The Asian Development Bank on Thursday predicted Asia’s economy to expand faster in 2017; South Asia to remain the fastest growing of all sub-regions and India to achieve a 7.4 per cent growth due to strong consumption. In its latest report, the ADB projected a 5.9 per cent growth for the developing Asian economy riding […]
Saying that its Q3 results were negatively impacted by Apple’s contract manufacturers not paying royalties, chip giant Qualcomm on Thursday reported its revenue down 11 per cent over the previous year. The third quarter fiscal 2017 revenue stood at $5.37 billion, beating analyst estimates of $5.26 billion. Qualcomm’s net income was down 40 per cent […]
More than half of the terror attacks in the world in 2016 took place in five countries, including India and Pakistan, a senior US counter-terror official has said. Justin Siberell, Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism, in a media briefing on the release of the Country Reports on Terrorism by the US State Department, also said that […]
Flying in the face of Pakistani denials, the US has not minced words in saying how numerous terrorist groups, including the LeT and JeM, continued to operate from Pakistani soil in 2016, and how LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, a UN designated terrorist, freely addressed large gatherings. The US State Department, in its Country Reports on […]
The multi-storey office complex of Ghana’s Parliament in Accra caught fire late on Tuesday, with no one reported dead or hurt. The fire, which started while Members of Parliament were still going about their busy schedules in the chamber of the house, was on the east wing of the 10th floor of the 12-sotrey office […]
Facebook has hired Uber’s former top public relations executive as vice-president of communications for its multiple platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. According to a report in The Guardian on Tuesday, Whetstone, who has worked for some of the Britain’s most powerful Conservative politicians, stepped down as head of public policy and communications at Uber […]
Sri Lanka and Singapore are to finalise a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) this year, Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake said on Tuesday. Karunanayake said that during his discussions with visiting Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, particular attention was paid to ways and means of further strengthening bilateral trade and investment. The proposed Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA is […]
The new sanctions against Iran by the US are damaging already frayed Tehran-Washington ties, and violate the 2015 nuclear pact, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said. Zarif’s statement came after the US on Tuesday imposed new sanctions against Iran, a day after Washington said Tehran was complying with the 2015 nuclear deal signed […]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday discussed over the phone with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron ways to enhance bilateral ties and resolve Libya’s crisis. The two leaders expressed the willingness to promote the bilateral ties at all levels and enhance partnership between the two nations, Xinhua reported. Macron stressed the importance of continuing coordination […]
Britain’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced on Sunday new measures to curb the growing number of acid attacks. Her move follows a spate of five attacks within a 90-minute period towards the end of last week in London. Two teenage boys were arrested after those attacks, and one of them aged 16 has been charged […]