Military said at least 17 people were killed including 12 civilians and five soldiers with death toll likely to rise. A Pakistani military plane on a training flight has crashed into homes near the garrison city of Rawalpindi, killing at least 17 people, most of them on the ground. Fires, damaged homes and debris were […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan held off on expanding stimulus on Tuesday but signaled its readiness to do so “without hesitation,” if a global slowdown jeopardizes the country’s economic recovery. Growing fallout from the U.S.-China trade war has prompted major central banks to signal more easing and put pressure on the BOJ, which […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would like the Mexican central bank to not only focus on controlling inflation but also think about growth in Latin America’s second-largest economy. Lopez Obrador also told U.S. news agency Bloomberg in an interview that it was important to lower interest […]
A search is under way for the founder and owner of popular Indian chain Cafe Coffee Day, who has gone missing in the southern city of Mangalore, police say. VG Siddhartha had been in his car on the outskirts of Mangalore when he asked his driver to stop his car at a spot close to […]
Police in India have opened a murder investigation against a ruling party lawmaker after a fatal crash involving a woman who had accused him of rape. The woman was seriously injured in the crash in Uttar Pradesh state on Sunday. Two of her aunts were killed and her lawyer was seriously injured. Her family and […]
SINGAPORE – Fewer couples are tying the knot, but fewer are also going their separate ways. A total of 27,007 marriages were registered last year, 4.3 per cent down on the 28,212 registered in 2017, according to the 2018 marriage and divorce statistics which were released on Tuesday (July 30). The decline was due to […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A small Pakistani military plane crashed into a village on the outskirts of Rawalpindi on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, including five people on board, and injuring at least 12 others, rescue officials said. The cause of the crash was not immediately known and military officials said the small plane, belonging […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory output tumbled the most in nearly 1-1/2-years in June, data showed on Tuesday, adding to a slew of indicators suggesting slowing global growth and the bruising U.S.-China trade war were taking a toll on the export-reliant economy. The data comes hours before the conclusion of the Bank of Japan’s two-day […]
BEIJING (AFP) – US and Chinese negotiators meet in Shanghai on Tuesday (July 30) to resurrect trade talks between the world’s two biggest economies, with both sides downplaying expectations there will be an imminent deal. The negotiations in China’s financial hub will be the first face-to-face discussions since negotiations collapsed in May, when US President […]
Protest organisers yesterday rejected remarks by China’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), which held its first media briefing on the city since it was established in 1997, calling the conference a “waste of time”. Instead, the organisers repeated calls for Chief Executive Carrie Lam to set up an independent commission to look into […]