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Facebook to develop AI to help prevent suicide

Reuters 2017-11-28 10:55:19

Facebook Inc will expand its pattern recognition software to other countries after successful tests in the U.S. to detect users with suicidal intent, the world’s largest social media network sai...

Train mows down railway workers in Belgium

-- 2017-11-28 10:55:12

Several workers of Infrabel, Belgian railway infrastructure manager, were mowed on a level crossing in Morlanwelz, south of Belgium. The accident that occurred on Monday night killed two people, lea...

Things to consider before posting online

FE Online Desk 2017-11-28 04:21:11

The number of internet users has incresed rapidly. Therefore, it is essential to make people aware of the dangers associated with posting things online. Here are the top 5 things to be careful about...

Mideast stocks mixed, Saudi firm

-- 2017-11-28 03:19:51

Gulf stock markets were narrowly mixed in early trade on Tuesday with Saudi Arabia edging up for a fifth straight day as it was boosted by the petrochemical sector. The Saudi index rose 0.1 per cent...

Asian shares slide after Wall Street fall

-- 2017-11-28 02:53:46

Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday following a sluggish post-Thanksgiving trading sessionon Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.1 per cent to 22,461.10. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 l...

‘Afghan Taliban engage in gunfight with IS’

-- 2017-11-28 02:45:20

An Afghan official says an intense gun battle has erupted between Taliban and Islamic State affiliate insurgents in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, provincial governor's spokesman, s...

Dictionaries to include 6 year-old boy’s proposed word

-- 2017-11-28 02:30:36

Oxford Dictionaries says a six-year-old Victoria boy is on his way to getting his new word added to its Oxford English Dictionary. Levi Budd, a Grade 2 student at St. Michaels University School, coin...

China's industrial profits surge in first 10 months

-- 2017-11-27 12:22:11

China's major industrial firms saw stronger profit growth, rose 23.3-per cent from one year earlier, in the first 10 months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Industr...

Samsung Electronics shares drop

-- 2017-11-27 12:16:52

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s shares fell more than 4 per cent to a one-month low on Monday after Morgan Stanley cut its recommendation on the South Korean tech giant, citing concerns that a boom...

Airstrikes kill dozens in Syria

-- 2017-11-27 12:00:00

Government airstrikes and shelling outside the Syrian capital killed at least 23 civilians, activists reported Sunday, as fighting in the area showed no signs of letting up ahead of the resumption of...

Rural tourism brings fortunes for China’s less-fortunate ones

Jubair Hasan 2017-11-27 12:00:00

Rural or agriculture tourism has emerged as China's most effective weapon to fight out poverty by the target-year 2020, helping myriad people out of the vicious circle of misfortune. Not only is it i...

Honduras polls: President, rival both claim victory

-- 2017-11-27 11:42:49

Hondurans waited anxiously with no results released hours after polls closed for presidential election, while both the president and his main challenger claimed victory after what appeared to be a hea...

South Africa contestant wins Miss Universe crown

AP 2017-11-27 10:53:23

Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, who represented South Africa, won the Miss Universe crown Sunday. The 22-year-old, who recently earned a business management degree, was crowned at The AXIS theater at Planet H...

ASX edges up with broad-based gains

-- 2017-11-27 10:46:45

Australian shares edged up on Monday, following a positive lead from Wall Street. Financial stocks reversed losses from earlier in the session. The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.3 per cent or 16.25...

‘US drone strike’ in Yemen kills 3 al-Qaida

-- 2017-11-27 03:33:12

Yemeni security and tribal officials say a suspected US drone strike has killed three alleged al-Qaida fighters in the country's central Bayda province. They say the Sunday strike was the third of it...

European shares opens marginally weaker

-- 2017-11-27 03:21:09

European shares inched lower in early trading on Monday with most sectors moving in the red and Julius Baer leading losers after the unexpected resignation of its chief executive. Shares in the Swi...

Mideast stocks climb at opening

-- 2017-11-27 03:15:45

Most Gulf stock markets rose on Monday with Saudi Arabia getting support from Al Jouf Cement and Saudi Industrial Export Co after the companies announced an export deal with Jordan. The Saudi index c...

Sri Lanka nabs 22 over illegal migration attempt

-- 2017-11-27 02:55:35

Sri Lankan Police have arrested 22 people while attempting to illegally migrate to Australia by boat, said Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara. The suspects were arrested on a tip on Sunday at the coas...

Global businesses look bullish about the road ahead

Reuters 2017-11-27 01:46:58

Businesses are heading into 2018 in a pretty optimistic mood, surveys will more than likely show in the coming week, pointing to a potential boost for already solid growth in the world’s biggest...

China factory blast kills two, wounds 30

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

At least two people were killed and 30 others taken to hospital after a massive explosion occurred at a factory in Jiangbei district in Ningbo, a coastal city about 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of...

China lowers import duties on consumer goods

-- 2017-11-26 12:00:00

China is cutting import tariffs on 187 consumer goods from whisky to cashmere clothing to help spur spending and economic growth. The Finance Ministry said tariffs will drop from an average 17.3 per...

Electric aircraft ‘possible’ in future

Xinhua 2017-11-26 01:14:26

Though airplanes have facilitated long-distance travel, there is a growing need to lower emissions from flights, which the European Commission claimed have become "one of the fastest-growing sources o...

Ratings on India affirmed at 'BBB-/A-3', outlook stable

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:08:42

  MUMBAI (S&P Global Ratings) Nov 25, 2017--S&P Global Ratings affirmed its unsolicited   long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Republic...

'Fake data' a threat to economic and financial stability

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:00:00

"Fake data" is as much of a threat to economic and financial stability as "fake news" is to politics, a leading European central banker said on Friday, reports Reuters. European Central Bank boar...

Jubilee USA urges stronger corporate reporting standards

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Washington DC: Jubilee USA, a religious development group, asked the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to require greater disclosure of what payments corporations make to governments where t...

Hugh Jackman talks 'Logan' exit

Reuters 2017-11-25 12:00:00

“I know Aussies are not known for leaving the party at the right time but (after) 17 years, it’s time to leave the party,” Hugh Jackman quipped as he discussed his last time playing...

US backpedals on Palestinian office closure

-- 2017-11-25 11:00:22

The Trump administration backtracked Friday on its decision to order the Palestinians’ office in Washington to close, instead saying it would merely impose limitations on the office that it expe...

Georgia hotel fire claims 11 lives

-- 2017-11-25 09:50:49

A fierce fire that broke out at a hotel in Georgia’s Black Sea resort city of Batumi, killed 11 people and injured 19, said Georgia’s interior minister, Giorgi Gakharia on Saturday.  ...

Mexico creates huge Marine Park

Reuters 2017-11-25 01:45:15

Mexico’s government has created a marine park the size of Illinois in the Pacific, the largest ocean reserve in North America for the conservation of giant rays, whales and turtles, including do...

Wall St ends record high

-- 2017-11-25 01:00:17

Technology stocks led the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record closing highs on Friday, with the S&P ending above 2,600 points for the first time. The S&P 500 and the blue-chip Dow Jones industri...