Asian shares flat, stay on track for a winning week Asian shares flat, stay on track for a winning week:- Asian shares flatlined on Friday but remained on track for a weekly gain, while crude oil prices pulled away from this week’s 10-month lows. Financial spreadbetter CMC Markets sees European […]
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Bill proposes letting U.S. lawmakers carry guns anywhere except Capitol Warning that members of Congress have a “bull’s eye on our backs,” a U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday he had introduced a bill to make it legal for senators and representatives to carry guns anywhere in the country, except the […]
White House aims to speed U.S. drone, wireless technologies The White House is bringing together drone makers, wireless companies and venture capitalists on Thursday to look at ways government can help speed new technologies to the marketplace. President Donald Trump will meet with the chief executives of General Electric Co, […]
Russians targeted 21 election systems, U.S. official says Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. state election systems in the 2016 presidential race and a small number were breached but there was no evidence any votes were manipulated, a Homeland Security Department official told Congress on Wednesday. Jeanette Manfra, the department’s acting […]
Saudi king empowers young reformer son in succession shake-up Saudi Arabia’s King Salman made his son next in line to the throne on Wednesday, handing the 31-year-old sweeping powers as the kingdom seeks a radical overhaul of its oil-dependent economy and faces mounting tensions with regional rival Iran. Although Mohammed […]
Iraqi forces advance on Mosul mosque where IS declared caliphate U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Wednesday began a push towards the mosque in Mosul where Islamic State declared a self-styled caliphate three years ago, military officials said. The forces had encircled the jihadist group’s stronghold in the Old City of Mosul, […]
Trump says China tried but failed to help on North Korea Chinese efforts to persuade North Korea to rein in its nuclear program have failed, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, ratcheting up the rhetoric over the death of an American student who had been detained by Pyongyang. Trump has […]
China invites Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner to visit China invites Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner to visit:- China has invited U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to visit Beijing later this year, a White House official said on Tuesday. China’s overture appeared aimed at deepening […]
As iPhone 8 looms, firms scramble to lock up memory chip supply Global electronics makers are scrambling to stock up on memory chips to keep production lines running as Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) new iPhone 8 launch later this year threatens to worsen a global squeeze on supply. While heavyweights such […]
Asian central banks have cause to keep holding rates while the Fed hikes Asian central banks have not blinked since the Federal Reserve raised U.S. rates for the third time in six months last week. New Zealand, Taiwan and the Philippines are all expected to hold rates on Thursday. Indonesia […]
