KATHMANDU, Sept 26: Transactions via online platforms including Quick Response (QR) codes, mobile wallets and internet banking inside the country have been in an escalating trend.

Russia, June 20: The US market saw a significant plunge in investment from China in the first five months of the year amid a growing trade row between the world's two largest economies. Chinese investments totaled $1.8 billion from January through May, representing a 92-percent drop against the same period a year ago.

President Trump has said that the United States will consider slapping tariffs on an additional $100 billion in Chinese goods, escalating a potentially damaging trade dispute with Beijing that began on January 22.

SEOUL, August 9: North Korea and the United States traded escalating threats, with President Donald Trump warning it would be met “with fire and fury like the world has never seen” and Pyongyang claiming Wednesday it was examining its plans for attacking Guam.