August2016
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ADB President reiterates commitment to Palau development
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao today met with the President of Palau, Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr. and the Minister for Finance and ADB Governor, Elbuchel Sadang, to discuss the country’s infrastructure investment... -
ICC expresses sadness at the passing of Hanif Mohammad
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: The International Cricket Council has expressed sadness at the passing of former Pakistan captain and ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Hanif Mohammad at the age of 81. In a statement, ICC Chief Executive David... -
Babar Hayat named new captain for Hong Kong men’s cricket
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: Hong Kong Cricket Association today proudly announce that Babar Hayat has been appointed captain ahead of the upcoming tour of United Kingdom and Ireland. Selectors have appointed Hayat after Tanwir Afzal elected to stand... -
Chloe Moretz posts topless photo on Instagram
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: American actress and model Chloë Grace Moretz posted a topless photo on Instagram. Chloë did it months after she publicly took Kardashian to task for posting a nude selfie. The 19-year-old’ actress’s photo was... -
Oil prices continued to fall
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: Oil prices continued to fall on Wednesday,driven in part by elevated US crude inventories and Saudi Arabia’s record oil production, reports BSS. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, a barrel of West Texas Intermediate... -
Global demand of Gold grew by 15% in the second quarter of 2016
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: Global gold demand grew by 15 percent to 1,050 tonnes in the second quarter of 2016, mainly driven by considerable investment demand, World Gold Council (WGC) said in its latest report, reports BSS. The... -
New Zealand cuts interest rates to a new record low
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: New Zealand’s central bank cut interest rates by 0.25 percent to a new record low of 2.0 percent on Thursday. The reduction was in line with market expectations, and the bank indicated more cuts... -
‘Pink’ Trailer strikes a chord!
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: Rashmi Sharma Films Presents Shoojit Sircar’s Pink, a Rising Sun Films production. Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and produced by Rashmi Sharma and Ronnie Lahiri, Pink releases on September 16th, 2016 and stars Amitabh... -
Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of waging terror
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Ukraine of waging “terror” over alleged attempted incursions into annexed Crimea that Kiev has fiercely denied, reports BSS. Russia’s security agency announced it had thwarted “terrorist attacks”... -
Man spending three hours in scaling Trump Tower arrested
Aug 11, 2016News Hour: A man spent three hours Wednesday scaling Trump Tower, the New York home and headquarters of the Republican nominee for US president before police captured him through an open window, reports BSS. Live television...
