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SA cops raid properties of Zuma allies, three arrested

SA cops raid properties of Zuma allies, three arrested

-- 2018-02-14 15:26:09

South African elite police unit Hawks has raided properties including the family compound of the Gupta brothers, businessmen friends of President Jacob Zuma. News agency Reuters reports quoting spoke...

Slovenia shuts schools amid teachers’ strike

Slovenia shuts schools amid teachers’ strike

-- 2018-02-14 14:43:43

Most of the schools in Slovenia have been closed on Wednesday as some 38,000 teachers held a one-day strike for higher wages in the largest labour protest so far this year. Later on Wednesday some 15...

Macron warns Syria of attack over chemical weapon use

Macron warns Syria of attack over chemical weapon use

-- 2018-02-14 13:11:41

French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to attack Syria if proof emerges that the Syrian government is using chemical weapons against civilians. "We will strike the place where these launches...

Family history increases breast cancer risk

Family history increases breast cancer risk

-- 2018-02-14 13:08:07

Women are more likely to develop breast cancer when a mother or sister had this disease, and the risk associated with family history doesn’t appear to diminish with age, a US study suggests. Fa...

Philippines, China to jointly explore energy in S China Sea

Philippines, China to jointly explore energy in S China Sea

-- 2018-02-14 12:53:16

The Philippines and China have agreed to set up a special panel to work out how they can jointly explore oil and gas in part of the South China Sea that both sides lay claim without having to address...

SA declares Cape Town drought a ‘national disaster’

SA declares Cape Town drought a ‘national disaster’

-- 2018-02-14 12:42:40

South African government has declared a national disaster over the drought that has been hitting the southern and western regions including Cape Town for months. The government made the announcement...

Japan GDP slows to 0.5pc in Q4

Japan GDP slows to 0.5pc in Q4

-- 2018-02-14 12:26:19

Japan's economic growth slowed in the last three months of 2017 and missed expectations, preliminary official figures show. The world's third-largest economy expanded at an annualised rate of 0.5 per...

Singapore cautious on outlook after 2017 growth

Singapore cautious on outlook after 2017 growth

-- 2018-02-14 12:01:17

Singapore is expecting a moderation in economic growth this year, pressured by cooling shipments, after a global exports boom helped the city state clock its fastest expansion in three years in 2017....

Google to introduce system that would automatically update emails

Google to introduce system that would automatically update emails

-- 2018-02-14 11:58:12

Gmail is about to get dynamic. Alphabet Inc’s Google plans to demonstrate a software programming system that would enable emails to feature continuously updating information and greater interact...

Russia targeting US 2018 polls, says intel chief

Russia targeting US 2018 polls, says intel chief

-- 2018-02-14 11:51:26

Leaders of US intelligence agencies warned that Russia will try to interfere in the 2018 US midterm elections by using social media to spread propaganda and misleading reports, much as it did in the 2...

Judge bars Trump’s move to scrap DACA program

Judge bars Trump’s move to scrap DACA program

-- 2018-02-14 11:28:02

A second US judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation. US District Judge...

Asian shares turn mixed

Asian shares turn mixed

-- 2018-02-14 10:44:21

A man looks at an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan February 9, 2018. Reuters Asian share markets turned mixed on Wednesday as investor nerves were strained ahead o...

Danish Prince Henrik passes away

Danish Prince Henrik passes away

-- 2018-02-14 10:43:24

The husband of the Danish Queen Margrethe, Prince Henrik, breathed his last on Tuesday night at the age of 83 at Fredensborg Castle. “His Royal Highness Prince Henrik died peacefully in his sle...

Global trade’s upward trajectory likely to continue in Q1: WTO

Global trade’s upward trajectory likely to continue in Q1: WTO

FE Online Report 2018-02-13 17:44:21

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) expresses optimism about the continued growth of the global trade in the first quarter (Q1) of the current calendar year. The latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (...

Japan economy seen growing for eighth quarter in a row

Japan economy seen growing for eighth quarter in a row

-- 2018-02-13 16:42:34

Japan’s economy was expected to grow for an eighth straight quarter in October-December, the longest period of expansion in about 30 years, a Reuters poll found on Feb 2, led by robust exports a...

‘Shock therapy may ease anxiety, depression’

‘Shock therapy may ease anxiety, depression’

-- 2018-02-13 15:34:26

People with anxiety and depression might feel a little better after they get mild electric shock therapy, but it’s unclear how much it will help or whether this treatment might ease other condit...

India shipyard blast claims five lives

India shipyard blast claims five lives

-- 2018-02-13 15:05:17

Five people have been killed and around 11 others wounded after a blast occurred, caused by a fire on a ship undergoing maintenance at India’s Cochin Shipyard Limited, a company spokeswoman said...

Wall St bounces, Asian stocks pull further off two-month lows

Wall St bounces, Asian stocks pull further off two-month lows

-- 2018-02-13 14:51:31

Asian stocks pulled further away from two-month lows on Tuesday, lifted by Wall Street’s extended rebound from last week’s steep fall, but investors remained cautious ahead of US inflation...

UAE banks hopeful of recovering $22b Saudi debt

UAE banks hopeful of recovering $22b Saudi debt

-- 2018-02-13 14:40:54

Banks in the United Arab Emirates are hopeful of recovering some funds in 2018 from the multibillion-dollar collapse of Saudi Arabia’s Saad Group and Ahmad Hamad al-Gosaibi & Bros Co (AHAB)...

Australia deputy PM denies breaking code of conduct

Australia deputy PM denies breaking code of conduct

-- 2018-02-13 13:54:04

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said on Tuesday that he did not break any parliamentary rules while having an extramarital affair with a former staffer as he faced down calls for...

Dry cleaner mix-up: Woman finds wedding dress after 32 years

Dry cleaner mix-up: Woman finds wedding dress after 32 years

-- 2018-02-13 13:30:17

An Ohio woman had given up hope of seeing her wedding dress again after a dry cleaner mix-up three decades ago until her daughter’s friend saw photos of the dress on Facebook. Michelle Havrilla...

UK, Irish PMs hopeful to break N Ireland stalemate

UK, Irish PMs hopeful to break N Ireland stalemate

-- 2018-02-13 13:14:22

The British and Irish prime ministers held talks with Northern Ireland’s feuding political parties on Monday and said later they were hopeful the province’s year-old political stalemate wo...

Afghan airstrikes kill 43 insurgents

Afghan airstrikes kill 43 insurgents

-- 2018-02-13 12:26:36

Afghan air force launched airstrikes in southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday night, killing at least 43 militants and wounding more than 20 others, provincial police chief said Tuesday. Afg...

Facebook use of personal data ‘illegal’

Facebook use of personal data ‘illegal’

-- 2018-02-13 11:56:30

A German consumer rights group said that a court had found Facebook’s use of personal data to be illegal because the US social media platform did not adequately secure the informed consent of it...

Suspicious powder mail sends Trump Jr's wife to hospital

Suspicious powder mail sends Trump Jr's wife to hospital

-- 2018-02-13 11:44:21

US President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Vanessa Trump was taken to a New York hospital after she opened a piece of mail containing an unidentified white powder on Monday, officials said. Th...

‘Gita’ batters Tonga’s capital, causes flooding

‘Gita’ batters Tonga’s capital, causes flooding

-- 2018-02-13 11:13:04

Powerful tropical cyclone Gita barrelled through the Pacific island nation on early Tuesday, tearing roofs off homes, flattening the parliament and causing widespread flooding. There were no confirme...

SA ruling party moves to oust Zuma

SA ruling party moves to oust Zuma

-- 2018-02-13 10:36:52

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party executive committee has decided to ‘recall,’ or remove, President Jacob Zuma as head of state, a senior ANC source said on Tuesda...

Researchers develop biobank for virtual cancer tissues

Researchers develop biobank for virtual cancer tissues

-- 2018-02-12 15:20:19

Australian researchers said that they have developed the first virtual platform of its kind for storing 3D copies of human cancer tissues, providing what they say is a novel way for accessing informat...

China creates over 66m urban jobs in 5 years

China creates over 66m urban jobs in 5 years

-- 2018-02-12 14:17:43

China created more than 66 million urban jobs over the past five years, official data showed. Over the five years, 90 per cent of college graduates found jobs and more than 1.1 million redundant work...

‘WW2 bomb’ prompts closure of London airport

‘WW2 bomb’ prompts closure of London airport

-- 2018-02-12 13:13:11

London City Airport has been closed after a World War Two bomb was found in the River Thames nearby. Flights have been cancelled, with passengers advised not to travel to the airport and to contact t...