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China’s factory, retail sectors shine as trade tensions thaw   

China’s factory, retail sectors shine as trade tensions thaw  

-- 2019-12-16 14:36:13

Growth in China’s industrial and retail sectors beat expectations in November, as government support propped up demand in the world’s second-largest economy and amid easing trade hostili...

Asian shares jump on ‘phase one’ Sino-US trade deal

Asian shares jump on ‘phase one’ Sino-US trade deal

-- 2019-12-16 13:41:39

Asian shares hit their highest in nearly eight months on Monday after the United States and China agreed on a preliminary trade deal, with Australian shares leading the way on expectations of more eas...

Greta apologises for ‘put leaders against the wall’ comment

Greta apologises for ‘put leaders against the wall’ comment

-- 2019-12-15 15:20:31

Greta Thunberg has apologised for saying world leaders should be "put against the wall" in a speech. The teenage climate activist made the comment while addressing a Fridays For Future protest in Tur...

14 die in Nepal bus crash

14 die in Nepal bus crash

-- 2019-12-15 12:00:00

At least 14 passengers were killed while around 16 others injured in a bus crash at Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Sunday morning, authorities confirmed. Ganesh Khanal, spokesperson at d...

Argentina’s new govt hikes export taxes on disgruntled farmers

Argentina’s new govt hikes export taxes on disgruntled farmers

-- 2019-12-15 11:21:50

Argentina’s new government has hiked export levies on soy, wheat and corn, according to an official decree on Saturday, hitting farmers in the grains exporting nation to raise revenue needed to...

US sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir

US sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir

-- 2019-12-14 14:29:29

The American sanctions imposed on Iran violate the United Nations charter and international law, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told a conference in Qatar on Saturday. “Malaysia does...

Hong Kong leader heads for Beijing as pressure mounts at home

Hong Kong leader heads for Beijing as pressure mounts at home

-- 2019-12-14 11:08:11

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam left for Beijing on Saturday for her first visit to the Chinese capital since her government was handed a crushing defeat in local elections last month, prompting speculati...

Hong Kong exchange to remain world's largest IPO market in 2019: Report

Hong Kong exchange to remain world's largest IPO market in 2019: Report

Xinhua 2019-12-12 16:49:30

The Hong Kong stock exchange will once again rank first globally in terms of IPOs this year, cementing its position as the world's leading fund-raising hub, a KPMG report said. By the end of 2019, th...

NZ visitor arrival growth hits record low

NZ visitor arrival growth hits record low

-- 2019-12-12 15:14:11

Growth in annual visitor arrivals in New Zealand dropped to its lowest level in seven years, as the number of visitors from Asia continued to fall, New Zealand statistics department Stats NZ has said....

US Fed holds rates steady

US Fed holds rates steady

-- 2019-12-12 15:06:30

The US Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged after cutting rates at each of the last three meetings, as officials assessed the effect of rate cuts on the US economy. The Federal Open Mark...

Russia expels two German diplomats in row over killing

Russia expels two German diplomats in row over killing

-- 2019-12-12 14:35:30

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it would expel two German diplomats from Moscow in a tit-for-tat response after Berlin last week ordered the expulsion of two Russian diplomats. Germa...

‘Anti-Muslim’ citizenship bill challenged in India court

‘Anti-Muslim’ citizenship bill challenged in India court

-- 2019-12-12 13:56:00

A bill that grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The Indian Union Muslim League, a political party, has petitioned the court to declare...

Rohingya refugees reject Suu Kyi’s genocide denial

Rohingya refugees reject Suu Kyi’s genocide denial

-- 2019-12-12 11:12:15

Rohingya refugees accused former Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of lying to the International Court of Justice in testimony Wednesday in which she denied that her country’s armed fo...

Fast-unto-death continues; Khulna jute mill workers fall sick

Fast-unto-death continues; Khulna jute mill workers fall sick

-- 2019-12-11 15:36:54

A number of protesting workers of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore started falling sick on Wednesday, the second day of their hunger strike. They are trying to force the authorities...

Turkey, Britain agree to speed up fighter jet project

Turkey, Britain agree to speed up fighter jet project

-- 2019-12-11 15:10:29

Turkey and Britain have agreed to speed up work on a project to build fighter jets, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told broadcaster A Haber on Wednesday. The two countries agreed a 100 mil...

US, Canada and Mexico sign fresh deal to replace NAFTA

US, Canada and Mexico sign fresh deal to replace NAFTA

Reuters 2019-12-11 14:13:48

Top officials from Canada, Mexico, and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices f...

Suu Kyi to lead genocide defence at ICJ today

Suu Kyi to lead genocide defence at ICJ today

-- 2019-12-11 13:04:12

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will lead Myanmar’s defence at the World Court on Wednesday, where her country faces accusations of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority. Gamb...

Somali forces kill five al Shaabab fighters to end hotel siege

Somali forces kill five al Shaabab fighters to end hotel siege

-- 2019-12-11 12:26:03

Somali security forces shot dead five Al Shabaab gunmen, who had killed three civilians and two soldiers during an attack on a hotel near the presidential residence in Mogadishu on Tuesday night, poli...

Facebook no longer among top 10 workplaces

Facebook no longer among top 10 workplaces

-- 2019-12-11 11:52:00

Facebook Inc dropped to the 23rd spot in Glassdoor’s list of ‘Best Places to Work’ in 2020 from the seventh it secured last year, amid heightened regulatory scrutiny of the world&rsq...

US grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after shooting

US grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after shooting

-- 2019-12-11 11:01:15

The Pentagon announced on Tuesday it was halting operational training of all Saudi Arabian military personnel in the United States until further notice after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and kill...

Czech hospital shooting leaves four dead

Czech hospital shooting leaves four dead

-- 2019-12-10 14:49:03

An attacker shot dead four people and seriously injured two at a hospital in the northeastern Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday, police said. Police said on Twitter they were searching for the attacke...

US Commission seeks sanctions against Amit Shah over citizenship bill

US Commission seeks sanctions against Amit Shah over citizenship bill

-- 2019-12-10 14:38:17

Describing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as a "dangerous turn in the wrong direction", a federal US commission on international religious freedom has sought American sanctions against Indian Home M...

Economists expect US growth to slow to 1.8pc in 2020

Economists expect US growth to slow to 1.8pc in 2020

-- 2019-12-10 13:30:06

A panel of 53 professional forecasters anticipate that US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth will slow to 1.8 per cent in 2020, according to a new survey from the NABE released Monday. "NABE Outlook...

Philippines' total trade declines 6.7pc in Oct

Philippines' total trade declines 6.7pc in Oct

-- 2019-12-10 13:21:41

The Philippines' total external trade in goods in October declined by 6.7 per cent, amounting to 15.89 billion US dollars from the $17.03 billion external trade in the same month of 2018, the PSA) has...

Alarms triggered as Sydney choked by bushfire smoke

Alarms triggered as Sydney choked by bushfire smoke

-- 2019-12-10 11:58:35

Smoke from Australia’s fierce bushfires settled over Sydney in still conditions on Tuesday, setting off fire alarms, and halting ferry services as famous landmarks disappeared behind some of the...

Ukraine, Russia agree to implement ceasefire

Ukraine, Russia agree to implement ceasefire

-- 2019-12-10 11:27:34

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to implement a "full and comprehensive" ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by the end of 2019, after top-level talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr...

Asian shares ease slightly as tariff deadline looms

Asian shares ease slightly as tariff deadline looms

REUTERS 2019-12-10 11:11:04

Asian equity markets ticked down on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street losses as investors fretted over a December 15 deadline for the next round of US tariffs on Chinese imports to take effect. Adding to...

Peru arrests 27 army members for fuel theft

Peru arrests 27 army members for fuel theft

-- 2019-12-09 14:32:38

Peruvian authorities have arrested 27 members of the military, including high-ranking officials, on suspicion of stealing fuel between 2013 and 2018, local media reported Sunday. An investigation led...

Finnish minister, 34, to become world’s youngest PM

Finnish minister, 34, to become world’s youngest PM

-- 2019-12-09 14:00:07

Sanna Marin, aged 34, will become the world's youngest prime minister as head of a women-led coalition government in Finland. The transportation minister was picked by her Social Democratic party to...

US bill on Xinjiang violates international law, Chinese official says

US bill on Xinjiang violates international law, Chinese official says

-- 2019-12-09 11:35:45

Recent US legislation on Xinjiang is a severe violation of international law and gross interference in China’s internal affairs, the governor of the far western region said on Monday, accusing t...