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(Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Asia are likely to extend a global sell-off on the escalating U.S.-China trade war which sent American shares to the biggest drop this year and sparked a rally in bonds. Gold climbed and the yen held gains. Futures from Tokyo to Sydney were down more than 1%, indicating sharp declines when markets open. |
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Singapore. ASIAN equities had no time to catch their breath on Monday, falling end over end in huge losses as traders anticipated more flare-ups from Washington after China's yuan slumped to a decade low and stoked fears of rising trade-war pains and the spectre of a currency war. |
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Singapore. NEW York-headquartered trade finance marketplace LiquidX has managed to get DBS, South-east Asia's largest lender, onboard its network - the first bank here in Singapore to do so. It was revealed on Tuesday that DBS has successfully completed a primary receivables... |
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SYDNEY (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he wants to deploy an intermediate range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, now that the Trump administration has formally pulled out of a Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks are set to remain under pressure Monday as investors fretted over President Donald Trump’s escalation of the trade war with China. Futures pointed lower in Japan and Hong Kong, which will in focus as protesters looked to shut down the city with a general strike on Monday. |
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ANKARA At least 2,820 irregular migrants were held across Turkey from over the past week, according to datacompiled by Anadolu Agency from security forces. Turkey connects Asia to Europe due to its geographical location, hence being the main route for the irregular migrants who look forward to starting a new life in European countries. |
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HOST International NZ Board Member, Mitchell Pham, has been honoured for his entrepreneurial leadership and international impact by Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as one of their yearly honours recipients. "My story is one about leveraging connections back to where I came from and the possibilities that.... |
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Awilco LNG ASA (the Company) is pleased to announce that a term sheet for the refinancing of the Company’s two 2013-built 156,000 cbm TFDEs WilForce and WilPride (the Vessels) has been agreed and signed with a major leasing company based in Asia. The refinancing is structured as a sale/leaseback.... |
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(Adds quotes, details) By Idrees Ali. SYDNEY, Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that he was in favour of placing ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia relatively soon, a day after the United States withdrew from a landmark arms control treaty. |
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August 4, 2019, 7:29 pm A growing number of Asia Pacific’s business are turning to Oracle Autonomous Database the industry’s first self-driving, self-securing, self-repairing databaseas they seek to gain deeper data driven insight, faster than ever before. |
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the shelling by India and warned on Twitter that the situation has the potential to “blow up into a regional crisis.” He reiterated that “the only road to peace and security in South Asia runs through a peaceful and just settlement of Kashmir. |
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SYDNEY – Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that he's in favor of deploying ground-based missiles to Asia, a day after the United States formally pulled out of a Cold War-era arms treaty that directly limited such weapons. Esper, speaking to reporters on his way to Australia, said he would.... |
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SYDNEY - U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he wants to see American ground-based intermediate-range conventional missiles deployed to Asia. Speaking to reporters on his first international trip as head of the Defense Department, Esper said the weapons were important due to the "the great distances" covered in the Indo-Pacific region. |
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US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that he was in favour of placing ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia relatively soon, a day after the United States withdrew from a landmark arms control treaty. Esper’s comments are likely to raise concern about an arms race and could add to an already tense relationship with China. |
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DOVER, Del. (AP) - Roughly 250 soldiers in Delaware’s Army National Guard are being deployed to southwest Asia. The Delaware National Guard held a deployment ceremony Saturday at Delaware State University in Dover for the Guard’s 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. The soldiers will be away for nearly a year as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. |
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The friends and families of nearly 300 Delaware Army National Guardsmen said goodbye to their soldiers Saturday morning as they prepare for deployment to Southwest Asia. The Delaware National Guard held a ceremony at the Delaware State University football stadium in Dover to send off the citizen soldiers. |
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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Washington wants to deploy new ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia soon. Esper's remarks came a day after the United States and Russia formally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a 31-year-old landmark nuclear accord between Washington and Moscow. |
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“It’s fair to say, though, that we would like to deploy a capability sooner rather than later,” Esper told reporters travelling with him to Australia on Friday. “I would prefer months. I just don’t have the latest state of play on timelines.” Esper’s comments come as the Intermediate-range Nuclear.... |
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US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Saturday that he was in favour of placing ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia relatively soon, a day after the United States withdrew from a landmark arms control treaty. Esper's comments are likely to raise concern about an arms race and could add to an already tense relationship with China. |
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Just last month, two Australian men were arrested in Bali for possession of cocaine and could be jailed for up to 12 years. If they're found Out of 14 countries identified as actively applying the death penalty for drug crimes by watchdog Harm Reduction International (HRI), nearly half are in.... |
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Not just a hub in the Indian Ocean August 3, 2019, 7:45 pm by Steve A. Morrell The Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council convened its 49th Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week. Incumbent Chairman Suren Abeysekera, acknowledging his election to the Chair, said the Council is the apex body of shippers in Sri Lanka with a 50 plus year history. |
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Croatian coach of the Kuwaiti national soccer team, Romeo Jozak, says priority for the "blue team" in the West Asia tournament are good performance and readiness for forthcoming encounters. Jozak was speaking at a joint news conference for trainers of Group B teams including his colleagues of the Saudi, Bahraini and Jordanian teams. |
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Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the least performing economies in the highest growing region in the world. While the South Asian region is expected to grow by 7 percent this year, these two economies are expected to grow by less than half of this. Ironically, these two South Asian countries were best poised for growth in the 1950s. |
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Robert Anthony, news editor of the Virakesari newspaper, emerged victorious in the South Asia Economic Integration Summit Contest. His article titled ‘Economic integration is key to alleviating poverty, unemployment and tensions in the SAARC region’ was adjudged the winner and awarded the first prize. |
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West Asian countries, despite being a good source market, have not been included in the 48 countries that were finally approved for visa exemption. The final list of countries had been a decision made by the Prime Minister’s office, state officials told the Business Times. In 2018 West Asia generated 71, 636 tourists. |
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