(Tribune) - Shares of Facebook fell as much as 5 per cent on Friday to their lowest in nearly three months after the surprise departure of Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, at a time when the…

(Bloomberg) - As the UK’s Parliament finds itself deadlocked over Brexit, its currency may finally be starting to wriggle free. Pressure on the pound should ease as the political outcomes seen…

(news.com.au) - Queensland Senator Fraser Anning has been slammed for his “disgusting” comments in the wake of the fatal Christchurch mosque massacre. In a media statement issued this afternoon…

KEY POINTS: • 40 killed in 'terrorist' shootings at two Christchurch mosques • Ten died at Linwood, 30 at mosque near Hagley Park • Four people arrested, including one woman • One of the…

(Asian Nikkei Review) - Taiwan and Malaysia will suffer the most in the near term if a U.S.-China purchasing agreement goes through, while South Korea and Japan also have much to lose, a new …

The euphoria following Malaysia’s historic election last May has faded, leaving its stock market as Asia’s only one in the red this year. (Bloomberg) - The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI index…

(AFP) - British MPs will vote Thursday on whether to ask the European Union for an extension to the March 29 Brexit deadline, with the whole process mired in chaos. It comes after MPs on…

(AFP) - British MPs will vote Wednesday on whether the country should leave the EU without a deal in just over two weeks, after overwhelmingly rejecting a draft divorce agreement. The House of…

Australia and Singapore have suspended operations of all Boeing 737 Max aircraft in and out of their airports, after Indonesia and China grounded their fleets of the US plane manufacturer’s latest…

The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi is a tragedy that threatens to leave fresh questions hanging over the aircraft manufacturer Boeing. (The Guardian) - Few…

(Bloomberg) - Uber Technologies Inc is already delivering billions of dollars’ worth of food for local restaurants. Soon it could be taking over their kitchens, too. The ride-hailing giant is…

Becoming a billionaire ain’t easy. The Three Comma Club only has 2,153 members, but there are many ways the people who made the Forbes’ 2019 World’s Billionaires list built their wealth—from selling…

(Evening Standard) - There were no survivors from an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed this morning carrying 157 people, an airline spokesman has said. The plane was carrying passengers…

(Huffpost) - Pauline Ngarmpring thought she would take it slow as she began her new life as a transgender woman after transitioning at the age of 49. Instead, three years on, she is a candidate…

(NIKKEI) - The lobby of the Bureau of Immigration headquarters in Manila was bursting with scores of young Chinese seeking visas to work in the Philippines. Dozens more were being held in a…

(BBC) - Counter-terror police are investigating three packages containing explosives found at Heathrow Airport, London City Airport and Waterloo station. The "small improvised explosive…

Trump said two sides could not reach an agreement over sanctions, lower-level negotiations to continue. (Al Jazeera) - Hanoi, Vietnam - US President Donald Trump has said North Korea's demand that…

(CNA) - India and Pakistan both said they shot down each other's fighter jets over disputed Kashmir on Wednesday (Feb 27), a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time…

(CNA) - JAKARTA: A global money-laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), will place Cambodia on its watchlist on Friday (Feb 22) because of concern it is highly vulnerable to…

(CNA) - BEIJING: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman cemented a US$10 billion deal for a refining and petrochemical complex in China on Friday (Feb 22), meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping who…

“The very existence of our dramatically very different system, too close to be ignored or disregarded, that does better than their system, poses an implicit criticism of their system to their own…

The Philippines was named after a pasty guy from Spain who never actually set foot in the Philippines. (PRI) - King Philip II, ruler of the Spanish Empire for much of the 1500s, also regarded the…

Trump is looking for significant progress on the denuclearization of North Korea in exchange for a promise of economic assistance, but Kim will not easily give up his powerful nuclear deterrent,…

The threat of a sharper than expected economic slowdown in China could damage Asia’s growth prospects, according to analysts. While optimism is rising over continuing trade talks between the United…

(BBC) - Democratic and Republican politicians have sharply criticised President Trump's plan to use emergency powers to pay for a border wall with Mexico. The rarely-used move would enable Mr…

MPs voted 303 to 258 against a government motion endorsing its next moves in trying to secure a new withdrawal deal with the European Union. (AFP) - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday…

The project, which includes a seaport and power plant, will be built on 5,664 hectares of land in the country’s North Kalimantan province. (SCMP) - A private consortium led by a South Korean…

Carol Zhang says interviews with Chinese tourists show that many are self-conscious about the poor image of Chinese abroad and do their part to behave, so Chinese authorities trying to change the…