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Myanmar military coup slams economy, to shrink 8.9-pct in 2021: IMF

Myanmar's economy could shrink 8.9 percent in 2021, as a military coup has descended on the country though most other A...

April 14, 2021 1 min read

Aruba rating downgraded to BBB by S&P, outlook stable

Standard and Poor's has downgraded Aruba's sovereign rating from to BBB from BBB+, with a stable outlook as tourism was ...

March 27, 2021 1 min read

Myanmar military takes over in apparent coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi

In an apparent coup d'état, Myanmar’s military has handed over power to army chief Min Aung Hlaing, hours after detai...

February 1, 2021 2 min read

Trump concedes election after Congress certifies Biden’s win

United States President Donald Trump is stepping down and has pledged to an orderly transfer of power to President-elect...

January 7, 2021 2 min read
Sri Lanka expects to tap tourism niche, trade with India ferry service

Entrepreneurs from Sri Lanka and India are encouraged to join this opportunity.

Sri Lanka and UK start strategic dialogue

The meeting will provide a platform for the countries to discuss various topics related to their bilateral relationship

Asia virus latest: Wuhan lockdown ends, markets drop

April 8, 2020 2 min read

British PM in intensive care as virus toll soars

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care Monday when his condition worsened in a battle with the...

April 7, 2020 4 min read

US warns China not to 'exploit' virus for sea disputes

The United States on Monday warned China not to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to exert itself in the South ...

April 6, 2020 2 min read

Asian markets lifted by hopes on virus but oil in retreat

Asian markets rose Monday as some of the world's worst-hit countries reported falling death rates, providing some much-n...

April 6, 2020 4 min read

Virus tide turns in Europe as US girds for 'Pearl Harbor' moment

Europe's hardest-hit nations saw some tentative signs of hope in the fight against the coronavirus Monday but the United...

April 6, 2020 4 min read

Global virus cases top a million as Spain, Britain see record deaths

Confirmed coronavirus cases around the world topped one million on Thursday and the number of deaths soared past 50,000 ...

April 3, 2020 4 min read

Duterte tells Philippine police to shoot dead lockdown troublemakers

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing "trouble" in areas l...

April 2, 2020 2 min read

Coronavirus: latest global developments Apr 01

April 1, 2020 3 min read

Qatar reports a Bangladeshi national as first virus death

Qatar recorded its first death from the new coronavirus on Saturday, while confirmed infections rose by 28 to 590, the h...

March 29, 2020 1 min read

Europe's virus toll surges but Wuhan cautiously reopens

The accelerating death toll from the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe surged past 20,000 in Europe on Saturday, w...

March 28, 2020 4 min read
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Asian markets extend gains, dollar sinks on stimulus pledges

Asian equities rallied again and the dollar extended losses Friday, with traders buoyed by government and central bank p...

March 27, 2020 4 min read

Nearly one billion confined to homes as virus toll nears 13,000

Nearly one billion people around the world were confined to their homes Saturday as US states implemented stay-at-home o...

March 22, 2020 5 min read

Coronavirus: latest global developments as toll tops 200,000

The new coronavirus has infected more than 200,000 globally since the beginning of the outbreak in December, according t...

March 18, 2020 3 min read

US leads huge economic fightback against virus, EU shuts borders

The United States and Britain led a multi-billion-dollar global fightback against economic havoc wreaked by the coronavi...

Stuart Williams and AFP Bureaus
March 18, 2020 4 min read

Curfews as US shuts down to fight coronavirus

The United States began restricting citizens' movements Monday in a major escalation of attempts to contain the deadly c...

March 17, 2020 4 min read

Markets plunge as intervention fails to staunch virus panic

Stock markets and oil prices went into freefall Monday as interest rate cuts and fresh stimulus measures by central bank...

March 17, 2020 4 min read

US stocks dive more than 10-pct on recession worries

Wall Street stocks plunged more than 10 percent early Monday as panic over the economic hit from the coronavirus outbrea...

March 16, 2020 2 min read

The show goes on in London's West End, but for how long?

The bright lights of London's West End theatre district were undimmed this weekend with punters lining up to catch the b...

March 16, 2020 3 min read

Asian stocks fall as Fed rate cut fuels fears for US economy

Asian markets fell on Monday as another US interest rate cut and fresh stimulus measures failed to lift confidence, with...

March 16, 2020 4 min read

UK set ban large events despite 'herd immunity' strategy

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to follow other European countries in banning mass gatherings, media r...

March 15, 2020 3 min read
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