Category: International

Chinese shares open higher

Beijing, March 17 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.17 percent, at…

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Chinese shares open higher

Beijing, March 17 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.17 percent, at…

9 years ago

Tokyo shares open higher

Tokyo, March 17 (IANS) Tokyo shares opened the trading on Thursday higher following the US Federal Reserve's decision to maintain…

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Chinese yuan strengthens

Beijing, March 17 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 211 basis points…

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US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged

Washington, March 17 (IANS) The US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark short-term interest rates unchanged amid potential risks to the…

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Champions League: Barca beat Arsenal to reach last eight

Madrid, March 17 (IANS) FC Barcelona's Leo Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar scored one goal each to give the reigning…

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Canadian stocks surge

Toronto, March 17 (IANS) Canada's main stock market in Toronto rallied as resources stocks were boosted by crude oil prices…

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British FTSE 100 rises

London, March 17 (IANS) FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge rose by 0.58 percent, or 35.52 points, to…

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Spanish stock market falls

Madrid, March 17 (IANS) The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 0.28 percent to close at 8,962.80 points, down from…

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Spanish stock market falls

Madrid, March 17 (IANS) The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 0.28 percent to close at 8,962.80 points, down from…

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Spanish stock market falls

Madrid, March 17 (IANS) The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 0.28 percent to close at 8,962.80 points, down from…

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British unemployment rate reaches decade low

London, March 17 (IANS) The British jobless rate lowered to 5.1 percent between November 2015 and January 2016, reaching the…

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Oil prices rally

New York, March 17 (IANS) Oil prices surged as a government report showed US crude stockpiles increased less than expected.…

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Over 200 cholera cases in Zambian capital Lusaka

Lusaka, March 17 (IANS) Cholera cases in Zambian capital Lusaka increased to around 226 despite assurances by authorities that the…

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US dollar declines on Fed decision

New York, March 17 (IANS) The US dollar decreased against other major currencies as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates…

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Mail links between US, Cuba restored

Havana, March 17 (IANS) The mail links between the US and Cuba were restored with the arrival of the first…

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US stocks rally after Fed rate decision

New York, March 17 (IANS) US stocks ended higher after the US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark short- term interest…

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US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged

Washington, March 17 (IANS) The US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark short-term interest rates unchanged as widely expected, noting that…

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Two Sicilian clans arrested in anti-mafia bust

Palermo (Italy), March 16 (IANS/AKI) Police in Sicily on Wednesday arrested 62 people in an anti-mafia operation that effectively wiped…

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IS stitches up man’s mouth in Syria, parades him

Deir Ezzor, March 16 (IANS/AKI) Islamic State militants stitched up a Syrian youth's mouth and paraded him through the eastern…

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