By Ritu, Capital Sands Asian markets were mixed on Monday morning in Asia as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizersaid the phase one Sino-U.S. trade deal is “totally done,” but no date is set for the next phase two talks. China’s Shanghai Composite slipped 0.1% by 11:35 PM ET, while the Shenzhen Component gained 0.6%. Hong Kong’s Hang […]
521 domestic and international flights were canceled due to bad weather. At least 11 people were killed, while hundreds of thousands were evacuated as typhoon Kammuri pounded large parts of Philippines, bringing heavy rains and high velocity winds and damaging a number of properties, officials said on Wednesday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management […]
Former PM has been diagnosed with an immune system disorder causing low platelet count. Doctors from London have hinted that former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s toxicology screening for poisoning would be ordered the British capital if no cause or cure was found of his unstable platelets, the media reported on Saturday. The announcement was […]
Low cost carrier said that the step was taken ‘on the advice of the Israeli Aerospace Industries’. SpiceJet has informed the exchanges that it has grounded three of its B737 freighter aircraft. The low cost carrier on Friday said that the step was taken “on the advice of the Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI), which converted […]
‘Now itself the laws are very tough and its only a question of implementation’ A Kerala Minister on Saturday made it clear that they have no issues in looking into the recently passed Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) 2019 Bill, christened ‘AP Disha Act’ and the Andhra Pradesh Special Court for Specified Offences against Women […]
League leaders Liverpool have won 15 of their 16 games in the Premier League this season. (AFP) Jurgen Klopp’s men are eight points clear of their nearest pursuers as they prepare to jet out to Qatar for the Club World Cup Liverpool will seek to sign off their pre-Christmas Premier League duties in style against […]
Mushtaq Ahmed’s first job will be to work with experienced leg-spinner Yasir Shah He will rejoin the team for the second Test in Karachi Pakistan has appointed former Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed as spin bowling consultant for a one-year term. Mushtaq’s first job will be to work with experienced leg-spinner Yasir Shah at the National […]
England also named a T20 squad for a three-match series in Read invented by Teads England will rest Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood for the three-match one-day international series against South Africa starting in Cape Town on Feb. 4, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Friday. The series marks […]
By Ritu, Capital Sands Britain’s economy will cast off some of the Brexit uncertainty that has held it back since 2016 after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election triumph, but the risk remains of another “cliff-edge” showdown with Brussels in a year’s time. With Britain’s exit from the European Union on Jan. 31 now a foregone […]
By Ritu, Capital Sands The pound rose to a three-and-a-half year high versus the euro and the highest in more than a year versus the dollar after exit polls suggested a win for the Conservatives, which should help ensure the UK’s smooth exit from the European Union. The Chinese yuan rose in offshore trade and the Japanese […]