OPEC, non-OPEC countries seek cooperation to stabilise crude oil price
June 20, 2018 Mr Suhail Al Mazrouei, the President of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says OPEC and non-OPEC countries are working on long-term pact that can extend their…
Saudi Arabia arrests more women’s rights activists- HRW
June 20, 2018 Saudi Arabia detained two more women’s rights advocates earlier this month and imposed a travel ban on several others in an ongoing crackdown in the conservative…
Australian court fines Apple $6.7 million over iPhone ‘bricking’ case
June 19, 2018 Australian court on Tuesday fined U. S. electronics giant Apple A$9 million (6.7 million dollars) for “bricking” . The fine was done after a regulator accused it…
Head of VW’s Audi arrested in Germany over diesel scandal
German authorities arrested the head of Volkswagen’s luxury arm Audi on Monday, the most senior company official so far to be detained over the carmaker’s emissions test cheating scandal. Munich…
Diaspora remittances to exceed $6.5trn by 2030
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has estimated that remittances sent to developing countries could cross 6.5 trillion dollars between 2015 and 2030, involving over one billion senders and…
President Donald Trump told Macron all terrorists were in Paris
June 16, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump took a jab at his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, at the G7 Summit recently, saying all the terrorists were in Paris, media reported…
Trump, Putin to meet in Europe in July
President Donald Trump is expected to hold a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Europe in July, The Washington Post said, citing “a senior administration official and two diplomats…
World Cup opens the floodgates for trafficked sex workers in Russia
The women dotting the side of Leningradskoye Highway, the main artery between Moscow and St. Petersburg, are nicknamed mayachki, or “little lighthouses.” Holding flashlights and dressed in neon-yellow vests, they…
Another Facebook chief steps down
Facebook Inc said on Thursday that its Head of Communications and Public Policy, Elliot Schrage, would step down from the company after a decade. Facebook said in a statement that…
Singapore Summit: And the winner is Kim – Global media
Days after the historic summit in Singapore between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump – the first time a sitting US president and North Korean leader…