June2018

The United States is willing to work with China on a “results- oriented” relationship, but Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea were coercive and the Pentagon would “compete vigorously” if needed, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim...

xMyanmar’s government has announced an agreement with two UN agencies for the return of refugees who fled violence in Rakhine state, but Rohingya have expressed concerns that it does not do enough to guarantee their safety....

Cuba’s national assembly is set on Saturday to begin the long-awaited reform of its constitution to give legal backing to the Communist-run island’s economic and social opening while upholding the “irrevocable nature of socialism”. The most...

Syria’s foreign minister said on Saturday that U.S. forces must withdraw from the Tanf base in the south, and that Damascus had not engaged in talks over the country’s southern region. Walid al-Moualed also told a...

U.S. President Donald Trump, in a complete reversal, said on Friday he would hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore in the latest twist in the high-stakes diplomacy...

Training female sewing operators increases supervisory roles for women, boosts productivity, and reduces absenteeism in the readymade garment sector in Bangladesh, according to a University of Oxford evaluation of a training program by IFC, a sister...

Women who are obese and who have been metabolically healthy for decades are still at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to metabolically healthy women of normal weight, according to an observational study that followed...

Huawei unveils the much-anticipated flagship smartphone HUAWEI P20 Pro in Bangladesh. The HUAWEI P20 Pro features world’s first Leica triple camera which includes unprecedented AI features. It promises a groundbreaking smartphone experience by uniting technology and...

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday as fears of a global trade war grew after Washington announced steel and aluminium tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.39 percent...

Embattled conglomerate Toshiba on Friday completed the $21 billion sale of its prized chip unit to an investment consortium, a move seen as crucial to keeping the Japanese firm afloat. The deal had been delayed while Chinese...