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Japan’s Abe shakes hands with China’s Xi at G20

YoopyaSep 6, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands and exchanged words on Thursday on the sidelines of a G20 summit, the

India’s big business want Modi to be next PM

YoopyaSep 6, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – – Nearly three-quarters of Indian business leaders believe the government has mismanaged the economy and want opposition leader Narendra Modi to lead the

China’s yuan joins world’s most traded currencies

YoopyaSep 6, 2013April 13, 20240

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s yuan has joined the ranks of the most traded currencies for the first time, underlining the growing might of the

Rebels fight Syrian army in Christian village

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 13, 20240

BEIRUT (AP) — Government troops battled al-Qaida-linked rebels for a Christian village in western Syria for a second day Thursday, while world leaders gathered in

China says Syria strike would hurt world economy

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – China warned on Thursday that a military strike on Syria would hurt the global economy, in particular by causing oil prices to rise, and reiterated its calls

China’s grinning and corrupt ‘watch brother’ gets time

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – A Chinese provincial official was jailed for 14 years on Thursday for corruption after pictures of him grinning at the scene of an

U.S. resolution on Syria strike passes first hurdle in Senate

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s effort to win legislative backing for military strikes against Syria passed its first hurdle on Wednesday when a Senate committee voted in favor,

Analysis: Surprise or not, U.S. strikes can still hurt Assad

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – It would hardly be a surprise to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or his military if American missiles start hitting Syria soon. With weeks to prepare

Indian rupee in sharp rebound on suspected heavy intervention

YoopyaSep 4, 2013June 15, 20230

(Reuters) – The Indian rupee staged a sharp recovery on Wednesday after suspected heavy dollar selling by the central bank, preventing the battered currency from

Record radiation readings near Fukushima contaminated water tanks

YoopyaSep 4, 2013May 1, 20240

(Reuters) – Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked by more than a fifth to their highest