indonesia holds key rates

-- 2018-01-19 01:53:21

Bank Indonesia (BI) has kept its key interest rate unchanged, as expected, to give banks more liquidity and encourage them to invest money. The central bank of the largest economic country in Southea...

EU suspends Kenya water project funding

EU suspends Kenya water project funding

-- 2018-01-18 12:54:08

The European Union is suspending funding for a water conservation project in Kenya after a tribesman was shot and killed by government forest service guards and another seriously wounded, the EU annou...

Asian shares climb, eyes on China

Asian shares climb, eyes on China

-- 2018-01-18 12:48:54

Asian shares were broadly higher on Thursday after technology, financial and health care related shares helped push the Wall Street to record high. Traders in Asian region are awaiting the release of...

China sharers surge after Wall St rally

China sharers surge after Wall St rally

-- 2018-01-18 12:34:53

China sharers surged on Thursday, tracking the strength on Wall Street overnight. At 04:02 GMT, the Shanghai Composite index was up 8.61 points or 0.25 per cent at 3,453.28. China’s blue-chip...

Man sues travel agency over pool injury

Man sues travel agency over pool injury

BBC 2018-01-18 12:31:06

A holidaymaker is suing Jet2holidays after a boy jumped on to him in a pool. Graham Hyde, 44, says he was put in a neck brace during his Barcelona holiday in June 2017 after the boy jumped on to him...

Turkey military plane crash kills three

Turkey military plane crash kills three

-- 2018-01-18 12:13:03

A Turkish military CASA-type cargo plane crashed in the southern Anatolian province of Isparta during training exercises, killing three Turkish crew members. Turkish Armed Forces confirmed in a state...

Exporters lift Nikkei shares higher

Exporters lift Nikkei shares higher

-- 2018-01-18 12:11:52

Japanese share soared to a level not seen since November 1991 on Thursday after exporters such as electronics components manufacturers surged, tracking the strength on Wall Street overnight. The Nikk...

Enthusiasm for earnings lifts us stocks

Enthusiasm for earnings lifts us stocks

-- 2018-01-18 12:04:55

US stocks rose on Wednesday as investors’ expectations for higher earnings lifted stocks across sectors. The S&P 500 has rallied strongly in the new year, gaining 4.8 per cent so far and po...

Kazakhstan bus fire claims 52 lives

Kazakhstan bus fire claims 52 lives

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Fifty-two people have been killed after a bus in which they were travelling caught fire in Kazakhstan’s north-western Aktau region. The country’s interior ministry said on Thursday that o...

China Q4 GDP growth exceeds expectations

China Q4 GDP growth exceeds expectations

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

China's annual gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.8 per cent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017 from a year earlier, better than expectations, official data showed on Thursday. A Reuters poll had ex...

Filmmaker offers $0.10m for Trump's weight info

Filmmaker offers $0.10m for Trump's weight info

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Filmmaker James Gunn has offered $0.10 million ($100,000) to know the accurate weight of US President Donald Trump. According to a report, after Trump's first physical assessment as President was mad...

Taliban commander among eight dies in Afghan operations

Taliban commander among eight dies in Afghan operations

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

At least eight Taliban insurgents including senior commander Mullah Jalal have been killed in Dand-e-Shahabudin district of Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province over the last three days. Ikramudin...

Researchers urge women for 'Angelina Jolie gene' testing

Researchers urge women for 'Angelina Jolie gene' testing

BBC 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Testing all women for the "Angelina Jolie gene", even if not considered at risk, would prevent cancers, save lives and is cost effective, say doctors. The Hollywood actress had her breasts, ovaries a...

BOK holds key interest rate steady

BOK holds key interest rate steady

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday, as expected, on the uncertainties of inside and outside of the country. The BOK Governor Lee Ju-yeol said, “We decided to...

Romania names Viorica Dancila as first female PM

Romania names Viorica Dancila as first female PM

-- 2018-01-18 11:55:19

European lawmaker Viorica Dancila has been named as Romania's first female PM following the sudden resignation of Mihai Tudose. Dancila, a member of the European Parliament, is regarded as an ally of...

Gunmen abduct four expatriates in Nigeria

Gunmen abduct four expatriates in Nigeria

-- 2018-01-18 11:26:13

Two American and two Canadian citizens have been kidnapped near the northern city of Kaduna, Nigeria, police say. Two police escorts were also killed in a shootout with the kidnappers, who emerged fr...

Delhi schools to come under CCTV

Delhi schools to come under CCTV

BBC 2018-01-18 11:23:34

Parents in India's capital will soon be able to watch their children in the classroom in real time, using a mobile phone app. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said CCTV will be installed in all g...

Palestinian dies in violent clash, houses wrecked

Palestinian dies in violent clash, houses wrecked

-- 2018-01-18 02:47:22

A Palestinian man has been killed in a clash that broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Palestine’s’ north West Bank city Jenin, sources said Thursday. The operation, inclu...

S Korea to shut down cryptocurrency exchanges

S Korea to shut down cryptocurrency exchanges

Reuters 2018-01-18 02:41:04

South Korean policymakers joined the global chorus of virtual-coin critics on Thursday, saying Seoul is considering shutting down domestic virtual currency exchanges as the new breed of market exposes...

Duterte denies ordering news site shutdown

Duterte denies ordering news site shutdown

-- 2018-01-17 12:59:44

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denied influencing a regulator’s decision to revoke the license of a news website known for challenging his government, but lashed out strongly at what he ca...