World economy

17 May 2019

17 May 2019

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce has followed up President Trump’s executive order by adding Huawei Technologies Co and its affiliates to the Bureau’s (banned) Entity List

16 May 2019

The order does not name specific countries or companies but appears to target Chinese tech giant Huawei, the world's biggest supplier of network gear used by phone and internet companies

15 May 2019

15 May 2019

14 May 2019

While there is the prospect of the trade dispute between United States and China spiralling into a no-holds-barred trade war, the fact remains that China and the US cannot live without each other

10 May 2019

10 May 2019

While the Alfa-X with a top speed of 400 kmph may be the world’s fastest train right now, before its 2030 launch a new maglev line will start operating between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027 with top speeds of 505 kmph

10 May 2019

09 May 2019

08 May 2019

China had retracted on its commitments to change laws to resolve core US complaints, including theft of US intellectual property and trade secrets, forced technology transfers, competition policy, access to financial services and currency manipulation

02 May 2019

Fed policymakers said ongoing economic growth, a strong labor market and an eventual rise in inflation were still “the most likely outcomes” as the U.S. expansion nears its 10-year mark

02 May 2019

Naruhito, like his father Akihito, has warned of the need to remember World War II "correctly," without downplaying Japan's early 20th-century militarism as also of the need to modernise the royal family

29 Apr 2019

The NIA, which is on the trail of ISIS recruitments from Kerala, raided the houses of four suspects in Kasargode and Palakkad after evidence emerged that the targets of their probe had persistently tailed Zahara Hashim, the main accused in Sri Lanka bombing, on social media

25 Apr 2019

25 Apr 2019

With President Maithripala Sirisena asking defence minister and the police chief to resign and vowing a complete clean-up of the administration, chances of the return of the once ousted Mahinda Rajapaksa seems to be a probability

24 Apr 2019

23 Apr 2019

22 Apr 2019

Police had received a tip-off of a possible attack on churches by a little-known domestic Islamist group, the National Thawheed Jama’ut, some 10 days ago, but Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the authorities decided to ignore it

22 Apr 2019

While the terrorists are yet to be identified and an official explanation of the terror attack may take some time, the attack had all the trappings of the 2008 Mumbai terror strike

18 Apr 2019

While multiple quick counts showed Widodo leading at 55 to 45 per cent, rival presidential candidate Prabowo said his team had evidence of cheating and claimed to have won 62 per cent of the popular vote based on internal polling

16 Apr 2019

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world body owed nations millions of dollars for peacekeeping, the highest amount being the $38 million it owed India

16 Apr 2019

Firefighters barely managed to save the shell of the stone structure and its two main bell towers from collapse, even as they battled to rescue some of Notre-Dame’s treasures, including artwork

11 Apr 2019

If the British parliament accepts the extension and London remains in the European Union after 22 May, British voters will have to take part in European parliamentary elections, which most EU members oppose

10 Apr 2019

Netanyahu had pledged to annex Jewish settlements in West Bank if re-elected, which is likely to further hinder Israel-Palestine peace talks that have been stalled since 2014