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ROME:  Political deadlock in Italy following inconclusive elections has caused few wider ructions so far, but it might impact the...

OSLO: Norway and Switzerland are optimistic that economic ties between the Philippines and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will...

JAKARTA: President Joko Widodo signed the Presidential Decree No. 13/2018 on beneficial ownership, which enables authorities to identify the beneficial...

BERLIN: German economy shows no signs of slowing down even after nine years of growth, but there are increasing signs...

WELLINGTON: Earlier this week the city council of the capital of New Zealand, Wellington, opted to investigate the feasibility of widening...

BRASILIA:  Brazil’s Finance Minister criticized on Tuesday the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to raise import tariffs on steel...

SEOUL:  South Korea’s exports will continue to recover along with factory production and investment activity, even as uncertainties related to...

MUMBAI: Investors in Indian equity funds are keeping faith, unfazed by a planned tax on stock holdings, a bank fraud scandal and...

MANILA: Following the data, the peso weakened to 52.14 to the U.S. dollar from Thursday's close of 52.03, not far...

CAPE TOWN: The South African Revenue Service (Sars) said that taxpayers have already paid over ZAR2.7bn and it expects another...

BANG KOK: Thailand's pending anti-dumping case on imports of hot dip galvanized sheet and coil from China, South Korea and Taiwan...

TAIPEI:  The gender wage gap in Taiwan has narrowed over the past decade, while the number of Taiwanese women engaged...

DOHA: Qatar's trade surplus expanded about 28% year-on-year to QR35.83bn in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017 as exports grew...

BRUSSELS:  These practices undermine fairness and the level playing field in our internal market, and they increase the burden on...

TAIPEI: Taiwan's exports dropped 1.2 percent year on year in February, mainly because the Lunar New Year reduced the number...

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Jogi tribe live on a knife edge: forced to abandon their nomadic lives after violence wrecked their traditional...

AMMAN: Around the world this morning, millions of women are on their way to work. Globally, we know that most...

KUWAIT CITY:  Kuwait’s investment forum showcases the bountiful opportunities that await investors from around the world, two national bodies said on...

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Ministry of Finance has lowered the country’s growth projections for the current fiscal year as the government said...

MUSCAT: Oman took advantage of attractive interest rates and raised $6.5 billion in January, its biggest sale on record, to...