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[Graphic News] Biggest buyers of Saudi Arabian oil

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group last week attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry in a strike that could impact about 5 million barrels per day of crude production - close ...

Sept 22, 2019
World Business
Airbnb announces plans to go public in 2020

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Airbnb, the internet home stay company which disrupted the hotel and travel industry, said Thursday it plans to make its stock market debut next year but offered few details. Launc...

Sept 20, 2019
World News
Wall Street slides a day after Fed rate cut

NEW YORK (AFP) -- US stocks went nowhere on Thursday as investors lost their appetite in afternoon trade, a day after the US central bank delivered a widely expected shot of stimulus. At the close, ...

Sept 20, 2019
World Business
Japan court to rule in only Fukushima criminal case

TOKYO (AFP) -- More than eight years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a Japanese court will rule Thursday on the only criminal prosecution stemming from the worst nuclear accident in decades. T...

Sept 19, 2019
World News
US Fed cuts key interest rate a quarter point, citing 'uncertainties'

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The US central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year on Wednesday, and Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell vowed to do whatever is needed to keep the ...

Sept 19, 2019
World News
Trump names hostages envoy O'Brien as new natl. security adviser

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named the current envoy for hostage negotiations, Robert O'Brien, as his new national security adviser. Trump made the announcement on Twitter, days after he f...

Sept 19, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] Aramco is the biggest oil firm in the world

Drones attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco last weekend. Aramco is the biggest energy company in the world. It prod...

Sept 18, 2019
World Business
Police on alert as Taiwan's flag lowered in the Solomons

HONIARA (AFP) -- Police maintained a strong presence on the streets of the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara Tuesday but reported no unrest following the troubled Pacific nation's decision to switch d...

Sept 18, 2019
World News
Saudi oil attacks came from southwest Iran, US official says, raising tensions

WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States believes the attacks that crippled Saudi Arabian oil facilities last weekend originated in southwestern Iran, a US official told Reuters on Tuesday, an ...

Sept 18, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] North Korea world’s 2nd most censored country

North Korea is the world’s second-most censored country, an international press freedom group said in a recent report, calling Pyongyang’s media a state “mouthpiece.” Access to the internet is res...

Sept 17, 2019
World News
Facing US ban, Huawei emerging as stronger tech competitor

SHENZHEN (AP) -- Long before President Donald Trump threatened to cut off Huawei's access to US technology, the Chinese telecom equipment maker was pouring money into research that reduces its need f...

Sept 17, 2019
World News
Hong Kong leader says public dialogue aimed at easing tensions to begin next week

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday that she would engage directly with her governing team in a dialogue with the community next week, while reiterating calls for an end to the ...

Sept 17, 2019
World News
Trump: It looks like Iran hit Saudis, no military option yet

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump declared Monday it "looks'' like Iran was behind the explosive attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. But he stressed that military retaliation was not yet ...

Sept 17, 2019
World News
Johnson the Brexit 'Hulk' finally meets EU's Juncker

LUXEMBOURG (AFP) -- Six weeks after he took office and six weeks before he is due to lead Britain out of the European Union, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to meet Jean-Claude Junker. On Monday, af...

Sept 16, 2019
World News
Ric Ocasek, visionary frontman of The Cars, dead at 75

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Ric Ocasek, the frontman of synth-heavy new wave innovators The Cars, was found dead Sunday in New York, police said. He was 75 years old. The New York Police Department told AFP t...

Sept 16, 2019
World News

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