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India Pakistan
Pakistan rupee drops most in nine years
KARACHI/MUMBAI - Pakistan's rupee plunged the most in nine years after the central bank was said to have devalued the currency as South Asia's second largest economy showed signs of stress ahead of elections next year.
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Thailandia
SET up 2.70 points at opening
Thai stocks opened up 0.17% at the start of trade this morning.
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Giappone
In hunt for trade deal, EU approaches abolishing tariff on Japanese cars over seven years
The European Union decides to scrap its 10 percent tariff on passenger cars made in Japan over seven years under an envisaged bilateral economic partnership ...
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Italia
La Farnesina incontra le città metropolitane per la promozione integrata del Sistema Paese
Si apre oggi a Firenze, nella cornice di Palazzo Medici Riccardi, il sipario sul primo dei 14 roadshow che si svolgeranno presso le città metropolitane: “La Farnesina incontra le città metropolitane per la promozione integrata del Sistema Paese”. Organizzato dal Ministero degli Esteri e della...
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Canada
Commercio, la ratifica dell'accordo UE-Canada al centro delle polemiche
(Teleborsa) - Torna la polemica sul CETA, l'accordo commerciale fra Unione Europea e Canada, accusato da più parti di fare gli interessi delle grandi multinazionali e trascurare le piccole...
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Regno Unito
Gran Bretagna, frena il settore terziario e la sterlina va giù
(Teleborsa) - L'indice PMI servizi inglese ha registrato, nel mese di giugno, una diminuzione a 53,4 punti rispetto ai 53,8 punti di maggio e risulta anche inferiore alle stime di consensus che...
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Malta
Foreign Minister to focus on trade promotion
Newly-appointed Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela this morning spoke of the government’s recalibration of the Foreign Ministry to focus on trade promotion. Addressing a two-day meeting of ambassadors, Mr Abela said the prime minister’s choice to add trade promotion to the Foreign Minister’s portfolio mirrored the government’s efforts to attract further foreign ...
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USA
Cinema attendance drops
Cinema attendance dropped by 4.4% last year, in spite of an increase in the number of films screened.Eight cinemas with a total of 35 screens were open to the public last year, including two in Gozo. The National Statistics Office said eight cinemas with a total of 35 screens were open ...
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Malta
Edwin Vassallo to vote against gay marriage Bill
Updated with Robert Cutajar's comment at 12.15pm Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo declared this morning he will be voting against the marriage equality law saying it was "morally unacceptable". Asked by the Times of Malta whether his morals came above everything else, Mr Vassallo replied with another question "What are we left with ...
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Russia Australia
Netherlands trial for suspects prosecuted over plane shot down in Ukraine
The Dutch government says any suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 will be prosecuted in the Netherlands. Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said on Wednesday that the decision was made by the countries jointly investigating the crash, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, Ukraine and the Netherlands. The countries ...