China to cut coal-fired power price
BEIJING: China will cut the price of electricity generated by coal-fired plants and sold to the country's power grid to ...
Year: 2015
China Airline signs $2bn deal with Airbus
BEIJING: China Southern Airlines Co has signed deals worth about US$2 billion to buy 10 aircraft from Airbus, the carrier ...
Alibaba to invest $1.25b in app ele.me
BEIJING: E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is said to have invested $1.25 billion in ele.me, becoming the biggest shareholder ...
Singapore’s manufacturing output falls 5.5% in Nov
SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing output declined 5.5 percent in November on a yearly basis, said the country's Economic Development Board (EDB) ...
US crude oil imports drop 12% from 2014 levels
WASHINGTON: Record US oil production has led to a drop in the weekly US crude oil imports. The EIA (U.S. ...
Vietnam’s inflation in 2015 lowest since 2001: GSO
HANOI: Vietnam's inflation rate in 2015 posted the lowest level since 2001, according to the country's General Statistics Office (GSO) ...
Colombian fiscal deficit expected to hit 3.6% in 2016
BOGOTA: Colombia's fiscal deficit for 2016 would be 3.6 percent of GDP, said Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas here the other ...
Morocco cuts Customs duty on imports of soft wheat to 30%
RABAT: Morocco is cutting the customs duty on imports of soft wheat to 30 percent from 50 percent to ensure ...
Iraq plans to reduce imports of cooking oil from Turkey
BAGHDAD: Iraq plans to reduce government imports of cooking oil from Turkey due to political tensions between the two countries, ...
Shanghai Customs seizes 80,000 pieces of smuggled mink fur
SHANGHAI: Customs staff in Shanghai have seized more than 80,000 pieces of smuggled mink fur and detained 13 suspects. The ...
Czech Republic Customs seizes over 30kg marihuana
PRAGUE: Customs officers uncovered over 30 kilograms of marihuana at the Prague 4 customs office last Wednesday, customs authority spokeswoman ...
Nigeria Customs nabs 23 culprits, confiscates 1,300 cartons of frozen poultry products
ABUJA: The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘C’, of Nigeria Customs Service, Owerri, has arrested 23 suspects in connection with ...
Bangladesh Customs seizes 131 gold bars at airport
DHAKA: Customs officials at Bangladesh's main airport in capital Dhaka on Wednesday seized 131 gold bars weighing 20.5 kg. Shahiduzzaman ...
Ireland Customs seizes cocaine worth over €700,000
DUBLIN: Police and customs officers in the Republic of Ireland have seized cocaine worth more than €700,000 from a lorry ...
US Customs seizes 95 pounds of liquid meth
EAGLE PASS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested two people Dec. 18 after they found liquid methamphetamine inside a ...
Singapore’s ICA seizes 4,098 cartons of contraband cigarettes
SINGAPORE: A total of 4,098 cartons of contraband cigarettes were seized after three separate attempts were made to smuggle them ...
S.Africa Customs seizes rhino horn worth R3m
CAPE TOWN: Rhino horn worth R3 million has been confiscated at the OR Tambo International Airport, the South African Revenue ...
Malaysia police seize 574 bottles of vape liquid
BATU PAHAT: Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of selling vape liquid. A total of 574 bottles of ...
Turkey police seize 1.7 mln “captagon” pills
HATAY: Nearly 1.7 million drug tablets known for their use by fighters in Syria have been seized in Turkey’s southern ...
Indian excise seizes smuggled liquor
VISAKHAPATNAM: In a major crackdown, Prohibition and Excise personnel seized huge quantity of unbranded liquor and non-paid stamp duty of ...
