Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says protests have hit business like a ‘tsunami’
Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday the business community was very worried about the long-term consequences of protests in the Asian financial...
Sri Lanka tourism industry begins to recover after attacks, election is next hurdle
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, badly hurt by Easter day bombings, is showing signs of gradual recovery, industry executives say, although a national election later this...
Israel says GPS disruptions in airspace end
Weeks-long disruptions to GPS signals in Israel’s airspace have ended, officials said on Friday, declining comment on an Army Radio report that Russian electronic warfare...
Plastic, plastic everywhere but not for African recyclers
A sea of crumpled bottles spills across the courtyard of Lucy Luo Minghui’s new $44 million plastic recycling factory in Nairobi, where plastic waste litters...
Huawei unveils Harmony operating system, but its smartphones won’t ditch Android
Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] unveiled on Friday its proprietary operating system for smartphones and other devices, as U.S. trade restrictions imposed in May threaten to cut...
‘Each of us writes’: Hong Kong’s discontent fuels creative art
Railings festooned with tear gas canisters and colorful postcards are artworks that protesters in Hong Kong have made from materials left over from recent demonstrations,...
UK, U.S. urge Tanzania to respect “due process” after journalist arrested
Britain and the United States urged Tanzania on Friday to guarantee due process of law for a journalist arrested on charges that his lawyer and...
Trade war, Italy and Brexit worries drive Europe lower
Trade war worries and the prospect of early elections in Italy and Britain hit European markets on Friday, while the week’s search for safety left...
Russia accuses U.S. of meddling over publication of protest map
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday accused the U.S. Embassy of meddling in Russia’s internal affairs for having published a map on social media showing the...
World Food Programme to resume food aid in Yemen’s Sanaa
The World Food Programme said on Friday it is resuming food distributions next week for 850,000 people in Yemen’s capital Sanaa after a two-month halt...