BEIJING – China has launched the highly anticipated yuan-backed crude oil futures in Shanghai, eyeing on rival benchmarks Brent and WTI as well as the U.S. currency (Dollar). Trading of the new oil futures contracts […]
MOSCOW – At least 64 people, including nine children, have been killed in a fire at a busy shopping centre in Russia, according to state media. The fire broke out in at the four-storey Zimnyaya […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats in a show of solidarity with the United Kingdom over a nerve agent attack on a former spy earlier this […]
BENGALURU, Karnataka – Scientists in India have been left baffled by a wild elephant caught on camera blowing out plumes of smoke while consuming smouldering lumps of charcoal. A video shared by the Wildlife Conservation […]
LIMA – A Peruvian judge has barred former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski , who resigned this week over allegations he was involved in the continent-wide Carwash bribery scandal, from leaving the South American nation for […]
BEIJING – China has announced a $3 billion list of U.S. goods including pork, apples and steel pipe that it said may be hit with higher tariffs in a spiraling trade dispute with President Donald […]
BRUSSELS – The European Union has recalled its ambassador to Moscow after leaders agreed it was “highly likely” Russia was responsible for a nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom. In a statement following an […]
LIMA – Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Wednesday tendered his resignation after just a year and seven months in office, in the midst of a “vote‑buying” scandal. Congress still has to vote on whether to accept […]
BRASILIA – Norwegian energy group Norsk Hydro, accused of causing environmental damage in northern Brazil, has apologized for the unauthorized discharge of untreated water into a local river from its aluminum factory Alunorte, the largest […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Gloria Hutt has declared the Transantiago tender void, adding that the process will start from scratch with the new administration. The minister explained to the media that […]
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