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Britain will not delay Brexit, minister insists, as extension talk grows

May is under pressure from MPs to say what further assurances she expects to win from Brussels before they vote on the deal struck with the EU in November

Poland charges Huawei official with espionage, spying for China

A Pole and a Chinese citizen have been arrested on suspicion of spying

Samsung flags first quarterly slump in two years, operating profit down 30%

For 2018, the firm expects operating profit of 58.9 trillion won, up nearly 10 per cent on-year, and sales to inch up 1.6 per cent to 243.5 trillion won

Apple CEO Tim Cook's net worth got a hefty 22% bonus bump in 2018: SEC

The news came a week after Apple cut its revenue outlook for the latest quarter

Andy Murray announces retirement; Australian Open could be his last event

The former world number one and three-time Grand Slam winner broke down at a press conference in Melbourne as he said the pain had become almost unbearable

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn awaits fate but release unlikely

Prosecutors are expected to press formal charges against the 64-year-old auto industry tycoon over allegations of under-declaring his income and aggravated breach of trust

Longer govt shutdown could hurt US economy, says Fed's Jerome Powell

About 800,000 federal workers, including air traffic controllers and members of the Coast Guard, have been without pay for three weeks

Premier Li Keqiang offers Tesla's Elon Musk permanent China residency

Tesla declined to comment on the offer

Renault board to meet Thursday as Carlos Ghosn remains in detention

Ghosn appeared handcuffed at a court hearing Tuesday seeking to secure his release before trial, a request which was denied by a judge who declared he was a flight risk

Relief for 2 mn small businesses as GST exemption doubled to Rs 40 lakh

Businesses availing GST Composition Scheme to file just one annual return, pay taxes once every quarter

Trump's son likens migrants to animals, border wall to zoo fences

Trump's father has doubled down on his pledge to build a wall on the border with Mexico, leading to a partial shutdown of the US government

Trump-linked Cambridge Analytica pleads guilty to refusing US data request

It was fined 15,000 pounds ($19,100, 16,700 euros) and required to pay around 6,000 pounds in court costs

Nations like India should pad up for trade, manufacturing turbulence: WB

In India, growth has accelerated, driven by an upswing in consumption, and investment growth has firmed as the effects of temporary factors wane

British PM Theresa May loses key vote on Brexit procedure in parliament

The contentious amendment was passed by 308 votes in favour to 297 against, a day after MPs delivered another blow to Prime Minister Theresa May by voting to scupper a no-deal Brexit.

Delayed by Ghosn's arrest, Nissan now unveils beefed up version of Leaf EV

The Leaf that's on sale now costs about 3 million yen (USD 28,000), according to Nissan

Facebook in another row as Vietnam says it violated cybersecurity law

The consequences for violating the law are expected to be laid out in a decree which has yet to be made public

Bill on citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants cleared in Lok Sabha

The Bill provides granting Indian citizenship to the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan after six years of residence in India

British MPs to vote for May's Brexit deal on Jan 15 amid talk of delay

May confirmed the House of Commons will cast its judgment on her withdrawal deal next week, a month after she postponed the vote in the face of certain defeat

Supreme Court expresses dismay over violations of Section 66A of IT Act

SC Bench, headed by Justice R F Nariman, sought the Centre's response over the alleged prosecutions even after the apex court scrapped Section 66A

Taiwan arrests 6 BASF engineers for 'leaking technology' to China

In a statement on its local website, BASF said one current local employee was under investigation