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-- 2017-12-16 01:08:56
A fireworks explosion in Mexico has killed four people and sent five more to the hospital days after the country's holiday season kicked off in earnest. The State of Mexico says in a statement that t...
Reuters 2017-12-15 09:55:32
Asian shares edged higher on Friday, on track for weekly gains, though sentiment was kept in check by Wall Street’s weakness on concerns about the progress of US tax reform. MSCI’s broade...
-- 2017-12-15 08:48:42
The World Bank (WB) is set to give $4.5 billion in loans and technical support to cash-short cities trying to protect themselves from climate change. Over the next three years, the scheme aims to hel...
-- 2017-12-15 01:21:31
Brazil raised its predictions of economic growth for 2017 from 0.5 per cent to 1.1 per cent, Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday. "The GDP fell sharply in 2016 and is rising signific...
-- 2017-12-14 12:30:04
A plane carrying 25 people crashed late Wednesday in southern Canada, injuring several people, local media reported. The plane is an ATR-42 carrying 22 passengers and three crew members, according to...
Reuters 2017-12-14 12:26:11
A new study sheds light on how the mosquito-borne Zika virus causes a rare neurological condition, and the findings could have implications for companies working on Zika vaccines, U.S. researchers sai...
Reuters 2017-12-14 12:00:00
Asian stocks edged higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered a much-anticipated interest rate hike but flagged caution about inflation, tempering expectations for future tightening, which...
-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00
Dan Johnson, a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky who defiantly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home, died in an apparent suicide Wednesday night...
-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00
A British Columbia man made an unusual discovery while walking his dog along the coastline- the remains of a human foot, still inside of a shoe. It's the latest in more than a dozen such grim discove...
-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00
A suicide bomber in police uniform blew himself up inside a police training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least 13 police officers, officials said. Police spokesm...
BBC 2017-12-14 12:00:00
Actress Salma Hayek has described Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as a rage-fuelled "monster", alleging he sexually harassed and threatened her. Writing in the New York Times, Ms Hayek said Mr Weins...
-- 2017-12-14 11:58:32
A group of 11 militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been jailed for life for raping about 40 children, including at least one baby. The girls they raped between 2013 and 2016 were aged...
Reuters 2017-12-14 11:47:10
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday but left its rate outlook for the coming years unchanged even as policymakers projected a short-term jump in US economic growth from the Trump ad...
BBC 2017-12-14 11:15:24
Facebook says its investigation into Russian attempts to influence the Brexit vote has determined the activity amounted to just three adverts. Twitter says its own inquiry has linked six ads promotin...
-- 2017-12-14 03:37:42
Dublin City Councillors have voted to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi's Freedom of Dublin City award. Musician Bob Geldof handed back his Freedom of Dublin award last month to protest against the inclusion o...
-- 2017-12-13 12:50:25
At least two people, including one civilian, have been killed in a suicide attack executed by terror group Boko Haram in the Cameroonian Far North Region, a local source told Xinhua. The attack occur...
Reuters 2017-12-13 12:13:13
Postmenopausal women should not use hormone therapy to prevent chronic medical conditions, because the risk of significant side effects outweighs the unclear evidence of a benefit, according to a gove...
-- 2017-12-13 12:00:00
Turkey appealed on Wednesday for the world to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state, as it opened an Islamic summit called in response to a US decision to recognise the city a...
BBC 2017-12-13 12:00:00
Charlie Chaplin's family have written an open letter to ask for London's Cinema Museum to be saved. The museum, housed in the former Lambeth workhouse where Chaplin once lived, could be under threat...
-- 2017-12-13 11:59:03
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attending a summit in Paris on Wednesday aimed at accelerating efforts to set up a West African force to battle Islamist militants, a sign Gulf Arab state...
-- 2017-12-13 11:17:04
Japan’s Nikkei share average edged lower on Wednesday after tech stocks lost ground as they tracked their weaker US counterparts, offsetting gains in the financial space. The Nikkei 225 Index...
-- 2017-12-13 11:01:36
The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials registered record closing highs on Tuesday with a boost from bank stocks as investors eyed a potential cut in US corporate taxes and continued economic growth....
-- 2017-12-13 10:54:32
Five people have been killed and nine others taken to hospital with burn wounds after a fierce fire broke out at residential house in Beijing’s Chaoyang District in China early Wednesday. Fire...
-- 2017-12-13 10:32:12
San Francisco native London Breed has become the city's acting mayor following the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee on Tuesday. She is the first African-American woman to lead the city in the midst of a...
-- 2017-12-13 04:31:25
The Central Bank of Iceland (CBI) has kept its key deposit rate unchanged at 4.25 per cent after a meeting on Wednesday. The central bank officials said that they expected higher economic growth th...
FE Online Desk 2017-12-13 03:38:12
Outgoing president of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) has handed over charge of the IBCCI to the newly elected president of the chamber Abdul Matlub Ahmad, recently. He has...
BBC 2017-12-13 03:04:48
A Japanese businessman diagnosed with terminal cancer has thrown a huge party to say thank you and goodbye. Satoru Anzaki invited about 1,000 guests including friends, former school mates, business p...
-- 2017-12-13 02:56:11
The Israeli military says it has carried out airstrikes in Gaza is response to rocket fire toward southern Israel. The military says it struck a Hamas military compound in southern Gaza early on Wedn...
-- 2017-12-13 01:42:31
A window fell from a US helicopter onto a school sports field near a US Marines air base on Okinawa on Wednesday, the Marines said, the latest in a series of accidents that have fanned safety concerns...
-- 2017-12-13 01:37:57
Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday following overnight gains on Wall Street as investors looked ahead to a likely US interest rate hike. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.3 per cent to 3,289...
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