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French anti-carbon tax protests stretch to 20th week

Tens of thousands of French "yellow vest" demonstrators on Saturday staged their 20th week of anti-government protests d...

March 31, 2019 3 min read

The great sex recession: porn and games fallout

The share of American adults having no sex in the past year reached an all-time high in 2018, an intimate survey reveale...

March 30, 2019 2 min read

George Clooney calls for boycot of Brunei-owned hotels over killing gays, adulterers

American actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate's imposition of th...

March 30, 2019 2 min read

Asian markets rally as blockbuster quarter draws to close

Asian markets rose Friday, putting them on course to end the week on a positive note with investors looking past a downg...

March 29, 2019 3 min read
Asian markets enjoy gains as focus turns back to trade talks

Asian markets edged up Friday as investors turn their attention to the China-US trade talks, while keeping an eye on the...

Oil prices fall back, markets await Fed decision

Oil prices sank more than five percent on Tuesday, reversing some of the previous day's gains as analysts predicted Saud...

Japan says US tariffs 'regrettable', warns of 'grave impact'

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Friday - Japan hit out Friday at US President Donald Trump's decision to impose steep trade tariffs...

March 9, 2018 1 min read

Tokyo stocks open higher as trade war worries recede

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Friday - Tokyo stocks opened higher on Friday, extending gains on Wall Street following signs from ...

March 9, 2018 2 min read

Japan economy steams ahead in fourth quarter

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Thursday - Japan's economy is growing at a faster clip than initially estimated, the government sai...

March 8, 2018 2 min read

11 Pacific trade pact countries go it alone without US

Santiago, Chile | AFP - A year after an abrupt US withdrawal left a fledgling 12-nation Pacific trade pact for dead, the...

March 7, 2018 3 min read

Tokyo stocks open higher after Wall St rebound

Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher on Tuesday after four days of losses, boosted by a rebound on Wall Street and the yen...

March 6, 2018 2 min read

Germany warns protectionism is 'wrong path' for US

Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY | AFP | Monday - The German government warned Monday that a transatlantic trade war would har...

March 5, 2018 2 min read

Girding for new battles in the war against Big Tobacco

Paris, France | AFP | Monday - Some 3,000 anti-tobacco experts and policy makers convening this week in Cape Town, South...

March 5, 2018 4 min read

Asian markets sink again as Trump fans trade war fears

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday with steelmakers and other exporters falling amid lingering worries of a trade war.

March 5, 2018 3 min read

China says to 'take necessary measures' if US harms trade

China will "take necessary measures" if the United States harms the country's economic interests, a Chinese official sai...

March 4, 2018 2 min read

US stocks tumble as Trump vows tariffs on steel and aluminum

US stocks tumbled Thursday after President Donald Trump said he will enact steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, ...

March 2, 2018 3 min read
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Pakistan aims to revive glory of ancient Mughal city Lahore

Perched on scaffolding, restoration experts chip away at decades of grime and repair broken mosaic tiles in a bid to sav...

March 1, 2018 4 min read

Venezuela's currency collapse hits zoos; animals feed on each other

The situation in economically depressed Venezuela is so dire, workers at one zoo are slaughtering animals to feed others...

March 1, 2018 3 min read

Fed Chair: US outlook stronger since December

The US economic outlook is strong and has grown more robust since December, when Congress approved massive tax cuts, Fed...

February 28, 2018 4 min read

Stocks slip, dollar climbs as Fed chief makes debut

Wall Street stocks slid and the dollar rallied Tuesday after congressional testimony from new Federal Reserve chief Jero...

February 28, 2018 3 min read

Greek economy minister quits over house rent scandal

Greece's economy minister quit early Tuesday, the prime minister's office said, hours after his wife was ousted as a jun...

February 27, 2018 2 min read

US Fed official optimistic on economic outlook

The outlook for the US economy is upbeat as factors that have been holding down growth, including businesses' reluctance...

February 27, 2018 3 min read

Microsoft foreign data case in top US court has global implications

Microsoft faces off with the US government before the Supreme Court Tuesday over a warrant for data stored abroad that h...

February 26, 2018 4 min read

Asia builds on global rally as interest rate fears ease

Asian markets picked up Monday where they left off last week, with gains across the board as investors tracked a healthy...

February 26, 2018 3 min read

Bollywood superstar Sridevi dies aged 54

Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor, one of the biggest names in Hindi cinema, has died after suffering a heart attack in...

February 25, 2018 3 min read

New US tax law brings Warren Buffett a nice check: $29 billion

Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, received a stunning $29 billion check...

February 25, 2018 3 min read
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