October2017

News Hour: Hong Kong stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday morning, extending gains into a fourth straight session following yet more records across Wall Street’s main indexes. The Hang Seng Index inched up 0.05 percent, or 15.78...

News Hour: South Korea’s exports of information and communications technology (ICT) products hit a new record high in September thanks to strong demand for semiconductors, a government report showed on Monday. The ICT exports reached 19.26...

News Hour: China’s official Xinhua news agency attacked Western democracy as divisive and confrontational on Tuesday, praising on the eve of a key Communist Party Congress the harmony and cooperative nature of the Chinese system. China’s...

News Hour: Like the deal-maker he says he is, U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be keeping his options open as his Republican Party threatens to erupt into full-scale war. On Monday, almost immediately after saying...

News Hour Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday said Malaysia will remain beside Bangladesh to ensure smooth repatriation of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals. “Bangladesh is not alone in terms of...

News Hour World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. signed its first female performer from the Arab world on Sunday, smashing cultural taboos as the U.S.-based pageant seeks to piledrive its way into lucrative foreign markets. Shadia Bseiso, a...

News Hour “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s star-studded charity song to fund relief efforts in Puerto Rico topped the Billboard digital singles chart on Monday, while Christian music rapper NF topped the Billboard 200 album chart. Miranda’s...

News Hour Millions of women across the world have been sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse in an online campaign using the hashtag #MeToo on Twitter and with rolling posts on Facebook, reports Reuters....

News Hour Actors Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander tied the knot in a secret ceremony over the weekend in Ibiza, People megazine confirms. Friends and family of the famously private couple gathered at the La Granja...

News Hour Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will visit Myanmar next month to attend the 13th ASEM Summit to be held in Myanmar’s capital, reports UNB. The ASEM Foreign Ministerial Meeting will be held in Nay...