Year: 2015

MEXICO: The latest Birds of Conservation Concern assessment found that 67 of the UK’s 244 birds are now under threat, ...

CANADA: Recently, scientists found the largest site of dinosaur fossils in Scotland — the Isle of Skye — and it ...

PARIS: A team of scientists from North Carolina State University, however, have developed a revolutionary process to create diamond-like structures ...

MEXICO: A new study conducted by the University of Sheffield’s Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures reports some rather alarming fact ...

DUBLIN: Medtronic PLC reported on Thursday that revenue climbed in its latest quarter while adjusted earnings were slightly better than ...

ILLINOIS: Sears Holdings Corp. announced third quarter of fiscal 2015 (3QFY15) results, wherein it reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) ...

NEW YORK: Verint Systems Inc. stock has lost over 10% of its value today, as the company posted a substantial ...

PARIS: Thailand is among eight countries that have suspended imports of French poultry after the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus ...

MULTAN: The ginneries across the country have received 8.631 million or 8,631,933 cotton bales till Dec 1, showing 28.93 per ...

ISLAMABAD: The Japanese government has announced to give $254,889 to three Pakistani non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for the completion of social ...

BEIJING: While China’s slower rate of economic growth has been a major global news story in 2015, it hasn’t dampened ...

WASHINGTON: Richard Olson, the United States’ Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has said that America wants to promote new ...

HARARE: Nestle Zimbabwe commissioned its milk powders and Cremora plant yesterday after refurbishing and upgrading the plant at a cost ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs concluded a one-week territory-wide special operation mainly targeting illicit cigarette activities on public housing estates. ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs yesterday seized about 1.2 kilograms of suspected ketamine in Mong Kok and arrested a man. ...

HARARE: Nampak Zimbabwe, formerly Hunyani Holdings Limited, has invested $8,6 million on plant and machinery to increase capacity and product ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's October exports grew more than twice as much as expected, helped by demand from key markets for ...

SINGAPORE: United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Friday aimed ...

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have seen for the first time how solar flares act as powerful accelerators flinging radiation and particles deep ...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended Friday morning sharply lower, extending a global equities rout after the European Central Bank's revised stimulus ...