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Stocks in the Asia Pacific region were mixed on Friday as Democratic challenger Joe Biden, inches closer to taking the White House. SEE ALSO: South Sudan Abandons Plans To Introduce New Currency This comes after Wall Street rose amid…

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has expressed fears that rising tensions between the U.S. and China can undermine security and economic growth across Asia. In an article published on Thursday, Lee, therefore, called…

China will send 90 satellites on its Long March-6 carrier rocket into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre for an Argentine company, the China Great Wall Industry Corporation said on Friday. The corporation has signed a…

Asian shares and U.S. stock futures skidded on Monday after a shock contraction in Chinese exports pointed to deepening cracks in the world’s second-biggest economy. There were also fears of a sharper slowdown in global growth…

Asian shares dipped on Tuesday, running out of steam after a brief rally sparked by hopes that Washington and Beijing may be inching towards a trade deal. It is also affected by the hope that U.S. Federal Reserve would halt its…

The euro and the Japanese yen gained in thin trading on Monday as concerns about a partial U.S. government shutdown weighed on investor sentiment and the dollar. Although Chinese plans to cut tariffs on a range of goods helped to lift…

Asian equity markets rallied on Thursday on signs of easing Sino-U.S. trade tensions and expectations that China will step up efforts soon to support its cooling economy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose…

The dollar struggled to recover in Asian trade on Friday, hobbled by fresh speculation that a widely expected rate hike later this month could be the last before Federal Reserve hits the pause button on its tightening cycle. Investors…

Asian shares twitched either side of flat on Friday reflecting investors’ nervousness ahead of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping that could determine whether the Sino-U.S. trade war gets any worse.…

Southeast Asia’s internet economy is expected to exceed 240 billion dollars by 2025, a joint study by Google and Temasek Holdings showed, a fifth more than previously estimated, as more consumers use their smartphones to go online. The…

Asian stocks sank on Monday as fears of faster rate hikes in the United States and uncertainty around the Sino-U.S. trade war deterred investment in riskier assets. Sterling jumped to a two-week high on hopes of an orderly Brexit.…

Hundreds of Google employees and contractors in Asia staged brief midday walkouts on Thursday, with thousands more expected to follow at offices worldwide, amid complaints of sexism, racism and unchecked executive power in their workplace.…

The Japanese yen strengthened versus the U.S. dollar on Friday as appetite for riskier assets remained suppressed. Meanwhile, the euro stayed near two-month low after the European Central Bank failed to convince markets that rates would…

Sichuan Airlines on Wednesday launched the first direct flight to Israel from Southwest China in a bid to meet rising passenger demand. The flight links Chengdu, capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, with Tel Aviv, Israel’s…

Global warming is real and the effects can be felt all over the world. From the melting ice glaciers in the North Pole to the larva spewing volcano in Hawaii as well as the freak heat wave currently hitting, Sweden, Norway, Australia and…

His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan, inaugurated the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) financed Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed City Housing Complex in Afghanistan. Located in the Qasaba district of Afghanistan’s…

Access Power, a developer, owner and operator of power projects in emerging markets, today announced the launch of ACF 2018, the third edition of the highly successful funding and support platform for renewable energy projects in Africa and…

Apple Inc. is preparing to release a trio of new smartphones later this year: the largest iPhone ever, an upgraded handset the same size as the current iPhone X and a less expensive model with some of the flagship phone’s key features.  …