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London copper market faces challenges as price slumps ECONOMY

London copper market faces challenges as price slumps

It’s been a tough week for copper bulls. The price of benchmark three-month delivery copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) has slumped almost $250 to a current $4,498 per tonne, the lowest level since February.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nepal against India operating trading post along border INTERNATIONAL

Nepal against India operating trading post along border

Nepal has requested India not to commence operations on its new Integrated Check Post (ICP)

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Mueller’s the hero of this sleepy Bavarian town CULTURE

Mueller’s the hero of this sleepy Bavarian town

In the rolling foothills of the Bavarian alps, where cows lazily chew grass on sun-drenched meadows, Germany and Bayern Munich star Thomas Mueller is the pride of his ex-club TSV Paehl.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bahrain frees female activist and toddler son ASIA

Bahrain frees female activist and toddler son

Bahraini authorities on Tuesday released on "humanitarian" grounds opposition activist Zainab al-Khawaja, who had been imprisoned with her toddler son since March, a public prosecution official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Trentin wins stage, Kruijswijk keeps pink CULTURE

Trentin wins stage, Kruijswijk keeps pink

Matteo Trentin took a brilliant victory on the Giro d’Italia 18th stage as race leader Steven Kruijswijk comfortably held onto the pink jersey yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jet Airways reports first annual profit since 2007 ECONOMY

Jet Airways reports first annual profit since 2007

Jet Airways, India’s second-biggest airline by passengers, reported an annual profit yesterday for the first time since 2007 and a year ahead of schedule under its 2014 turnaround plan.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man jailed for 10 years in drug case ARABIA

Man jailed for 10 years in drug case

A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced an Iranian man to 10 years in jail and a fine of QR200,000 for illicit drug possession and dealing, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indonesia introduces death, chemical castration for paedophiles INTERNATIONAL

Indonesia introduces death, chemical castration for paedophiles

Indonesia's president Wednesday approved tough new punishments for child sex offenders, including a maximum penalty of death and chemical castration, after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ways to fight the next global financial crisis TECHNOLOGY

Ways to fight the next global financial crisis

Regulators must counter the risks implied by structures that are intrinsically destabilising, as the money market funds were

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Brazil drops swimming coach Volkers at Australia’s request CULTURE

Brazil drops swimming coach Volkers at Australia’s request

The Brazilian Olympic Committee will exclude Australian swimming coach Scott Volkers from Brazil’s team at the Rio Olympics in August at the request of Australia, where he faced child sexual abuse charges a decade ago, a committee official said yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Leicester looking to buy 3 or 4 new players CULTURE

Leicester looking to buy 3 or 4 new players

English Premier League champions Leicester City will probably need to buy three or four players over the summer to compete in the European Champions League, vice chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha told Reuters yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dutch FA chief says he’ll stand to replace Platini as UEFA head CULTURE

Dutch FA chief says he’ll stand to replace Platini as UEFA head

Dutch football association chief Michael van Praag said he would stand as a candidate to replace disgraced Michel Platini as head of UEFA yesterday after European football’s governing body announced a September election for president.

4:45 AM November 25 2016