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Hong Kong riots fail to deter New Year revellers
10 Feb 2016
Michael Bloomberg may throw his hat in US presidential ring
09 Feb 2016
Opinion polls show that if billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg contests the November election, he would get only 10 per cent of the vote but would act as a spoiler for Hilary Clinton and give an edge to Donald Trump
Nepal ex-PM Koirala dies at critical juncture
09 Feb 2016
Sushil Koirala was a key architect of Nepal’s first republican constitution, and his death complicates the power equations in his Nepali Congress party
Taiwan quake kills 7, leaves dozens hurt or missing
06 Feb 2016
Rescuers pulled 247 survivors from the rubble in the worst-hit Tainan city that left seven dead and several dozens hurt or missing
Obama proposes $10 a-barrel-oil tax to fund US railway, highway projects
05 Feb 2016
President Obama has proposed a $10-a-barrel oil tax spread over five years to pay for a variety of ''clean transportation'' technologies
Zika in Europe: pregnant Spanish woman infected
05 Feb 2016
With dozens of cases emerging in Europe and North America from travellers returning from affected areas, WHO has stressed the potential link between Zika and microcephaly — which causes children to be born with abnormally small heads
Zika in Europe: pregnant Spanish woman infected
05 Feb 2016
With dozens of cases emerging in Europe and North America from travellers returning from affected areas, WHO has stressed the potential link between Zika and microcephaly — which causes children to be born with abnormally small heads
12 nations ink TPP treaty, but long road ahead
04 Feb 2016
EU again urges Greece to control migrant influx
03 Feb 2016
The European Union has urged Greece to take specific steps to check the flow of asylum seekers to its shores and protect the 28-nation bloc's external border
23 nations meet in Rome to mull anti-ISIS strategy
03 Feb 2016
US officials said the Pentagon's fiscal year 2017 budget will call for more than $7 billion to fight Islamic State, up roughly a third from the previous year's request to Congress
WHO declares global emergency as Zika virus spreads
02 Feb 2016
The decision was taken after an emergency meeting of of independent experts in Geneva to assess the severity of the health threat associated with the spread of Zika virus disease
Aung San Suu Kyi ushers in a muted democracy in Myanmar
01 Feb 2016
Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy will have to share power with the military, which retains three key ministers, a quarter of seats in parliament and a veto on constitutional changes
Russia weighs Opec proposal for oil production cutbacks
29 Jan 2016
A combined reduction in oil production could immediately reduce global supplies of crude oil by around 1 million barrels per day
Netherlands moots sending refugees back to Turkey
29 Jan 2016
EU nations have grown unnerved by the continent's worst migration crisis since World War II, one that has jeopardised the bloc's Schengen zone of passport-free travel
BoJ cuts interest rate to below 0 % to beat deflation, revive growth
29 Jan 2016
The BoJ plans to pursue monetary easing in full steam by making full use of possible measures in terms of three dimensions - quantity, quality, and interest rate
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