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Planes collide at Toronto airport, no casualties

-- 2018-01-06 10:21:16

Dozens of passengers were evacuated from an aircraft at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, after a plane under tow struck an arriving jet that was waiting to park, sparking a small fire, the airport aut...

British productivity growth hits record high

-- 2018-01-06 03:55:16

British economic productivity perked up in the three months to the end of September, growing at its fastest rate in more than six years, in contrast to its historically weak performance over the previ...

Yemen mine blast wounds army chief of staff

-- 2018-01-06 03:36:33

The chief of staff of the Yemeni army has been injured by a land mine that went off while he was visiting the northern al-Jouf province, where heavy fighting between government forces and Houthi fight...

Venezuela to issue $5.9b in cryptocurrency

-- 2018-01-06 02:19:33

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said that they would issue 100 million units of its new oil-backed cryptocurrency in coming days. He announced to issue the cryptocurrency when the OPEC member is g...

Massive explosion kills four policemen in Kashmir

-- 2018-01-06 01:31:32

Four police officials have been killed after the rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir detonated a bomb in the northwestern town of Sopore, police say. Police say the massive blast...

Afghan airstrikes kill 20 IS rebels

-- 2018-01-06 01:00:29

At least 20 Islamic state militants including two commanders were killed as the government forces planes targeted the hardliner group's hideouts in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province on Frid...

KOSPI rebounds, won firms

-- 2018-01-05 12:25:23

South Korean stock index rose on Friday, while the Korean won edged up and bond yields rose. The benchmark index rebounded after slipping due to heavy profit-taking by local institutions on Thursday....

Southeast Asian stocks mostly higher

-- 2018-01-05 12:12:57

Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Friday as Asian equities drew heart from record-setting gains on Wall Street overnight. Philippine shares rose more than 1.0 per cent. SM Investments Corp s...

Hong Kong shares rise, IT sector falls

-- 2018-01-05 12:04:01

Hong Kong shares mostly rose on Friday, tracking the energy shares. The sub-index of the Hang Seng index rose 0.8 per cent while the IT sector fell 0.1 per cent. Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Ko...

Asian shares hover near record level

Reuters 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Asian shares inched closer to a record high on Friday as US jobs data pointed to firm economic growth although the greenback was soft as the spectre of benign inflation capped domestic bond yields. M...

China stocks extend New Year rally

-- 2018-01-05 11:58:46

China stocks extended their New Year rally on Friday, underpinned by robust gains in real estate firms. At 04:02 GMT, the Shanghai Composite index was up 7.95 points or 0.23 per cent at 3,393.66. T...

Japanese shares probe 26-year highs

-- 2018-01-05 11:50:24

Japan’s Nikkei share average extended the previous session’s gains on Friday, probing 26-year highs as banking and brokerage shares rose. Toshiba shares firmed on news of a buyer for its...

New Zealand shares retreats

-- 2018-01-05 11:45:36

New Zealand shares index drew back from record highs on Friday hit in the previous session. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 fell 0.3 per cent, its biggest intraday percentage drop since mid-December....

Australian shares hit 10-yr high

-- 2018-01-05 11:42:46

Australian shares hit a fresh 10-year high on Friday and were set to finish the first week of 2018 in the black, as financials and mining stocks rallied on strong global cues and firm oil prices. The...

US stocks extend rally, Dow hits record high

-- 2018-01-05 11:37:55

US stocks extended the New Year’s rally on Thursday, while the Dow industrials broke above the 25,000 level for the first time. The 30-member blue-chip index crossed five 1,000-point marks in 2...

China trims final 2016 GDP figure

-- 2018-01-05 02:56:30

China slightly trimmed its final 2016 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure after scaling back an initial estimate of the services sector, but kept the annual GDP growth rate unchanged at 6.7 per cent....

UK new car sales hit record low

-- 2018-01-05 02:28:32

British new car sales hit recorded low, biggest drop since 2009 last year, due to uncertainty over potential new diesel charges and weakening consumer confidence since Brexit. It fell more than 5.0 p...

Malaysia's Nov exports up 14.4pc

-- 2018-01-05 02:09:01

Malaysia's November exports expanded 14.4 per cent year-on-year to $20.92 billion on higher manufactured goods demand, government data showed on Friday. The exports of the third largest economic coun...

UK small businesses confidence falls

-- 2018-01-05 01:42:05

British small businesses confidence waned in late 2017 as a cocktail of higher costs, weak domestic growth and lacklustre consumer demand is dampening the optimism among small businesses. The confide...

Tech giants rush to fix chip design flaws

BBC 2018-01-04 12:00:00

Tech firms are working to fix bugs that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. Google researchers said the "serious security flaws" affected chips made by Intel, AMD, and A...

Ex-mayor, son shot dead in Mexico

-- 2018-01-04 11:47:20

A former mayor and his son have been killed in central Mexico, adding to an uptick in murders of politicians ahead of national elections later this year. Miguel Angel Licona, 76, a former mayor of th...

Ethiopia to free all political prisoners

-- 2018-01-04 11:29:34

Ethiopia will release politicians jailed on charges including involvement in terrorism, its prime minister said on Wednesday -- an unexpected shift in stance from the government, which has denied accu...

Japanese stocks rally as oil shares shine

-- 2018-01-04 11:04:48

Japanese stocks rallied on Thursday, the first trading day of 2018, with the Topix probing its highest levels since 1991 as securities and oil shares gained. The Nikkei share average was up 2.5 per c...

Australian shares hit 10-year high

-- 2018-01-04 10:56:22

Australian shares rose to their best level in nearly 10 years on Thursday, with miners and healthcare stocks at the forefront. The S&P/ASX 200 index advanced 0.5 per cent to 6,102.2, its highest...

Storm Eleanor batters Europe, three dead

-- 2018-01-04 10:55:12

Three people have died as winter storm Eleanor swept across most of northern Europe, causing widescale disruption. A skier died in the French Alps and 15 others were injured elsewhere in the country,...

US stocks rise, technology stocks climb

-- 2018-01-04 10:45:11

US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as technology stocks climbed amid indications of robust economic growth in the United States and overseas. The S&P 500 index rose above 2,700 for the first tim...

Mumbai building fire kills four

-- 2018-01-04 10:31:45

At least four people including two children have been killed after a fierce fire broke out at a residential building in the Indian city of Mumbai. Fire officer S Pawar says the third and fourth floor...

Asian shares at 10-year peak on upbeat data

Reuters 2018-01-04 10:02:13

Asian shares scaled a 10-year high on Thursday as solid economic data from the United States and Germany reinforced investors’ optimism while oil prices hovered at 2-1/2-year high with unrest in...

China to keep GDP target 'around 6.5pc'

-- 2018-01-04 04:26:52

China will keep its target for economic growth at “around 6.5 percent” in 2018, unchanged from last year, policy sources told Reuters. The second largest economic country of the world see...

Japanese stocks end at 26-year high

-- 2018-01-04 04:13:46

Japanese stocks rallied on Thursday, the first trading day of 2018, with the Nikkei and Topix pushing to multi-decade highs as brokerage and oil shares surged. After the long Japanese New Year’...