BOJ to forgo July rate hike, taper US$152bil per year, says ex-policymaker
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan is likely to trim bond buying by around 24 trillion yen ($152 billion) annually in…
Shanghai shares end at two-month low as traders gauge lacklustre data
SHANGHAI: Mainland China and Hong Kong stocks ended lower on Monday, with the key benchmark closing at its lowest level…
Discovering Algeria’s lesser-known treasures
Africa’s biggest country wants to lure tourists to its neglected cultural and scenic glories.
Ukraine summit strives for broad consensus to lean on Russia to end war
BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland (Reuters) - Western powers and countries from the rest of the world will use the second day of…
Singapore intensifies oil spill clean up after it spreads along coast
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An oil spill off southern Singapore has spread to other areas of the island's coast and is…
Russian forces kill Islamic State-linked hostage takers at detention centre
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant…
Former French President Sarkozy flags chaos risk as election looms
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Sunday that President Emmanuel Macron's unexpected decision to dissolve the…
Ukraine says peace summit communique takes Kyiv’s positions into consideration
KYIV (Reuters) - Kyiv's positions have been taken into consideration in the final communique for a summit of world leaders…
Swiss right-wing leader calls Ukraine summit an ’embarrassment’
BUERGENSTOCK (Reuters) - A leading Swiss right-wing nationalist panned a summit his country was hosting in a bid to pressure…