China's property sector saw growth accelerate in August, official data showed Monday, as more local governments rolled out tightening measures to curb speculation.
The latest data on China's property market reveals symptoms that will need more than deleveraging measures, analysts said.
Amazon.com Inc and Pandora Media Inc are planning to launch new versions of their streaming music services in coming weeks, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing several anonymous people with knowledge of the matter.
Asian shares rose on Monday, getting a tailwind from gains on Wall Street after a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report prompted markets to trim expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates as early as this month.
A 25-year-old accomplished guitarist is yet to reconcile with a strange turn in his life's path after landing in an engineering career despite spending the better part of his youth honing musical skills.
French social media was abuzz with suggestions of novel haircuts for Francois Hollande on Wednesday after it emerged that the French president's receding hairline was maintained by a costly, round-the-clock hairdresser.
More than 20 million Muslims across China began celebrating Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, on Wednesday.
More than 160 people are now known to have died in Sunday's appalling attack in Baghdad. It is just one of eight different attacks believed to have been carried out by the so-called Islamic State (IS) over the last month - the Muslim month of Ramadan.
China's manufacturing sector posted a slight drop in June, official data showed on Friday, suggesting there remains downward pressure on the world's second-largest economy.
UK consumer confidence dropped this week after the country voted to leave the European Union, according to a survey.
The news comes a day after Airbnb sued its hometown city of San Francisco over a law it helped pass.
Confidence among South Korean consumers over economic situations stayed low this month due to the ongoing restructuring in shipping and shipbuilding industries.
The situation in Afghanistan seems different as militants have intensified activities since the beginning of the holy month.
The three separate blasts that claimed 26 lives inclduing two suicide bombers and 14 Nepalese nationals and injured more than 50 others in Afghanistan on Monday have been widely condemned.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday greeted the Muslim community on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, called Ramazan in India.
Many families have fled to a nearby makeshift camp, where they say they have little electricity to keep them cool in the blistering heat of the daytime fasting hours, and little food to break the fast at dusk.
The holy month of Ramadan is a festal season of spirituality and an occasion where family members share the usually delicate Iftar (evening breakfast) meals immediately after sunset. But for many hard-hit Gazans, this Ramadan has the smell of destitution.
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