Archive for the December 31, 2017
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China on Friday denied reports it had been illicitly selling oil products to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions, after US President Donald Trump said he was unhappy that China had allowed oil to
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An elderly man has died after being mowed down during a car rampage in Melbourne last week, police said Saturday, with one of 18 attempted murder charges expected to be upgraded to murder. Afghan-Australian Saeed
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President Donald Trump called on the US Postal Service on Friday to charge "much more" to ship packages for Amazon, picking another fight with the online retail giant he has criticized in the past. "Why
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Most of Africa's main currencies were seen trading at a steady level over the next week as markets remained sluggish over the holidays, although the Zambian kwacha was expected to weaken, traders said. KENYA -
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The zloty hit a seven-month high against the euro and a three-year high versus the dollar on Friday, extending a rally that had made it the world's best performing currency in 2017 along with the
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The Canadian dollar was little changed against the greenback on Friday as data showed bullish bets on the currency have been slashed, but the loonie posted a two-month high earlier in the session and scored
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The US dollar's share of global currency reserves reported to the International Monetary Fund shrank in the third quarter to its smallest since mid-2014, while the euro's and Chinese yuan's share of reserves edged higher,
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The dollar fell to its lowest in over three months against a basket of major currencies on Friday, marking its steepest annual drop since 2003, on doubts over durability of a pickup in US economic
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The Ukrainian hryvnia weakened to 28 to the US dollar for the first time since February 2015, central bank data showed on Thursday. The central bank has recently said the hryvnia's volatility is due to
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Norway's central bank will keep its daily sale of foreign currency unchanged at 900 million Norwegian crowns in January, it said on Friday. The level was raised in December to 900 million per day from
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