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Microsoft cleared major hurdles to its plan to buy videogame maker Activision Blizzard on Tuesday, after a U.S. judge gave a thumbs-up to the $69 billion deal and a British regulator suggested it could reconsider its opposition.Activision…

SINGAPORE : The dollar was on the back foot on Monday after a miss in U.S. jobs data scaled back market expectations on how much further the Federal Reserve would need to raise rates, while focus in the Asia day was on China's inflation…

BEIJING: Expansion in China’s services industry slowed in June from the previous month, according to a private survey, providing more evidence that the key driver of the country’s post-Covid recovery is cooling.The Caixin China services…

<!-- -->RBI Governor said the committee will continue to take policy actions promptlyNew Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today kept the key lending rate unchanged at 6.5 percent.RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Monetary…

HONG KONG : Stocks fell broadly, while the U.S. dollar also weakened early on Tuesday, as investors weigh corporate earnings and economic growth outlooks in a busy week.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down…

SEOUL : South Korea's consumer inflation eased to a one-year low in March, coming in slightly below economists' expectations, official data showed on Tuesday. The consumer price index was 4.2 per cent higher in March than a year…

CNN  —  Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that “substantial elements” of a draconian anti-LGBTQ bill being considered by its parliament “have been modified” after an…

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a softening on Monday of his hard-right government's judicial overhaul plan, an apparent bid to calm more than two months of nationwide protests and misgivings voiced by Western…

BEIJING: China's top Covid official has signalled a possible relaxing of the country's strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus, after nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedom. Anger over China's…

Stringent rules limiting opioid prescriptions were relaxed today in what appears to be a major U-turn.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidelines to curb unnecessary and 'dangerous' prescriptions in 2016.But many…