July2016

News Hour: On 36 occasions last season, Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain boosted Napoli dreams of ending a 26-year title drought as he inspired with goalscoring feats in the Scudetto race with Juventus. On Tuesday, Higuain went...

News Hour: The World Bank is raising its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $43 per barrel from $41 per barrel due to supply outages and robust demand in the second quarter. Oil prices jumped...

News Hour: The World Bank and the State Bank of Vietnam today signed legal agreements for 3 projects, worth US$371 million in total, to support with economic competitiveness, climate change response and green growth, and water...

News Hour: Member States of the United Nations (UN), through the General Assembly, yesterday (25 July) unanimously adopted a resolution approving the Agreement to make IOM a “Related Organization” of the UN. The Agreement outlines a...

News Hour: Venezuela on Tuesday said private and public companies will be obliged to let their workers be reassigned to grow crops, in a dramatic move in the middle of the country’s crippling economic crisis, reports...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks rallied at the open on Wednesday, rebounding after three straight sessions of losses as investors await the outcome of a US Federal Reserve meeting, reports BSS. The US central bank, which concludes...

News Hour: Egypt has asked the International Monetary Fund for financial support as it struggles to strengthen its economy, the IMF said on Tuesday, reports BSS. The Fund plans to send a staff team to the...

News Hour: Twitter’s shares fell hard on Tuesday after its quarterly update showed more losses for the struggling social media platform, which has seen sluggish growth in revenues and active users, reports BSS. Shares were down...

News Hour: Turkey issued arrest warrants on Wednesday for 47 former staff of the Zaman newspaper, an official said, in a growing crackdown on people suspected of links to alleged coup mastermind Fethullah Gulen, reports BSS....

News Hour: Offices of British Council in Bangladesh have been closed temporarily to review their security procedures. The British Council Bangladesh has announced it today in it’s Facebook page. According to the post by British Council...