MOSCOW/LONDON: It was a quiet Easter holiday at the offices of major European oil companies and refiners when an email in Russian landed....
MOSCOW/LONDON: It was a quiet Easter holiday at the offices of major European oil companies and refiners when an email in Russian landed....
ZALKA, Lebanon: Farah Ballout's big, infectious smile is the first thing that greets you at her workplace, a cafe in Lebanon with a...
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces sentencing in London on Wednesday for breaching his bail conditions, the whistleblowing site and a court official...
TRIPOLI: With the frontlines around Libya's contested capital Tripoli stalemated, the two rival factions are bringing oil and money supplies into the firing...
Pfizer Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and tweaked its earnings forecast for the year on Tuesday, as it reported rising...
Tokyo: Japan's outgoing Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dramatically modernised the tradition-bound monarchy, bringing themselves closer to the public and boosting popular support...
DHAKA: Bangladesh has launched an online job portal to help reduce high fees incurred by thousands of workers seeking employment abroad and curb...
LONDON: Standing on black and white steps - chequered like her Chanel handbag - Helen Schweitzer poses elegantly on a London doorstep to...
DAKAR: Palm oil plantations in Liberia are billed as bringing jobs and development but actually leave locals poorer, said a Liberian lawyer who...
PARIS: When Boeing launched its 737 MAX jetliner in response to Airbus's record-selling A320neo, a wave of poker-faced satisfaction spread through Airbus headquarters...
Philippines central bank Governor Benjamin Diokno said it is only a matter of timing as to when monetary policy is eased after last...
Family-led enterprises are common across Asia yet the Philippines takes such control to the extreme. Philippine companies have the region’s oldest directors and...
Boeing shareholders are meeting six months to the day since the first of two deadly crashes involving the company's 737 Max airliner and...
Tokyo: It may be 1am but Tokyo's omnipresent convenience stores, known as "konbini", are busy with customers dropping in for everything from milk...
Mweso, DR Congo: The view at 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) is idyllic, but it comes with an invisible, mortal threat. "Everything around the...
China’s move to stifle coal imports from Australia is hurting its No. 2 supplier, with shipment figures showing the exporter conceding share in...
WASHINGTON: Nearly 40 world leaders and scores of finance officials, including International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, are gathered in Beijing for...
Vladivostok, Russia: President Donald Trump welcomed the roles of Russia and China in nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang on Friday, after a first summit...
