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New guidelines issued by the Department of Health have set lower limits for the consumption of alcohol after research found that any level of drinking raises the risk of disease, including mouth, throat and breast cancers.

Thomson ReutersMalaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak inspects the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) youth during the annual assembly in Kuala LumpurKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will table amendments to the 2016 budget...

Mainland China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended down 7.3 per cent at 3,115.89, after trading for only 13 minutes on Thursday. Analysts said the market was likely being supported by buying from Chinese government entities that have been dubbed the “National...

The decision on the broadcasts came after US President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun Hye held a phone call and pledged to “forge a united and strong worldwide response” to North Korea’s “reckless behavior” for its test on...

More than two months after an natural gas storage well in southern California began uncontrollably spewing methane gas, the governor of California has declared a state of emergency. According to an estimate by the Environmental Defense Fund, at least 62 million cubic feet of...

“China is a command economy but you can not have a command stock market”. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index added 0.3 per cent, trimming a rise of 0.7 per cent spurred by the jobs report. Treasuries and the yen headed for their first declines this week and gold dropped....

Investigators from the U.S. Attorney’s office for California’s central district are working in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations on the Simi Valley case.

The world is now in a deflationary situation and developing countries that benefited from the commodity boom, the 85-year-old business magnate and philanthropist said while addressing the Sri Lanka Economic Forum here.

The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.8 per cent to close at 2,751.23 points, with all but seven of the 30 component stocks ending higher.

Marco Rubio is rocking some seriously fashionable black boots today in New Hampshire.

The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate remained 5 percent for a third straight month. The Bureau also underestimated job growth for the months of October and November and has stated that there were an additional 50,000 jobs created during these months it...

Eliminating a failed circuit breaker mechanism that halted trading twice this week, the (PBOC) People’s Bank of China raised its guidance rate for the Yuan for the first time in nine trading days allowing US Futures markets to bounce 150 Dow points.

Bankers said a notable absence in leveraged bets on the value of the Chinese currency, especially in a popular structured product – target-redemption forwards – has reduced pressure substantially on financial institutions and companies to hedge risks from a falling...

‘While the oil market remains focused on the potential for Opec supply to rise further, the geopolitical premium in oil prices is likely to be small’.

The sheriff says, “We have babies that are getting brain damage”.