Asian markets mostly down as new year surge fades, dollar bounces Hong Kong, (MILLAT ONLINE):Asian markets saw further losses on Thursday, with Tokyo hit by a weaker dollar and Hong Kong coming off a 12-day surge, as the rally that greeted 2018 gives way to profit-taking. US traders sent all three of New York’s main […]
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Asian markets mostly down as new year surge fades, dollar bounces
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Japan tracks Chinese frigate near disputed isles
Japan tracks Chinese frigate near disputed isles Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Japan said Thursday it was tracking a Chinese frigate in waters surrounding islands in the East China Sea, the first such incursion in more than a year near the flashpoint isles claimed by both countries. Japanese navy ships spotted the 4,000-tonne Jiangkai II class frigate around […]
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Tokyo stocks close lower on higher yen
Tokyo stocks close lower on higher yen Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tokyo stocks closed lower on Thursday after Wall Street fell for the first time in 2018 the previous day, while a strong yen weighed on sentiment. The bellwether index lost 0.33 percent, or 77.77 points, to end at 23,710.43 while the broader Topix index was down […]
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Iran FM in Brussels to hold talks on JCPOA implementation
Iran FM in Brussels to hold talks on JCPOA implementation Brussels, (MILLAT ONLINE)::Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif arrived in Brussels to hold talks with his British, French and German counterparts. Prior to his arrival in Brussels, Zarif flew to Moscow on Wednesday and conferred with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the necessity of implementation […]
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S Korea struggling to accommodate North Korea’s Olympics delegation amid sanctions
S Korea struggling to accommodate North Korea’s Olympics delegation amid sanctions SEOUL, (MILLAT ONLINE)::As the North Korea set to join next month’s Winter Olympics in the South, the Seoul government appears to be struggling with how to accommodate a large-scale delegation of North Korean officials and athletes without violating multiple-layered sanctions against Pyongyang. Some say […]
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Shanghai probes Marriott hotels over geography gaffe
Shanghai probes Marriott hotels over geography gaffe Shanghai, (MILLAT ONLINE):Authorities in Shanghai are investigating hotel giant Marriott after it triggered an online uproar with a customer questionnaire that listed Chinese-claimed regions such as Tibet and Hong Kong as separate countries. City officials said in a notice dated late Wednesday that they were probing whether the […]