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India down Malaysia to seal top spot in group CULTURE

India down Malaysia to seal top spot in group

In-form drag-flick expert Rupinder Pal Singh scored a brace as top-ranked India eked out a 2-1 win over Malaysia to secure the top spot in the round-robin stage of the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippines set to roll out tough no-smoking law INTERNATIONAL

Philippines set to roll out tough no-smoking law

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to sign a regulation this month banning smoking in public across Southeast Asia’s second-most populous country, rolling out among the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the region.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Palestinian local polls delayed for up to four months ASIA

Palestinian local polls delayed for up to four months

The Palestinian government decided on Tuesday to delay municipal elections for up to four months after the high court ruled they should be held only in the West Bank and not in the Gaza Strip.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maxwell determined his biggest show won’t be a sideshow CULTURE

Maxwell determined his biggest show won’t be a sideshow

Glenn Maxwell is hoping his brilliant unbeaten 145 in the first Twenty20 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday will put him back on track to represent Australia in the longer formats of the game.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russia takes budget gamble by shelving Bashneft stake sale ECONOMY

Russia takes budget gamble by shelving Bashneft stake sale

A surprise delay to Russia’s privatisation of mid-sized oil producer Bashneft does not bode well for plans to sell a stake in energy giant Rosneft this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Cuba sticks to modest reform plan despite poor results INTERNATIONAL

Cuba sticks to modest reform plan despite poor results

Cuba on Tuesday published policy guidelines for the next five years that signal no new domestic initiatives although it upgraded foreign investment to “fundamental in certain sectors.”

4:45 AM November 25 2016
The case for muddling through Britian’s exit TECHNOLOGY

The case for muddling through Britian’s exit

Where divergent interests cannot be easily reconciled, the EU has mastered the techniques of obfuscation and ambiguity to keep the beast lumbering forward

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Biggest bank quitting Japan bond club shows BoJ crushing market ECONOMY

Biggest bank quitting Japan bond club shows BoJ crushing market

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ’s move to consider quitting as one of 22 primary dealers is the latest sign of stress in a debt market that’s struggling to cope with the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) unprecedented monetary stimulus.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India eyeing mechanism to curb banks’ bad loans ECONOMY

India eyeing mechanism to curb banks’ bad loans

India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said yesterday that state bankers would propose a mechanism to reach “commercially prudent” loan settlements, as the government and lenders met to discuss how to tackle the country’s bad loan problem.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Palestinian PM dismisses Netanyahu’s talks proposal ASIA

Palestinian PM dismisses Netanyahu’s talks proposal

Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah yesterday dismissed an Israeli proposal for direct negotiations instead of a French multilateral peace initiative, calling it an attempt to “buy time”.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Greek debt relief is coming as IMF rips euro-area offer ECONOMY

Greek debt relief is coming as IMF rips euro-area offer

Five years after handing Greece the biggest sovereign-debt write-off in history, European policy makers have come full circle to the point they had all hoped to avoid: a real discussion on debt relie

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces keep up shelling of Falluja ASIA

Iraqi forces keep up shelling of Falluja

Iraqi forces shelled Islamic State targets in Falluja on Tuesday, the second day of an assault to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad, as international concern mounted for the security of civilians.

4:45 AM November 25 2016