December2016
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Iran’s currency hits record low as Trump worries deter fund inflows
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: Iran’s rial hit a record low against the U.S. dollar on Monday in a sign of concern about the country’s ability to attract foreign money after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump takes office. The rial... -
UK Boxing Day online sales up 11.5 percent, footfall down 6 percent
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: The number of Britons who hit the shops on Boxing Day morning, a traditional shopping day, fell 6 percent versus the same period last year, while online transactions rose 11.5 percent year-on-year, retail data... -
Britain staying in EU single market makes no sense, Ex-BoE chief says
Dec 26, 2016Britain should decide its own immigration policy and stop pretending Brexit is compatible with staying in the European Union’s single market, a former governor of the Bank of England said on Monday. Mervyn King, who steered... -
Muslim with links to government murdered in troubled Rakhine, Myanmar says
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: A man has been found dead with stab wounds in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, in what the government said on Monday was the second murder in under a week of a Rohingya who cooperated with... -
Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its “shameful” decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a halt to Israeli... -
French jobless total falls for the third consecutive month in November
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: France’s jobless total fell for the third consecutive month in November to a near four-year low, Labour Ministry data showed on Monday. The ministry said the number of people registered as unemployed in mainland... -
Islamic State attack in Syria’s al-Bab killed 30 civilians, Turkish army says
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: At least 30 civilians were killed and many others were wounded on Sunday after Islamic State launched an attack in the Syrian town of al-Bab to prevent people from fleeing, the Turkish military said... -
Novartis receives positive CHMP recommendation for Ilaris® to treat rare diseases in adults and children called Periodic Fever Syndromes
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: Periodic Fever Syndromes are a group of diseases that cause serious recurrent fever and pathogenic inflammation through non-infectious activation of the immune system. Most patients present with symptoms in infancy or childhood, but in... -
Discover the Wonders of Yangzhou with Google Arts & Culture [VIDEO]
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: Google has uploaded a video on their youtube channel named ‘Discover the Wonders of Yangzhou with Google Arts & Culture’ Walk the streets of one of China’s oldest towns on Google Arts & Culture... -
Novartis bolsters ophthalmology pipeline through acquisition of Encore Vision, Inc.
Dec 26, 2016News Hour: Novartis is the leading ophthalmology company, with therapies that treat both front and back of the eye conditions, including retina diseases, glaucoma, dry eye and other external eye diseases. In 2016, Novartis combined its...