Toyota unveils S-FR sports car at Tokyo Motor Show
TOKYO: Back in October, Toyota unveiled the long-awaited S-FR sports car concept at the Tokyo Motor Show. The tiny ...
Year: 2015
Customs fears lack of resources can cost smuggling
WELLINGTON: Customs says a lack of resources means it cannot patrol almost half the highest risk maritime areas for illegal ...
Researcher discovered how water escape from Saturn’s environment
WASHINGTON: A researcher has discovered how water ions escape from Saturn's environment. University of Montana Professor Daniel Reisenfeld is a ...
Philippines Customs starts campaign against smuggling of Thai sugar
MANILA: Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intensified its campaign against the smuggling of Thai sugar—using China and Hong Kong as ...
MLB revenue rises to $500 million in 2015
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball had a very good financial year in 2015, setting a new revenue record with nearly ...
US trade agent urges Israel to ease import policy
WASHINGTON: The US Trade Representative called on Israel to remove barriers to trade that favor Europe and its own commercial ...
NASA releases stunning photos of Pluto
HONG KONG: NASA released new photos from New Horizons’ Pluto flyby on Friday in all their stunning clarity and detail. ...
Microsoft earn amini-victory against Apple in tablet war
LONDON: Apple is leading overall online tablet sales for the previous 12 months ending in October. But for the first ...
NASA delay launch of commercial cargo ship to ISS
WASHINGTON: Bad weather has forced the US space agency NASA to delay the launch of a commercial cargo ship to ...
Rocket League coming to Xbox One next year
LONDON: The PlayStation 4 and PC favorite Rocket League is finding its way to the Xbox One early next year, ...
Researchers figured out how to store electricity in ‘paper’
FRANCE: Researchers at LinköpingUniversity's Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Sweden, have developed what they call “power paper” – a new material ...
Sun “super flare” could destroy all Earth’s energy systems
MEXICO: It lights up our days, keeps us warm and even powers the legions of solar energy panels across the ...
Study reveals there’s no such thing as male or female brain
CANADA: Do you have a male brain or a female brain? The answer, according to science, is no. If you ...
Herpes viruses can infect human neurons, study
HONG KONG: For years, researchers have noted a tantalizing link between some neurologic conditions and certain species of the herpes ...
Finance Ministry to hike import duty 7.5% on aluminium
NEW DELHI: To protect domestic industry from cheaper metal imports from countries like China, the Mines Ministry has asked the ...
World’s first waterproof smartphone can be washed with soap, water
TOKYO: In some good news for germophobes, a Japanese firm claims to have developed the world's first waterproof smartphone that ...
Indian gov’t seized smuggled gold, jewellery worth Rs 429.84 crore in 2015
NEW DELHI: Gold smuggling through airports increased in three years to 2014-15 and the government seized Rs 429.84 crore precious ...
Japan bans on French foie gras imports
TOKYO: French foie gras producers could be facing a lean Christmas after eight countries including Japan, the largest importer of ...
Albanian PPI falls by 3% in Q3
TIRANA: Producer price index (PPI) in Albania dropped by 3 percent in the third quarter of 2015, Albanian National Institute ...
US posts 211,000 more jobs in Nov
WASHINGTON: The U.S. posted 211,000 more jobs in November, in line with market expectation and cementing the outlook of an ...
