Sterling hits 3- week high as UK inflation passes BoE target
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490095343261400100LONDON: Sterling jumped almost 1 percent to its highest level in three weeks on Tuesday, after data showed British inflation in February above the Bank of England’s 2 percent target for the first time since the end of 2013.Consumer prices rose by a stronger-than-expected 2.3 percent in annual terms, beating expectations of a 2.1 […]
Adobe, Microsoft team up to share sales and marketing data
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490079089950050300By Stephen NellisMarch 20 : Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. are joining to make their respective sales and marketing software products more potent competitors to Salesforce.com Inc. and Oracle Corp. offerings, the two firms said Monday.On the eve of San Jose, California-based Adobe’s annual user conference, the company said that it will work […]
Somalia’s new president names 26-minister cabinet
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490096747771535200MOGADISHU: Somalia’s new president named a 26-strong cabinet on Tuesday, including a former foreign affairs chief as finance minister and a BBC journalist as the country’s top diplomat.President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed — better known by his nickname, Farmajo — was sworn in last month after unseating Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, whose administration faced public and […]
Scottish lawmakers debate new independence referendum
Author: Agence France PresseTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490096370911486200EDINBURGH: Scottish lawmakers on Tuesday begin a two-day debate on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s call for an independence referendum — a major headache for Prime Minister Theresa May as she prepares to launch Brexit.The Scottish parliament is expected to vote on Wednesday to endorse Sturgeon’s call for a second vote, less than […]
IRA fighter turned peacemaker McGuinness dies
Author: Agence France PresseTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490096398671489500LONDON: Northern Ireland’s former deputy first minister and one-time Irish Republican Army commander Martin McGuinness has died aged 66, his Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein said on Tuesday.McGuinness played a central behind-the-scenes role in negotiating a peace deal in 1998 which brought to an end three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland […]
S. Korea prosecutors grill Park over corruption allegations
Author: By HYUNG-JIN KIM (AP)Tue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490093310711079400SEOUL : South Korean prosecutors grilled the country’s just-ousted president on Tuesday in a long-awaited investigation of corruption allegations that ended her rule and now threaten to put her in jail.The questioning of Park Geun-hye came 11 days after the Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to dismiss her over suspicions she colluded […]
Australia again denounced for treatment of Aborigines as UN investigates
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490092354210983300 SYDNEY : Australia came under fresh criticism over its treatment of its indigenous population on Tuesday as a UN investigator examined the impact of a government takeover of remote communities and as Canberra pushes its bid to join the UN Human Rights Council. Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders make up just three percent […]
France must accelerate reforms to thwart populism-German official
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490090499850833500 BERLIN : France must accelerate reforms and changes to tackle growing social and economic problems that are fueling nationalism, populism and the rise of Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front, a top German official said on Tuesday. European Affairs Minister Michael Roth told German broadcaster SWR2 that he viewed French […]
Iraq’s Abadi says he wins Trump’s assurances of more US support
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490088762670675800 WASHINGTON : Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said he won assurances of greater US support in fighting Daesh militants in talks on Monday with President Donald Trump and top advisers, but cautioned that military might alone would not be sufficient. Abadi’s remarks followed his first face-to-face meeting at the White House with Trump, […]
Macron seen winning French TV debate, clashes with Le Pen
Author: ReutersTue, 2017-03-21ID: 1490083580480253400PARIS: Centrist Emmanuel Macron solidified his status as frontrunner in France’s presidential election on Monday in a televised debate during which he clashed on immigration and Europe with his main rival, far-right leader Marine Le Pen.A snap opinion poll showed Macron, a former economy minister who has never run for public office before, was […]
