United News of Bangladesh

Ankara, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — The European Union's approval of an initial set of sanctions against Turkey won't deter the country from pressing ahead with efforts to drill for hydrocarbons off the island of Cyprus, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

London, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — The favorite to become Britain's next prime minister, Boris Johnson, has raised the Brexit stakes by saying he will discard a contentious part of the European Union divorce deal agreed by outgoing leader Theresa May.

Washington, July 16 (Xinhua/UNB) -- U.S. President Donald Trump ordered Monday that only products with more than 55 percent made in the United States may be considered "made in America," eyeing to raise the bar to 75 percent in the future.

Tokyo, July 16 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The U.S. dollar changed hands in the upper 107 yen zone in early deals in Tokyo on Tuesday, largely in line with levels in New York overnight.

Copenhagen, July 16 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Baby foods on market generally contain too much sugar, posing a source of health concern, a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Tokyo, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — Asian shares were little changed and mixed in quiet trading Tuesday amid a lack of fresh market-moving news as investors looked ahead to earnings season.

Seoul, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — Colonial-era Korean laborers are seeking a court's approval for the sales of local assets of their former Japanese employer after it refused to comply with a court order to compensate them for forced labor decades ago.

Beijing, Jul 15 (AP/UNB) — China's economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington.

Seoul, Jul 15 (AP/UNB) — In his strongest comments yet on a growing trade dispute, South Korea's president urged Japan on Monday to lift recently tightened controls on high-tech exports to South Korea, which he said threaten to shatter the countries' economic cooperation and could damage Japan more than South Korea.

Bangkok, July 15 (AP/UNB) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, with gains in Chinese markets on hopes for fresh stimulus measures after the government reported that the economy grew at the slowest pace in a decade in the last quarter.