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French interior minister resigns over daughters’ job

PARIS, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux stepped down on Tuesday following media reports claiming that he had employed his student-age daughters as his parliament assistants. The presidency office, the Elysee, said Le Roux resigned “in order to provide all the necessary clarifications to the truth’s establishment…” Junior foreign trade minister […]

S.Korean prosecutors end interrogation of ousted President Park

SEOUL, March 22 (NsNewsWire) — South Korean prosecutors ended a marathon interrogation of ousted President Park Geun-hye late on Tuesday night over a corruption scandal that led to her impeachment. The 14-hour-long questioning came to an end at about 11:40 p.m. local time (1440 GMT) as Park appeared in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office […]

Dollar changes hands in mid-112 yen range in early trade in Tokyo

TOKYO, March 21 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar changed hands in the mid-112 yen zone in early deals in Tokyo on Tuesday, largely in line with levels seen overnight in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar was quoted at 112.57-58 yen compared with 112.50-60 yen in New York. The euro, meanwhile, fetched 1.0737-0737 dollars […]

Economic Watch: Why a slower Chinese economy will help anchor global growth

BEIJING, March 21 (NsNewsWire) — A slower but more sustainable Chinese economy will be good for China and better for the rest of the world. The world economy has been in a low-growth trap for five years, as persistent growth shortfalls have weighed on future output expectations while widening productivity gaps contributed to rising inequality, […]

Tokyo stocks lose ground in morning as strong yen sends exporters lower

TOKYO, March 21 (Xinhua) — Tokyo stocks lost ground Tuesday morning as Wall Street’s losses created a weak tone, while a firm yen against the U.S. dollar dented investor sentiment and sent exporters lower. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 51.97 points, or 0.27 percent, from Friday to 19,469.62. The broader Topix index of all […]

Aussie MPs had phone numbers leaked in embarrassing government gaffe

CANBERRA, March 21 (Xinhua) — The private cell phone numbers of almost every Australian federal MP were accidentally published online by a government department, an embarrassing gaffe which cyber security experts have described as dangerous. According to Fairfax Media, the nation’s Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) did not adequately delete the private details of MPs […]

Assad says Russia could play role to prevent Israeli attacks on Syria

DAMASCUS, March 21 (Xinhua) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Monday that his Russian allies can play a role in preventing any further Israeli attacks on Syria. Speaking to Russian media outlets on Monday, the president said that defending the Syrian borders is the right and duty of the Syrian army, “and if we don’t […]

Talks on Greek bailout to intensify in coming days

BRUSSELS, March 21 (NsNewsWire) — Greek and its creditors still remain divided on the second review of Greek debt bailout program and finance ministers of the 19-member Eurozone agreed that talks would continue to intensify in the coming days here, said Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem on Monday. A lot of work has been done and […]

Uruguay must quell Brazil’s attacking threat: Tabarez

MONTEVIDEO, March 21 (NsNewsWire) — Uruguay will seek to limit Brazil’s “great attacking quality” when the teams meet in their World Cup qualifier here on Thursday, according to Celeste coach Oscar Tabarez. But the two-time World Cup winners will not let Brazil’s vaunted forward line – which includes Neymar, Philippe Coutinho and Willian – distract […]