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Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker has this evening wrapped up a series of meetings in Chile and Paris focused on defending and advancing New Zealand's interests in open and rules-ba

By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department failed to meet a deadline on Thursday to provide information to three congressional committee chairmen looking into whether an annual arms control report slanted and politicized assessments about Iran, a congressional aide said.

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Late dancehall artiste, Ebony reigns, is still reigning as the Artiste of the Year in 2019. Organisers of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse, have nullified the Artiste of the Year and Song of the Year award categories for 2019 thus making Ebony still Artiste of the Year. It is the first time in the history of the VGMA ...

By Tomo Uetake Tokyo (Reuters) - Asian shares hobbled near four-month lows on Friday and crude oil plunged on worries the U.S.-China trade spat was developing into a more entrenched strategic dispute between the world's two largest economies, pushing investors to safe-haven assets. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan stood flat, hovering near its fresh four-month low marked on Thursday, and was on track for a third straight weekly loss, down 0.9% so far on the week. Japan's... Читать дальше...

With stability and visibility back in place, experts feel that investors should focus more on Mid Small caps rather than large caps.

Charles Barkley weighed in on Drake's sideline behavior during TNT's pregame show. It was classic Barkley.

The payout will not affect Weinstein's pending sexual misconduct case.

Rumored Star Wars movie based on the video game will be penned by Altered Carbon show creator Laeta Kalogridis.

Racing NSW has taken swift action after the arrest of racehorse owner Damion Flower over drugs charges.

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - An inflation gauge closely watched by the Bank of Japan accelerated at its fastest pace in almost three years as some retailers passed on rising costs to households, a positive sign for the central bank as it seeks to stoke consumer prices. But the big part of the increase came from a spike in package tour fees ahead of Japan's 10-day holiday in May, casting doubt over the long-term sustainability of the improvement as escalating trade tensions weigh on the outlook for the export-reliant economy. Читать дальше...

By David Stanway, Philip Wen and Stella Qiu ANYANG/SANGPO, China (Reuters) - For years, China's industrial heartland has been cloaked in smog, its waterways choked with pollution pumped from enormous clusters of factories churning out the mountains of cement and steel needed to build the Chinese economy. Aiming to tackle what has become a huge public health problem, the authorities have cracked down on polluting industries, targeting provinces like Henan, which has a population of 100 million... Читать дальше...

With Game 1 of the Finals against Milwaukee or Toronto just a week away, Dr. Rick Celebrini — Golden State’s director of sports medicine and performance — is busy trying to get the Warriors’ Kevin Durant (strained right calf), DeMarcus Cousins (torn left quadriceps muscle) and Andre Iguodala (left calf tightness) back in the lineup.

Welsh is considered "too much hassle" to teach people settling in Wales, it is claimed.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's net external assets grew to their second-largest amount on record last year, rebounding from the prior year's decline and making it the top creditor nation for the 28th straight year, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Friday.

The board president has since apologized. "I'm sorry for the insensitive manner in which they were made," she said.

A traffic jam of climbers in the Everest “death zone” was blamed for two of four new deaths reported Friday, heightening concerns that the drive for profits is trumping safety on the world’s highest peak.

By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil markets stabilised on Friday amid OPEC supply cuts and tensions in the Middle East, after posting their steepest falls since the start of the year earlier in the week on the back of a global economic slowdown and swelling fuel inventories.

Caroline Garcia narrowly avoided an upset at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where Aryna Sabalenka was also made to work to progress.

"Speeches they make against Iran are written by Zionists word by word."