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After a day of political chaos that left many in Afghanistan stunned, some citizens took to social media to vent their frustration and to highlight the absurd elements of their country's political predicament.

U.S. stock indexes opened more than 2per cent higher on Tuesday as hopes of coordinated policy easing to avert a global recession calmed investor nerves a day after the biggest market rout since the financial crisis.

DUBLIN: A worker at Apple's European headquarters in Cork in Ireland has tested positive for coronavirus, one of 24 cases reported so far in the country where its oldest university, Trinity College, has been forced to move all lectures online. The virus has yet to spread as quickly in...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed into the U.S. Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell, calling the institution "pathetic, slow moving" and saying it should bring U.S. interest rates down to the level of "competitor nations."

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will establish a research lab for the development of 5G technologies, under its DAMO Academy research division, the company said announced on Monday.

REUTERS: Harvard University asked its students on Tuesday not to return to campus after Spring Break and said it would begin moving to virtual instruction for graduate and undergraduate classes amid the coronavirus outbreak. The university's goal is to complete the transition by March 23, it added ...

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would increase its crude oil supply to a record high, raising the stakes in its price war with Russia and effectively rejecting Moscow's overtures for new talks.

DUBLIN: A worker at Apple Inc.'s European headquarters in Ireland has tested positive for coronavirus. The company said it is coordinating closely with local health authorities and they feel the risk to others is low. In a statement, the tech giant said the employee is now in self-isolation. "As...

Leading U.S. airlines American and Delta suspended 2020 financial guidance on Tuesday and took drastic further measures to combat the impact of the coronavirus as the head of smaller rival Southwest took a 10per cent pay cut.

SINGAPORE:  A logistics company has been fined S$18,000 for falsely declaring in its work pass application that it had considered local candidates fairly in order to hire a foreigner for a job position. Ti2 Logistics was also banned from hiring foreign employees for two years, the Ministry of ...