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New Kuwait Cabinet appoints Gulf's first female finance minister

As finance minister, Mariam Al-Aqeel automatically heads the country's sovereign wealth fund, Kuwait Investment Authority

13 US financial firms to pay $386 mn to settle price-fixing allegations

Pennsylvania's lawsuit consolidated claims by various government agencies and labor unions, including the city of Baltimore and pension systems in St. Louis, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico and Birmingham

Dance, music, theatre and art - events worth your time this winter

As the holidays approach, Ranjita Ganesan lists the best performances and activities on offer around the country

The women who are lending colour to beauty pageants

Pageants have long been criticised for their antiquated beauty standards and, in many cases, outright racism or gender stereotyping

Does the trend for sustainable fashion make for sustainable businesses?

Earlier this year, fast fashion giant Zara announced that all its clothes would come from sustainable fabrics by 2025. H&M hopes to transition to 100% sustainable cotton by as early as next year

Trump responds to impeachment charges, says he is a victim of 'witch hunt'

"Ridiculous, and he knows that is not true," Trump tweeted

WTO chief makes final bid to save appeals court after shut down

The appellate branch of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body, sometimes called the supreme court of world trade, will stop functioning on Wednesday after years of relentless US opposition

UK elections: Bookies are betting on a majority for Boris Johnson

According to bookies Betfair, a Tory majority is leading at a two to five margin, with a hung Parliament projection at three is to one

Slow motion rock bottom

In US's pursuit of happiness, 2 events will have negative impact -Trump's Paris pact move, Baywatch

World Bank cuts lending to China after Trump objects to long-term loans

"Why is the World Bank loaning money to China? Can this be possible? China has plenty of money, and if they don't, they create it. STOP!" Trump wrote on Twitter Friday

Donald Trump says US, China to 'get back to the table' for trade talks

Trump said that Chinese officials had made two "very, very good calls" and that "they want to make a deal"

Trump to meet Kim at Korean border on Sunday to 'just shake hands quickly'

"Just shake hands quickly and say hello because we haven't seen each other since Vietnam," he said, referring to a summit that collapsed without an agreement in February

Trump tours Demilitarised Zone in N Korea ahead of meeting with Kim

The expected encounter, only suggested a day earlier by Trump on Twitter, comes with negotiations over the North's nuclear programme in stalemate since the leaders' last summit in Vietnam in February

Iran 'playing with fire' after breach of nuclear deal, says Donald Trump

Trumps statement came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a strongly-worded statement, asked Tehran to halt enrichment of uranium

Pakistan submits to FATF report on steps it has taken to curb terror

Pakistan submitted a report comprising answers to 22 questions to the FATF, Geo News quoted officials as saying

A fugitive godman and his fantastical sovereign republic of Hinduism

Nithyananda declared that he had set up a 'cosmic country', apparently off the coast of Ecuador

No issue with India's data localisation, but will protect US firms: Mnuchin

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also insisted that America has no problem if countries want to have local data for regulatory purposes as long as they do not eliminate it outside the country

Pakistan has borrowed $10.4 bn from China, UAE during PM Khan's tenure

Pakistan has been facing a serious economic crisis with short supplies of foreign currency reserves and stagnating growth

Huawei cancels phone launch in Taiwan after Taipei imposes temporary ban

On its official Taiwan Facebook page Wednesday Chinese company Huawei said the launch of its Mate 30 Pro smartphone and its GT 2 digital watch had been cancelled due to "supply issues"

Trump's 'make America great again' video with PM Modi goes viral in India

The video features Trump meeting various leaders from around the globe at the G20 summit in Germany