World economy
Battle over Brexit moves to top UK court amid rising passions
06 Dec 2016
The British government launched a Supreme Court battle on Monday to decide whether the executive has the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union, without seeking Parliamentary approval
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05 Dec 2016
Heart of Asia Summit adopts declaration against terror and its backers
05 Dec 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for action not just against forces of terrorism but also against those who support, shelter, train and finance them
Humanity on brink as AI to decimate jobs: Stephen Hawking
03 Dec 2016
The automation of factories has already decimated jobs in traditional manufacturing, and the rise of artificial intelligence is likely to extend this job destruction deep into the middle classes, warns Stephen Hawking
India rules out talks with Pakistan at Heart of Asia meet
02 Dec 2016
New Delhi has shot down any chance for a bilateral dialogue as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s foreign affairs adviser heads to Amritsar for a key regional summit
Bank of England moves to make £5 note vegetarian
01 Dec 2016
CIA chief warns Trump against tearing up Iran deal
01 Dec 2016
Trump’s threat to tear up the nuclear deal with Iran would be ‘the height of folly’, outgoing CIA chief John Brennan has said, and also warned the president-elect against cosying up to Vladimir Putin or authorising torture
Bernie Sanders wants steps to stop US jobs going offshore
28 Nov 2016
In an outline of the Outsourcing Prevention Act, former Democrat Party presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders said his proposed bill would bar companies that ship jobs overseas from enjoying federal contracts, tax breaks, grants or loans
Donald Trump to profit from Secret Service assigned for his protection
26 Nov 2016
The US Secret Service is negotiating with Trump Towers' landlord Donald Trump to rent out two vacnt floors at $3 million per year to house the security detail assigned to protect President Donald Trump
Trump chooses Indian-American Nikki Haley as UN envoy
24 Nov 2016
US president-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa) as ambassador to the United Nations
Trump’s charity admits to illegitimate ‘self-dealing’
23 Nov 2016
In its tax filings for 2015, the Donald J Trump Foundation has for the first time admitted to ‘self-dealing’, which implies using the fund’s money to buy items for Trump himself or to help one of his for-profit businesses