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Hopes rise in Coronavirus battle as US trial shows remdesivir speeds up recovery

US scientists on Wednesday hailed a potential breakthrough in the coronavirus fight as a trial showed patients respondin...

April 30, 2020 5 min read

Global virus update: US registers millionth case as pandemic lockdowns ease

The United States on Tuesday recorded its one-millionth coronavirus case as countries including Spain, Russia and Nigeri...

April 29, 2020 5 min read

Kissing, hugging, family ties; why has Spain been hit hard by Coronavirus?

In Spain, one of the hardest-hit countries in the pandemic, the coronavirus spread quickly and widely without being det...

April 28, 2020 4 min read

Bangladesh garment factories reopen, defying virus lockdown

Hundreds of Bangladesh's garment factories defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown to reopen on Sunday, raising fears t...

April 27, 2020 2 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...

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...

Arrests in France over anti-carbon tax yellow vest protests

Over a hundred demonstrators were arrested at yellow vest protests in Paris on Saturday as about 7,500 police were deplo...

September 21, 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...

September 20, 2019 3 min read

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...

September 18, 2019 3 min read

Yemeni rebel drones spark fires at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities

Drone attacks sparked fires at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities on Saturday, the interior ministry said, the latest such ...

September 14, 2019 3 min read

Asian markets boosted by fresh trade hopes and ECB easing

Equities rose in Asian trade Friday after the European Central Bank unveiled a fresh round of economic stimulus and anot...

September 13, 2019 3 min read

Trump offers delay in tariff hike, responding to Chinese gesture

After an apparent conciliatory move by China, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday made one of his own, announcing tha...

September 12, 2019 3 min read

The state of Britain's economy as Brexit looms

British unemployment has hit a 45-year low, official data showed Tuesday, but the economy still risks falling into a dee...

September 10, 2019 3 min read

Parliament deals nationalist British PM Brexit blow before suspension

British MPs rejected a second attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday to call an early election to break the ...

September 10, 2019 4 min read

Tokyo's Nikkei index slips at open

Tokyo's key Nikkei index opened lower on Monday as investors digested weaker-than-expected US jobs data.

September 9, 2019 1 min read

OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia replaces energy minister

Saudi Arabia's King Salman named his son as energy minister after veteran official Khalid al-Falih was sacked, state med...

September 8, 2019 3 min read
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Mugabe: Liberation hero turned despot

Robert Mugabe, who has died aged 95, used repression and fear to hold on to power in Zimbabwe for 37 years until he was ...

September 6, 2019 5 min read

US stocks surge on trade talk plans, pound strengthens more

Global stocks mostly rose Thursday following news that the United States and China will resume high-level trade talks in...

September 6, 2019 3 min read

Asian markets rally on perfect storm of positive news

The pound rebounded further on Wednesday but its gains were capped as Brexit turmoil set the stage for a potential snap ...

September 5, 2019 4 min read

Argentina stocks close higher after soft-peg exchange controls

September 3, 2019 2 min read

Markets sag as hope fades for trade war detente

Investors' souring hopes for detente in the US-China trade war dragged stocks lower on Tuesday, putting a dent in the re...

August 28, 2019 3 min read

Archeologists find remains of 227 children sacrificed in ancient 'climate change' ritual in Peru

Archeologists in Peru say the 227 bodies they have unearthed from a site used by the pre-Columbian Chimu culture

August 28, 2019 2 min read

Trump's trade comments nudge markets higher

European and American stocks ventured higher on Monday following a meltdown in Asia as financial markets seemed to march...

August 27, 2019 4 min read

Equities, yuan plunge as Trump escalates trade war with China

Asian equity markets tanked and the yuan hit an 11-year low Monday after Donald Trump ramped up his trade war with China...

August 26, 2019 3 min read

Trump aides downplay 'order' to US companies to leave China

Donald Trump's top aides on Sunday downplayed the idea of US companies being forced to abandon China any time soon, as a...

August 26, 2019 3 min read

EU leaders round on Trump over trade at G7

EU leaders rounded on US President Donald Trump over his trade threats on Saturday as they arrived in the chic French se...

August 25, 2019 4 min read