Stocks in Asia were set to decline at the open on Monday as fears resurface over the coronavirus pandemic. On the economic data front, a slew of Chinese economic data for May is set to be released ... ( read original story ...)
Karm Gilespie: Australian actor sentenced to death in China was set up, say friends
Friends say the actor turned financial investor, who was sentenced to death for drug smuggling, had been duped into carrying drugs ... ( read original story ...)
Forced to grow vegetables for a living, footballer receives financial aid
Poverty had compelled 20-year-old footballer Asha Kumari to leave the football fields and work alongside her mother among vegetable fields instead, in Lakshmipur village of Dhanbad. However, there was ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq agrees with oil companies on deeper output cuts in June – sources
Iraq has agreed with major oil companies operating its giant southern oilfields to cut crude production further in June, Iraqi officials working at the fields told Reuters on Sunday. Baghdad aims to i ... ( read original story ...)
A Best-in-Class ETF to Gain Exposure to China
Careful scanning of the market and macro-level developments reveals one fund that could weather the storm well and deliver attractive returns to investors: the iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI). In ... ( read original story ...)
Brunei not ready to open borders with other countries: minister
Brunei is not ready to open borders with neighboring countries any time soon and there is no negotiations with other countries on this matter, Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and Second ... ( read original story ...)
Ukraine to offer opportunities in agri, tech industries for Qatar investors, says business council exec
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) The Qatar-Ukraine Business Forum (QUBF) is working with the Ukraine Investment Promotion Office (UkraineInvest) to introduce 'lucrative investment opportunities to Qatar in the ... ( read original story ...)
Duped migrant workers face modern day slavery in Qatar
Qatar offers up Asian and African workers like real life slaves. It is a kin to human trafficking when someone like Jonnadula agrees to take a job as ... ( read original story ...)
India-Nepal relationship at an edge! India needs to engage more
India last month reacted angrily to Nepal showing the three areas as Nepalese territory in the new map and cautioned the country that saying such "artificial enlargement" of territorial claims will ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal records 425 new coronavirus cases, COVID-19 tally rises to 5,760
Kathmandu, Jun 14 () Nepal has registered 425 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 5,760, the health ministry said on Sunday. Of the total confirmed ... ( read original story ...)