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Asia stocks make cautious gains as weak data boosts stimulus hopes
TOKYO: Asian stocks eked out modest gains, amid a cautious market mood as investors pinned expectations on likely stimulus to support growth in the world’s major economies, which showed further signs of struggle. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside
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Trump cancelled peace talks with Taliban due to attacks
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he canceled peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders after the insurgent group claimed responsibility last week for an attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 other people. Trump said
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‘Trump, liberate Hong Kong’
HONG KONG: Thousands of Hong Kong protesters chanted the U.S. national anthem and called on U.S. President Donald Trump to liberate the Chinese-ruled city, the latest in a series of demonstrations that have gripped the city for months. Police stood
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Nora Anne to be laid to rest in Belfast come Tuesday
PUCHONG: Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, who was found dead in a forest near The Dusun Resort in Negeri Sembilan last month, will be laid to rest after a funeral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, next week. According to Britain’s Daily
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Business associations press the gov’t to end deforestation in Amazon
RASILIA/SAO PAULO: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth straight month in August from a year earlier, according to preliminary government data released yesterday, adding to concerns over fires already ravaging the region. The Brazilian Amazon is facing
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Mnangagwa: Late Mugabe declared a national hero
HARARE: The Zimbabwe government yesterday declared the late founding father of the nation and liberation icon former President Robert Mugabe a national hero, Zimbabwe’s news agency New Ziana reported. Mugabe, 95, died early yesterday at a hospital in Singapore where
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Mugabe: From liberator to oppressor
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule. Nearly four decades later, many at
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Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe dies in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account. Mugabe died in Singapore, where he has often received medical treatment in recent years, a source with direct knowledge
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Pentagon to European allies: Pick up your own tabs
LONDON: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that European nations should consider funding projects in their countries after the Pentagon diverted money to pay for a border wall with Mexico. The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from
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PM Johnson’s brother quits on eve of Brexit election campaign
WAKEFIELD: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting Parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed yesterday when his younger brother quit the government, citing the national interest. As the
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