Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping new executive order Friday to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough controls on travelers from seven Muslim countries. Making good...
Toshiba Corp (6502. T) said it will sell a minority stake in its memory chip business as it urgently seeks funds to offset an imminent multi-billion dollar writedown, adding that its overseas nuclear...
Franceville (Gabon) (AFP) - Senegal coach Aliou Cisse still looks back at the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations with a sense of unfinished business, so Saturday's quarter-final against Cameroon offers a...
Ghana, together with other countries, will, by 2020, ban the production, exportation and importation of some mercury-containing products. The products include dry cell batteries, switches and relays,...
Usain Bolt will have to hand back one of his nine Olympic gold medals after Jamaican team-mate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance. Carter was part of the Jamaican quartet that won...
President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign pledge by signing an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The trade deal, a linchpin of ex-President Barack Obama’s...
Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502. T) said it will unveil the extent of the writedown on its U.S. nuclear business on Feb. 14 when it reports its results for the quarter ended Dec. 31. The...
Australia and New Zealand say they are hopeful of pressing ahead with the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, despite America's formal withdrawal. The US-led 12-nation agreement was set to cover...
President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign pledge by signing an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The trade deal, a linchpin of ex-President Barack Obama’s...
McDonald's Corp's (MCD. N) sales at established U.S. restaurants fell for the first time in six quarters as the novelty of all-day breakfast failed to overcome competition from supermarkets and other...
A government advisory panel released on Monday a mid-term report on the possible abdication of Japan's Emperor Akihito, showing a split of opinions on some key issues regarding the abdication. One of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he believed U. S. President Donald Trump understood the value of free trade and that he would keep pitching a multinational trade pact that Trump's...
It saddens my heart when I hear of some motivational speakers and entrepreneurship gurus tauting our youth as 'Lazy folks' who do not want to work hard to earn ends meet. They usually come to...
Donald Trump's first address as US president wasn't just watched by Americans -- the world was listening too, and for now, his inaugural remarks have left some depressed, many wary and everyone...
The dollar slid broadly on Monday after U. S. President Donald Trump struck a protectionist tone in his inauguration speech, undermining optimism over the U.S. economy spurred by his promises of tax...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an agreement of unprecedented scope and ambition, which the Australian government will continue to advocate strongly, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment...
Thousands of protesters have joined a Women's March in London as part of an international campaign on the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency. The rally is among events in the UK and...
Chancellor Philip Hammond has acknowledged that Brexit uncertainty may cause firms to delay investment. Speaking at Davos, he said some firms were "quite understandably... waiting for the fog of...
Shares in Toshiba have dived 16% on reports that the embattled Japanese conglomerate faces bigger losses at its US nuclear power business. It is feared Toshiba may have to write down the value of the...
The Ashanti regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly called ‘Chairman Wontumi’ has disclosed that he has over hundred houses to his credit....
