SEOUL: South Korea’s ports registered declines in throughput in both container and overall tonnage volumes in April with the country’s...

CALGARY: As oilsands companies send crews back to the Fort McMurray region of Alberta and prepare to restart production following...

GENEVA: The long-awaited trial of Swiss financier Dieter Behring starts in Bellinzona, southern Switzerland, on Monday. The 61-year-old will answer...

WASHINGTON: Darwin Port is to have its quay line extended as part of a $25 million infrastructure boost under a...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka sought a $1.5 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund last month after saddling itself with billions...

PETALING JAYA: THE Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (Margma) is optimistic of achieving 11 per cent growth in exports to...

HONG KONG: Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust)’ Hong Kong ports are still struggling in April, though Shenzhen remains a...

SINGAPORE: Bank lending here shrank for the seventh straight month in April on a continued slump in business loans. April's...

MOSCOW: Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil production in March by producing almost 11 million barrels per day, Russian Federal...

ATLANTA: U.S. hotel revenue is slowing down, while expenses are on the rise, according to CBRE Hotels America’s Research’s 2016...

MADRID: Spain's consumer prices fell by 1 percent in May when compared with the same month of a year earlier,...

LONDON: BOEING Co is set to win a 2-billion-pound (US$2.92 billion) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for new...

BUDAPEST - Hungary supports the idea of granting market economy status to China, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

BEIJING: Chinese banks held 204.3 trillion yuan ($31 trillion) in onshore assets by the end of April, according to data...

BRUSSELS: The European Investment Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on Monday signed a framework agreement and agreed to...

SYDNEY: Mass bleaching has killed more than a third of the coral in the northern and central parts of Australia's...

PARIS: Deep, cold ocean currents from the North Atlantic blunt the effect of global warming on Antarctica and slow the...

TOKYO: Asian stocks rose, paring the worst monthly loss since February, as the dollar maintained strength against the yen amid...

NEW YORK: Stocks in Europe and Asia rose slightly and the dollar edged higher on Monday as investors considered the...

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index edged lower on Monday as energy stocks retreated ahead of a meeting of oil producers...