Archive for September 2019
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Investor sentiment towards most Asian currencies soured over the past two weeks, as an escalation in the tit-for-tat Sino-US trade war added to fears of a recession in the world's largest economy and fuelled a
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China took fresh steps on Friday to broaden financing channels for small companies, allowing unlisted firms to issue convertible bonds privately. Until now, only innovative start-ups in China had been allowed to issue such securities,
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China took fresh steps on Friday to broaden financing channels for small companies, allowing unlisted firms to issue convertible bonds privately. Until now, only innovative start-ups in China had been allowed to issue such securities,
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US retailers will be front and centre on Wall Street next week as the United States imposes new tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports, including clothing, televisions and jewellery. The upcoming tariffs on
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A strong earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Tonga early Monday, but there was no tsunami warning, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake, at a depth of 616 kilometres (382 miles),
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The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon basin is still on the rise, even though the government has banned burning, officials said Saturday. In the first 48 hours since the ban was issued, satellite data
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France is engaged in "multiple contacts" aimed at averting an escalation of hostilities on Lebanon's southern border between the Shiite movement Hezbollah and the Israeli army, the French foreign ministry said Sunday. Lebanese Prime Minister
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Dozens have been arrested over rioting in the capital of Indonesia's Papua region, police said Sunday, following nearly two weeks of mass protests in the easternmost territory of the Southeast Asian archipelago. The announcement came
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A journalist was shot dead in northwest Honduras Saturday, the 79th killed since 2001 in the Central American country, according to a human rights group. Edgar Joel Aguilar, a correspondent for HCH TV was shot
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Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire along the Lebanese border on Sunday after a week of rising tensions, but no casualties were reported following the brief flare-up and UN officials immediately urged restraint. Israel said it
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