SEOUL: South Korea will no longer seek special treatment reserved for developing countries by the World Trade Organization in future negotiations given its enhanced global economic status, its finance minister said on Friday (Oct 25). In late July, US President Donald Trump put pressure on the WTO ...
India's beleaguered telecom companies were dealt a blow on Friday after being told to pay a whopping $13-billion bill, though boosting Asia's richest tycoon Mukesh Ambani who has shaken up the sector with his low-cost deals.
Geopolitical tensions, muted economic data and mixed earnings stymied global stocks and weighed on crude oil prices on Friday with sterling hovering just above one week lows amid a new bout of Brexit anxiety.
H&M opened a boutique-like store in a trendy neighbourhood in Berlin on Friday that offers yoga classes, a cafe with a garden and space for other brands as the Swedish budget chain seeks a new look to revive flagging sales.
Chip designer ARM will continue to supply Huawei Technologies after the British company's legal team ruled that its chip technology is of UK origin and would not breach U.S. restrictions on supplying the Chinese tech giant.
JAKARTA: Boeing said on Friday (Oct 25) it is addressing Indonesia's safety recommendations following calls for better cockpit systems and oversight by US regulators, and after the country blamed design flaws for a deadly Lion Air 737 MAX jet crash. In its final report released on Friday ...
LONDON: Britain's four mobile network operators have agreed to build a shared rural network, backed by funds from government, banishing countryside "not-spots" where consumers are unable to get an adequate signal. EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three will collectively spend £532 million (US$684 million) ...
Luxury Italian sports-car brand Maserati has cut sponsorship ties with Taiwan's top film awards, the latest international brand to bow to pressure from China on political issues.
SEOUL: Major South Korean portal Daum will temporarily close its comments sections on entertainment news, operator Kakao Corp said on Friday (Oct 25), after the death of a K-pop star who had opposed cyber bullying. Sulli, a former member of top South Korean girl group f(x), who had spoken...
With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in southern India is usually at full tilt before Deepavali. But due to efforts to curb air pollution, the pyrotechnics epicentre is fizzling out.
