June2017

News Hour: The Chinese government will set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on 783 acres of land in Chittagong’s Anwara upazila under a government to government (G to G) deal. Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA)...

News Hour: Falling US gasoline prices drove inflation and retail sales down in May, defying expectations and raising more questions about the economy and the pace of interest rate increases this year. The government data released...

News Hour: Wall Street stocks and the dollar offered a muted reaction on Wednesday to the Federal Reserve’s decision to hike interest rates and signal one more increase in 2017. The Dow edged to a fresh...

News Hour: Bangladesh vs India ICC Champions Trophy semifinal is going on. India won the toss under overcast skies, and decided to bowl on a fresh pitch that is expected to be full of runs. Virat...

News Hour: Edi Coba says he is not sure his new rooftop bar in the heart of Old Havana that buzzes at night with hip, tattooed young Americans will survive if U.S. President Donald Trump tightens...

News Hour: At least 19 people were killed when Islamist militants launched a car bomb and gun attack on a busy hotel and adjacent restaurant in the Somali capital, a police officer said on Thursday. A...

News Hour: North Korea said on Thursday it had released American citizen Otto Warmbier “on humanitarian grounds” after he had been held prisoner for 17 months. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati,...

News Hour: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made fun of U.S. President Donald Trump and alluded to his ties with Russia, according to a leaked tape of an off-the-record media event. Turnbull, who had a...

News Hour: Eight hundred people will watch on Wednesday as Aries Liu, a 32-year-old man who used to be a woman, marries his blushing bride on a cruise ship in waters near China’s business capital of...

News Hour: Qatar’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday the country signed a deal to buy F-15 fighter jets from the United States for $12 billion. The deal was completed despite the Gulf country being criticized...