Silicon Valley stocks routed amidst low earnings
Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. tumbled in the wake of disappointing revenue growth, and it cost investors big money. The…
China’s private space company fails on debut launch
The first-ever attempt by a private Chinese company to send a rocket into space has failed in an increasingly heated…
Gold demand up as countries abandon US dollar
Central banks around the world are turning to gold as an alternative to the US dollar, which they see as…
Bolsonaro Wins Brazilian Presidency
Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil’s Social Liberal Party has won the Brazilian presidential elections. Bolsonaro’s campaign was marked by his similarities…
Sri Lankan Crisis – ‘ An international conspiracy ‘
Violence erupts in Sri Lanka after Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sacked by President Sirisena. He has been replaced by…
New Election Setback for Angela Merkel
Voters in Germany’s most prosperous states, Hesse, upset Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives again in an election that was seen as…
Israeli Prime Minister Visits Oman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Visits Oman, the first such visit by an Israeli prime minister in 22 years and…
Iranian boats shadow U.S. warship
Iranian boats closely shadowed an American warship in the Persian Gulf on Friday, underscoring the potential for renewed maritime hostility…
Beijing wary of Bolsanaro’s anti-China rants
The Chinese government is trying to make peace with Brazil’s leading presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, whose China-bashing threatens to chill…
U.K. imposes fines on Facebook
British regulators slapped Facebook with a fine of £500,000 ($644,000) for failing to protect the privacy of its users in…
Belgium selects the F-35
Belgium said it had chosen to buy US-made F-35 stealth warplanes over the Eurofighter Typhoon, which critics call a blow…
EU urges arms embargo on Saudi Arabia
The European Parliament passed a nonbinding resolution on Thursday condemning the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and urging a…
India’s fiscal deficit at 5.95 trillion rupees
India’s April-September fiscal deficit stood at 5.95 trillion rupees ($81.20 billion), or 95.3 percent of the budgeted target for current…
EU rejects Italy’s budget proposals
The European Union (EU) for the first time sent back a member state's proposed budget because it violated the bloc's…
Asian markets fall on geopolitical fears
Markets in Asia tumbled Thursday on the back of a sharp fall in U.S. markets that erased all the gains…