Box Office: Ben Affleck’s ‘The Accountant’ dominates with $24.7 million |...
By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Underlining Ben Affleck's star power, "The Accountant" dominated moviegoing with a solid $24.7 million opening weekend at 3,222 North American sites.Sunday's...
View ArticleDuterte aligns Philippines with China, says U.S. has lost | Reuters
By Ben Blanchard | BEIJING BEIJING Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his "separation" from the United States on Thursday, declaring he had realigned with China as the two agreed to...
View ArticleSomali pirates free 26 Asian sailors held since 2012 | Reuters
By Abdi Sheikh | MOGADISHU MOGADISHU Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean, a...
View ArticlePhilippines’ Duterte tells Japan his China visit was just economics, blasts...
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Linda Sieg | TOKYO TOKYO Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sought to assure Japan on Wednesday that his high-profile visit to China last week was about economics, not...
View ArticlePhilippines says China ships still at shoal, but fishermen unhindered | Reuters
By Manuel Mogato | MANILA MANILA China has scaled down its presence at a disputed South China Sea shoal but has not interfered with Filipino fishermen, the Philippine president's security adviser said...
View ArticleMalaria, murder and occupational hazards of indigenous activists in the...
By Alisa Tang CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A little over a decade ago, indigenous activist Joan Carling from the Philippines Cordillera region lost three colleagues in the space...
View ArticleAsia stocks, dollar wrestle with U.S. political risk | Reuters
By Wayne Cole | SYDNEY SYDNEY Asia shares eased on Thursday while the U.S. dollar stayed on the defensive as a tightening U.S. presidential race saw the S&P 500 suffer its longest losing streak in...
View ArticleU.S. election fever keeps global stocks, dollar subdued | Reuters
By Marc Jones and Jamie McGeever | LONDON LONDON Stocks and the dollar were little changed on Tuesday as global investors trod carefully, readying for the outcome of one of the most contentious U.S....
View ArticleTaiwan set to legalise same-sex marriages, will become first in Asia to do so
Gay and lesbian relationships began to find wide acceptance in the 1990s in Taiwan, aided by the already well-established feminist movement, The post Taiwan set to legalise same-sex marriages, will...
View ArticleXi Jinping calls for unity in China amid political turmoil in Hong Kong
Xi Jinping vows to "never allow anyone, any organization, any party to split out any piece of land of China at any time and in any way." The post Xi Jinping calls for unity in China amid political...
View ArticleU.S. dollar, global stocks climb as Yellen signals rate hike coming | Reuters
By Caroline Valetkevitch | NEW YORK NEW YORK Global stock indexes rose along with the U.S. dollar on Thursday after U.S. The post U.S. dollar, global stocks climb as Yellen signals rate hike coming |...
View ArticleRecord highs for Wall Street quartet lifts world stocks | Reuters
By Marc Jones | LONDON LONDON World stocks rode the slipstream of the first joint all-time high for Wall Street's four main markets since 1999 on Tuesday, with commodity firms adding extra lift as...
View ArticleWall Street hits record highs, dollar gains vs yen | Reuters
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View ArticleU.S. shares end at record highs for second day, oil steadies | Reuters
By Sam Forgione | NEW YORK NEW YORK Wall Street's three main stock indexes ended at record highs for a second straight day on Tuesday, while European shares also rose on expectations that markets...
View ArticleAsia stocks try to share Wall Street joy, U.S. yields a burden | Reuters
By Wayne Cole | SYDNEY SYDNEY Asian stocks crept to one-week highs on Wednesday as investors tried to share in the exuberance of Wall Street, where the three main indices seized record peaks for a...
View ArticleFactbox: Companies who’s suppliers may source tin from a rebel Myanmar mine |...
YANGON More than 500 companies list among their suppliers Chinese-controlled firms that indirectly buy tin ore from a mine operated by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, a Reuters examination of the...
View ArticleAsia stocks edge up on U.S. growth data cues; dollar steady | Reuters
HONG KONG Asian stocks edged higher on Wednesday reflecting upbeat U.S. growth news while oil steadied after a sharp drop overnight as OPEC struggled to agree on a glut-draining production cut.MSCI's...
View ArticleOil, dollar and bond yields sharply higher after OPEC deal | Reuters
By Shinichi Saoshiro | TOKYO TOKYO Crude prices, the dollar and bond yields were sharply elevated early on Thursday after OPEC agreed to a deal to reduce output to clear a supply glut that has...
View ArticleBrent hits 16-month high, Treasury yields rise further | Reuters
By Rodrigo Campos | NEW YORK NEW YORK Brent crude futures rose to a 16-month high on Thursday on the heels of OPEC's agreement a day earlier to cut output, while Treasury yields continued to climb...
View ArticleTrump and diplomacy: From Pakistan to Taiwan, Donald’s phone calls upset...
US President-elect Donald Trump's call to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could "upset the delicate balance" of India-Pakistan ties, The New York Times said The post Trump and diplomacy: From Pakistan to...
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