Hong Kong cabinet reshuffle not an ‘immediate task’, Lam says
A reshuffle of Hong Kong’s cabinet is not an “immediate task”, the city’s Beijing-backed leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, as she prepared to visit...
Spitting volcano keeps search parties off New Zealand island, death toll rises to six
Fearing the volcano could erupt again, search parties were unable to set foot on New Zealand’s White Island for eight people still missing on Tuesday,...
WTO ban on tariffs for digital trade extended until June 2020
World Trade Organization (WTO) members agreed on Tuesday to renew a 20-year moratorium on placing tariffs on digital trade for six months, allaying fears that...
Police ask for charges against singer in K-pop band BTS over car crash: Yonhap
Seoul police have asked prosecutors to consider pressing charges against a member of hit South Korean boyband BTS over an October car crash, Yonhap news...
Climate change a long-term risk for Swiss finance, FINMA watchdog says
Climate change poses one of the biggest long-term threats to the financial industry, Switzerland’s financial market supervisor FINMA said in its first-ever risk report published...
BlackRock Investment Institute ‘modestly positive’ on risk assets for 2020
BlackRock Investment Institute said on Tuesday it was cautiously rotating into cyclical assets, Japanese equities and emerging markets....
Oil prices drop as trade war concerns haunt market
Oil prices slipped for a second straight session on Tuesday as a slowing global demand outlook outweighed OPEC’s deal with associated producers last week to...
EU antitrust regulators mull tougher line against tech giants
EU antitrust regulators are considering taking a tougher line against tech giants by forcing them to do more to ensure a level playing field, a...
Six shot dead in Czech hospital attack
A gunman shot dead six people on Tuesday at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava in an unexplained attack, authorities...
Amazon secures top Champions League rights for Germany
Amazon.com has secured the rights to broadcast top European soccer Champions League matches for the 2021/22 season in Germany, the U.S. company said on Tuesday....