Emirates Global Aluminium, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, said on Tuesday first-half net profit surged nearly 250% to 5.9 billion dirhams ($1.6 billion) on higher prices and operational efficiencies.
Thailand's central bank said on Tuesday it plans to issue guidelines for banks to take account of environmental factors in the financial products and services they offer.
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak said on Tuesday his chances of success at appealing a 12-year jail sentence over a corruption conviction have slowly eroded.
A downturn in German business activity deepened in August, a preliminary survey showed on Tuesday, as companies saw demand dampened by a combination of high inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty.
South African insurer Discovery Ltd said on Tuesday it was partnering with global asset manager BlackRock Inc to launch a fund management entity, to tap in to the fast-growing multibillion-rand local discretionary fund management industry.
European shares extended losses on Tuesday as investors waited for a key set of economic data to gauge the health of businesses in a hyperinflationary environment, while fretting about soaring energy prices and a weak economic outlook.
Britain warned on Tuesday that it could still investigate any further stake build by billionaire Patrick Drahi in BT Group after it decided to not take any action over his current 18% holding.
Indonesia's central bank unexpectedly raised its policy rate for the first time since 2018 on Tuesday, stepping up monetary tightening to fight rising inflation.
The return of veteran backs Kurtley Beale and Bernard Foley has raised Australian morale as they look to rebound against South Africa in the Rugby Championship on Saturday.
Iran has dropped some of its main demands on resurrecting a deal to rein in Tehran's nuclear program, including its insistence that international inspectors close some probes of its atomic program, bringing the possibility of an agreement closer, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Monday.
China's iron ore and steel prices rose on Tuesday, as the government's latest lending rate cut boosted sentiment, while demand prospect looked set to improve ahead of the peak season for construction steel.
Russia's leading internet firm Yandex on Tuesday said it had agreed to sell its news aggregator and yandex.ru homepage to state-controlled rival VK, a dramatic move that will likely further limit Russians' access to independent media.
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak on Tuesday asked the chief justice to recuse herself from a panel presiding over his final appeal to set aside his corruption conviction and 12-year jail sentence over a case linked to the 1MDB financial scandal.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said advice from the solicitor general showed his predecessor Scott Morrison's secret appointment to ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic "fundamentally undermined" responsible government despite being legally valid.
Indian government bond yields are seen opening higher on Tuesday, as the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield crossed 3%, with supplies of state debt expected to further restrain appetite.
Prices of most base metals moved higher on Tuesday, as supply-and-demand worries amid an energy crisis in Europe and China lent some support to the market against the backdrop of reduced stockpiles.
(RTTNews) - The Thai stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, sinking almost 25 points or 1.6 percent along the way. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now rests just above the 1,615-point plateau and it's looking at another soft start again on Tuesday.
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A former Apple Inc engineer on Monday pleaded guilty to trade secret theft - one of two people accused of stealing trade secrets from the iPhone maker's nascent self-driving car program.
(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is sharply lower on Tuesday, extending the losses in the previous three sessions, with the Nikkei 225 falling below the 28,500 level, following the broadly negative cues from global markets overnight, with particular weakness in exporters, te