Asian markets lifted by stimulus optimism, vaccine hopes
HONG KONG, China (AFP) Asian markets rose Wednesday on signs US lawmakers are edging towards agreeing a new stimulus…
6 years ago
Asia
17 dead in Thailand bus-train collision
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- At least 17 passengers were killed and more than dozen injured on Sunday when a…
6 years ago
US futures sink with Asia, Europe stocks after Trump tests positive for Covid-19
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- US futures sank with most Asian and European equities Friday after US President Donald…
6 years ago
Asia markets slip but Tokyo reopens with gains after blackout
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Japanese stocks edged up Friday as they reopened after being shut down all the…
6 years ago
Asian markets sink again as virus, stimulus, election fan fears
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Asian markets tumbled Thursday following another sharp sell-off on Wall Street as investors were…
6 years ago
Most Asia stocks up on Fed rates news, Tokyo hit by Abe report
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Expectations US interest rates will stay ultra low for as long as needed helped…
6 years ago
Defying virus, Latvian ocean rower plans next adventure
by Imants LIEPINSH Agence France-Presse RIGA, Latvia (AFP) — After spending 140 days rowing across the ocean without seeing another…
6 years ago
Asian markets hit by new lockdown, fresh China-US tensions
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Fears over a spike in infections around the world, the reimposition of containment measures and…
6 years ago
New virus cases threaten world’s moves back to work
by Michael Mainville with AFP bureaux Agence France Presse World powers including Russia and India pushed on with easing…
6 years ago
Europe, New York start emerging from lockdown as fresh cases hit Asia
by Peter Hutchison with Joseph Schmid in Paris and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP)…
6 years ago
Asia equities turn negative as virus economic reality bites
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Asian markets dropped Thursday as the economic reality of the coronavirus crisis became even…
6 years ago
Virus pushes Indonesia zoo animals to brink of starvation
BANDUNG, Indonesia (AFP) -- Thousands of animals, including endangered Sumatran tigers and Bornean orangutans, are facing starvation at Indonesia's zoos…
6 years ago
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