Economy & Business
Virus restrictions threaten Asia economic recovery in 2021
Coronavirus-ravaged economies across the Asia Pacific will make a “swoosh-shaped” recovery next year, the Asian Development Bank forecast Tuesday, but it warned ...US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese under Trump order
The United States has revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers under an order by President Donald Trump that ...UK PM gives October 15 deadline for Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given an October 15 deadline for a post-Brexit trade agreement with the European Union, brushing off ...Asian stocks mixed as vaccine hopes tempered by US data
Asian equities were mixed Thursday following another blow-out session on Wall Street, with new vaccine hopes and central bank largesse offset by ...Virus plunges Australia into first recession in nearly 30 years
Australia tumbled into its first recession for almost three decades with its pandemic-crippled economy shrinking a record seven percent in the second ...US-Israeli delegation lands in Abu Dhabi on historic flight
A US-Israeli delegation led by White House advisor Jared Kushner arrived Monday in Abu Dhabi, on the historic first commercial flight from ...Israel and UAE in historic direct flight following peace deal
An Israeli-American delegation was set to take off Monday on the first commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi as the ...Watchmakers meet in Geneva to try to nurture recovery
Luxury watchmakers Bulgari and Breitling and a handful of Swiss brands are gathering in Geneva this week for a scaled-down industry exhibition, ...US confirms seizure of Iranian fuel on Venezuela-bound ships
The US Justice Department on Friday confirmed it had seized the fuel cargo aboard four tankers sent by Iran to crisis-wracked Venezuela, ...UN set for showdown over US Iran arms embargo push
The UN Security Council is set next week to roundly reject a US resolution to extend an Iranian arms embargo, diplomats say, ...














