January

For anyone likely to be hurt by rising trade tariffs between the world's top two economies, time is running out fast. There's just over a month to go before a truce in their dispute between the United States and China ends on March 1, and Washington more than doubles tariffs on $200bn worth of imported Chinese goods to 25 percent.

Malaysia has elected Sultan Abdullah of Pahang as its new king after the shock abdication of the previous monarch.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke highly of U.S. President Donald Trump, state media said on Thursday, and expressed satisfaction over the results of talks between officials from both countries about a second summit between Kim and Trump.

Tbilisi has set up a commission to implement a long-stalled deal with Russia to establish trade corridors through Abkhazia and South Ossetia. But political minefields lie ahead.

Oil output in 2018 in Kazakhstan made 77,491mn tonnes i.e. 6.3% higher against 2017, Kazinform correspondent reports.

Gross output of agriculture, forestry and fishery of Kazakhstan for January-December 2018 grew by 3.4% than in the same period of 2017 to hit KZT 4,410 bln, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry reports.

The Italian government approved a set of welfare reforms on Thursday deemed unsustainable for Italy’s economy by critics.

The morning foreign currency trading session ended on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE). For USDKZT_TOM this session is the main one. 19 banks traded in the session. Все права защищены. Используйте активную ссылку на inform.kz https://www.inform.kz/en/kase-morning-session-usdkzt_tom-375-66-1-03_a3487057

The crude oil prices went up significantly during Wednesday's trading sessions on the exchanges of London and New York, Kazinform correspondent reports. RELATED NEWS

Successful Kazakhstani entrepreneurs will share their business experience and tell how to build own business during the Bolashaq Business Forum in Astana, Kazinform correspondent cites the Bolashaq Association.