by CNN.com - Asia | Jun 9, 2019 | Asia
PARIS: Hungary’s Timea Babos and France’s Kristina Mladenovic won the French Open women’s doubles title when they thrashed China’s Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai 6-2 6-3 in the final on Sunday. The second seeds claimed their second Grand Slam...
by CNN.com - Asia | Jun 9, 2019 | Asia
Several thousand fishermen blocked Bangladesh’s busiest highway Sunday, police said, as protests escalated over a two-month fishing ban in the Bay of Bengal. Source: Channel News Asia Bangladesh highway blocked as fishermen protest catch ban
by CNN.com - Asia | Jun 9, 2019 | Asia
Group of 20 finance ministers agreed on Sunday to compile common rules to close loopholes used by global tech giants such as Facebook to reduce their corporate taxes, a final communique issued by the bloc showed on Sunday. Source: Channel News Asia – Business...
by CNN.com - Asia | Jun 9, 2019 | Asia
ALMATY: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the interim president of Kazakhstan hand-picked by veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev as his successor, will confirm his position on Sunday (Jun 9) in an election triggered by Nazarbayev’s resignation. Nazarbayev, who had run the...
by CNN.com - Asia | Jun 9, 2019 | Asia
French finance minister Bruno Le Maire on Sunday said it was necessary to preserve the alliance between Renault SA and Japan’s Nissan Motor Co Ltd, which he said has benefited the French automaker with synergies and technology. Source: Channel News Asia French...
by CNN.com - Asia | Jun 9, 2019 | Asia
Thousands of people were gathering in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial, with police bracing for the biggest march in the city in 15 years. Source: Channel News Asia Hundreds...
