
Asian markets flat in quiet holiday trade
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - Asian stocks were mostly flat on Thursday in cautious trade following a mixed close on Wall Street and ahead of year-end holidays.
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Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - Asian stocks were mostly flat on Thursday in cautious trade following a mixed close on Wall Street and ahead of year-end holidays.
Dec 30, 2021

New Delhi (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - The Indian government extended on Thursday a special law giving armed forces sweeping powers in the north-eastern state of Nagaland, days after a botched army ambush killed 14 people.
Dec 30, 2021

Tehran (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - Iran announced Thursday it had carried out a new space launch, in a move likely to irk Western powers amid tough talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal.
Dec 30, 2021

Washington (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday led international condemnation of the latest closure of a pro-democracy media outlet in Hong Kong, saying it undermined the reputation of the Chinese-ruled financial hub.
Dec 30, 2021

Baghdad (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - Iraq's parliament will open on January 9 for its first session since lawmakers were elected in an October vote won by Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, President Barham Saleh said Thursday.
Dec 30, 2021

Tehran (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - Ongoing talks in Vienna to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran have seen relatively satisfactory progress, Iran's negotiator Ali Bagheri said Thursday.
Dec 30, 2021

Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - Asian stocks were mostly flat Thursday in cautious holiday trade following a mixed close on Wall Street, though Chinese artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime was a big winner with a 23 percent jump on its Hong Kong debut.
Dec 30, 2021

Washington (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - The United States voiced concern Thursday about Iran's new space launch, saying it would help the clerical state's missile program, but indicated it was still pursuing diplomacy to return to a nuclear deal.
Dec 30, 2021

Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Dec 30, 2021 - Months after a minor motorbike accident, Amer Shaker is still suffering from poor treatment at a hospital in Iraq's Mosul, forcing him like many others to seek help elsewhere.
Dec 30, 2021

Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Dec 29, 2021 - A budding Iraqi filmmaker yells action! as an actress clambers over rubble in Mosul's Old City, proud students of a nascent film school in the former jihadist bastion.
Dec 29, 2021

Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 29, 2021 - Asian markets were mixed in morning trade Wednesday, as a holiday Santa Claus rally showed signs of fatigue and continued fears over the Omicron variant as well as uncertainty about economic prospects for 2022 weighed on markets.
Dec 29, 2021

Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 29, 2021 - Do one and two-cent coins have a future? What does the Dutch town of Spijkenisse have to do with banknotes? Can you still exchange Estonian kroons?
Dec 29, 2021

Baghdad (AFP) Dec 29, 2021 - An Iraqi police officer was murdered about two weeks after the Islamic State jihadist group kidnapped him, officials said Wednesday.
Dec 29, 2021

Najaf, Iraq (AFP) Dec 29, 2021 - The winner of Iraq's October parliamentary election, Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, met Wednesday with rivals from the pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi former paramilitary alliance ahead of the opening of parliament.
Dec 29, 2021

Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 28, 2021 - Asian markets rose on Tuesday following strong gains on Wall Street as investors bet a surge in Covid-19 cases due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant would not derail the economic recovery.
Dec 28, 2021

Paris (AFP) Dec 28, 2021 - The world economy woke up from its pandemic-induced coma in 2021, but between the Omicron variant causing renewed disruptions and persistent inflation pushing central banks to pump the brakes, the outlook is uncertain.
Dec 28, 2021