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UK party leader's lover suspended over racist remarks

-- 2018-01-14 01:35:08

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has suspended the girlfriend of party leader Henry Bolton after she apparently made racist remarks about Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle. The Mail on Sunday has...

Rajasthan house fire claims five lives

-- 2018-01-13 12:30:41

At least five members of a family have been killed on Saturday after a devastating fire broke out at a house in India's western state of Rajasthan, police said. A police official said, "A massive fir...

Florida man claims $451m jackpot

AP 2018-01-13 12:30:12

A 20-year-old Florida man claimed the $451 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, choosing to get $282 million at once instead of more in annual installments. A Florida Lottery news release said Fr...

Global stocks end on record highs

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

Global stock markets ended on record highs on Friday, while the US dollar slumped to a more than three-year low against the euro. Dollar extended its losses on expectations that European Central Bank...

Boat capsizes with 40 school children aboard in India

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

A boat with 40 school children on board capsized near Dahanu in Maharashtra on Saturday morning. Local media reports say, 32 children have been rescued, while operations are underway to locate the mi...

ADB’s development financing for Asia, Pacific's growth reaches $28.9b

-- 2018-01-13 12:00:00

Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations, comprising approvals of loans and grants, technical assistance (TA) and cofinancing, reached $28.9 billion in 2017 in its continued efforts to help meet Asia a...

‘Doubts’ on Uber spying on rivals

Reuters 2018-01-13 11:33:15

The former security chief of Uber Technologies Inc swore in a closed legal proceeding that he knew of no attempts to steal trade secrets from anyone, including Alphabet Inc’s self-driving unit W...

Two bodies recovered from Iranian oil tanker in China

-- 2018-01-13 11:19:08

Chinese state media say rescuers have recovered the bodies of two crew members of an Iranian oil tanker that's been burning after it collided with a freighter last week in the East China Sea. State b...

US stocks continue to rally

-- 2018-01-13 10:59:26

Wall Street continued its rally on Friday with record closing highs as the fourth-quarter earnings season kicked off with solid results from banks. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both registered their ei...

‘5-per cent weight loss beneficial to health’

Xinhua 2018-01-13 10:56:32

Shedding just five per cent of body weight will have a huge impact on one's health, a study of Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis says. It's enough to decrease total body fat, visce...

Ethiopian court jails members of outlawed group

-- 2018-01-13 10:56:01

A court in Ethiopia has sentenced more than 30 people to long prison terms for belonging to an outlawed group. They were allegedly members of Ginbot 7, a group the authorities say is committed to ove...

Vandals attack Chile churches before Pope’s visit

-- 2018-01-13 10:32:46

Vandals in Chile’s Santiago attacked four churches before dawn on Friday, throwing homemade bombs that caused minor damage and leaving notes threatening Pope Francis just three days ahead of the...

Bank Indonesia warns over cryptocurrencies

-- 2018-01-13 03:10:10

Bank Indonesia (BI) has issued a fresh warning about trading in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin because of the risk of losses to the public and even a potential threat to the stability of the financial...

German economy likely slowed in late 2017

Reuters 2018-01-13 01:38:48

German economic growth probably slowed at the end of 2017 but strong order intake and positive business expectations suggest Europe’s largest economy will continue to be robust this year, the Ec...

US core CPI rises to 0.30pc in Dec

-- 2018-01-13 01:38:27

US Consumer Price Index (CPI), excluding the volatile food and energy components, rose 0.3 per cent in December amid strong gains in the cost of rental accommodation and healthcare. Economists are ho...

China stocks edge up despite soft trade data

-- 2018-01-12 12:40:10

China stocks shrugged off soft trade data to rise on Friday morning, helped by gains in banking and energy firms. China’s exports and imports growth slowed in December after unexpectedly surg...

Energy stocks lift HK shares to high

-- 2018-01-12 12:37:37

Hong Kong shares rose on Friday, while the IT sector and energy shares lead the gain. The sub-index of the Hang Seng index tracking energy shares rose 1.8 per cent while the IT sector rose 0.3 per ce...

Nikkei shares little change

-- 2018-01-12 12:06:00

Japan’s Nikkei share average was nearly flat on Friday, with weakness in exporters countered by strong gains in index-heavy Fast Retailing after the clothing company posted record quarterly prof...

Dealmaking lifts European shares

-- 2018-01-12 03:37:16

Dealmaking activity drove sharp share price moves in Europe on Friday with British engineer GKN leaping after it rejected an unsolicited offer from rival Melrose. A gain of around 20 per cent in GKN...

Asian share markets rise

-- 2018-01-12 03:18:23

Asian share markets rose on Friday, after Wall Street’s latest record close. Japan’s Nikkei 225 recovered from early losses to gain 0.1 per cent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and the Sh...

Utilities, industrial sectors lift NZ shares

-- 2018-01-12 01:09:04

New Zealand shares rose slightly on Friday, but the market is set to log its worst week in over a year. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose as much as 0.3 per cent to 8,274.8, reports Reuters. U...

ASX rises on stronger iron ore

-- 2018-01-12 01:01:22

Iron ore miners pushed Australian shares higher on Friday with heavyweights BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto scaling multi-year peaks as storm disruptions in the nation’s northwest drove up prices of...

India economy to grow fastest in 2018-19: WB

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

After conceding the top spot in economic growth among major economies to China for a year in 2017, India is likely to regain the position in 2018 with growth expected to accelerate to 7.3 per cent in...

Butterfly on earth for 200m years!

BBC 2018-01-11 11:43:07

Newly discovered fossils show that moths and butterflies have been on the planet for at least 200 million years. Scientists found fossilised butterfly scales the size of a speck of dust inside ancien...

Ethiopia bans foreign adoptions

BBC 2018-01-11 10:42:53

Ethiopia has banned the adoption of children by foreigners amid concerns they face abuse and neglect abroad. Ethiopia is one of the biggest source countries for international adoptions by US citizens...

China stocks ease on profit-taking

-- 2018-01-11 02:35:35

China stocks fell on Thursday, with losses led by real estate and energy firms as investors took profits after a robust nine-session winning streak. A media report that China is considering reducing...

Salman Khan receives death threats

-- 2018-01-11 02:17:45

The shooting of Salman Khan’s film Race 3 was stalled and the actor escorted home by police after armed men reached Film City on Tuesday, where he was shooting. The actor earlier received death...

Japanese share average edge lower

-- 2018-01-11 02:05:07

Japanese share average edged lower on Thursday, hit by declines in automakers and electronic component makers as the strong yen soured investor appetite. The Nikkei shed 0.4 per cent to 23,705.47 in...

NZ shares hit four-week low

-- 2018-01-11 01:48:36

New Zealand shares hit four-week low on Thursday, after Wall Street finished in the red on Wednesday. US stocks slipped as investors grew anxious after Bloomberg reported that China could slow or hal...

Australian shares slip after US stocks dip

-- 2018-01-11 01:38:52

Australian shares fell to their weakest level in over a week on Thursday, after Wall Street was pressured by a report that China may slow its buying of US governments debt. The S&P/ASX 200 index...