An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 rocked Cagayan province in the northern Philippines Tuesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 7:03 [Read More]
Tokyo stocks ended higher Tuesday as concerns over the prospect of further interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve eased in the market. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, snapped [Read More]
The Bangladeshi government has confirmed another 16 deaths from dengue fever, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country since January to 634, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of [Read More]
Super typhoon Saola, which triggered floods and landslides in the Philippines, has left at least one dead and displaced 387,242 people across the country, the government said on Friday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and [Read More]
The Hong Kong Observatory on early Friday morning issued the No. 8 Northwest Gale or Storm Signal under the effect of Typhoon Saola. The No. 8 signal is the third-highest warning under Hong Kong’s weather [Read More]
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 97.61 points, or 0.53 percent to open at 18,580.47 points on Thursday.
The Indian government has decided to reduce the price of cooking gas (LPG) cylinder used in households by 200 Indian rupees (around 2.42 U.S. dollars) per cylinder, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said. [Read More]
The average retail gasoline price in Japan climbed to a record high level by rising for the 15th consecutive week, industry ministry data showed Wednesday. The national average price for regular gasoline as of Monday [Read More]
Super typhoon Saola has triggered floods and landslides in seven regions in the Philippines, affecting nearly 200,000 people, the government said on Wednesday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said at least one [Read More]
Malaysia’s leading bank Maybank has reported a higher net profit underpinned by higher revenue in the second quarter ended on June 30. Maybank said in a bourse filing on Wednesday that the group’s net profit [Read More]
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