US explorer ConocoPhillips to buy Marathon Oil in $17 billion dealThe move expands ConocoPhillips' footprint in domestic shale fields from Texas to North Dakota and hands the company reserves as far afield...
29 May, 2024, 11.56 PM IST
Coup Contagion in Africa, after Niger now Gabon falls to mutinous soldiers; President Ali Bongo detainedPolitical Turmoil in Gabon: Military seizes power amid election controversy.
30 Aug, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
Niger coup can blight Chinese investments in Africa’s Sahel regionChina is the second largest investor in Niger after France and in the last two decades, it has pumped in huge amount in the landlocked West...
13 Aug, 2023, 06.46 AM IST
France to start evacuating French, EU citizens from NigerFrance has announced it will evacuate French and other European citizens from Niger following the military coup last week, making it the se...
01 Aug, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
Niger general who led coup asks for support from the people and international partnersVarious factions of Niger's military have reportedly wrangled for control since members of the presidential guard detained President Mohame...
28 Jul, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
UN: Taliban has plunged Afghanistan into 'dire' conditionsGermany's U.N. ambassador, Antje Leendertse, had hoped the 193-member General Assembly would approve the German-facilitated resolution by c...
11 Nov, 2022, 01.12 PM IST
Another coup? Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou witnesses heavy gunfire at main military camp. Here’s what happenedOuagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, witnessed heavy gunfire, which led the soldiers to take action immediately.
30 Sep, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
China's diplomatic gambit heralds new 'Battle for the Pacific'Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was even more pointed. Standing next to Wang, he upbraided those focused on "geopolitical point-sco...
03 Jun, 2022, 10.57 AM IST
African refugees see racial bias as US welcomes UkrainiansAs the US prepares to welcome tens of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing war, the country continues to deport scores of African and Caribbean ...
01 Apr, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
Army seizes power in Guinea, holds president"We have decided, after having taken the president, to dissolve the constitution," said a uniformed officer flanked by soldiers toting assa...
06 Sep, 2021, 08.24 AM IST
Australian shares close at record highs on banking boost; miners slipThe "Big Four" banks climbed between 0.2% and 1.2%. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's largest, gained the most ahead of its res...
05 Aug, 2021, 02.28 PM IST
IDFC Bank, Capital First merger: A study in contrast of two dealmakersAfter setting off on this banking adventure like the ones in Chad or Papua New Guinea, Lall completed the leg with him handing over the rei...
17 Jan, 2018, 09.25 AM IST
Australia's Santos to cull 200 jobs, aiming for $73 mn savingsSantos Ltd said on Monday it would cut around 200 jobs, or 6 percent of its staff, as it looks for A$100 million ($73 million) in additiona...
12 Oct, 2015, 11.56 AM IST
Guangdong Rising bids $1 billion for copper miner PanAust LtdPanAust rejected the unsolicited bid from its biggest shareholder as too low but agreed to allow it to conduct due diligence in the hope of...
13 May, 2014, 12.36 PM IST
- Rio Tinto makes $3.9 bn US bid for Riversdale
Global resources giant Rio Tinto on Thursday made a 3.9 billion US dollar bid for Australian coal miner Riversdale in its first major play ...
23 Dec, 2010, 08.25 AM IST
- Vanity portals set cash registers ringing
Stupidity talks, vanity acts,” said 19th century famous French romantic writer Victor Hugo. And now many countries seem to be following Hug...
13 Feb, 2008, 02.33 AM IST
- Alcoa joins with Aluminum Corp. of China to buy 12 percent of Rio Tinto shares
Alcoa Inc. and Aluminum Corp. of China announced Friday the joint purchase of 12 percent of London-listed Rio Tinto PLC's shares in a deal ...
01 Feb, 2008, 04.42 PM IST