Year: 2015

NEW YORK: Astronomers have been trying to discover new data on the speed Saturn turns on its axis. This is ...

DOHA: Ezdan Holding Group held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) here the other day which approved all agenda of the ...

BERLIN: Germany trade surplus reached 216.9 billion euros in 2014, soundly beating a previous record from 2007 of 195.3bn euros, ...

BRUSSELS: Confidence among Belgium business leaders rose less-than-expected in the last quarter, official data showed. In a report, National Bank ...

BRUSSELS: While Europe remains preoccupied with the possibility of Grexit, a Greek departure from the euro, a potentially much more ...

LONDON: Brent crude oil shot up nearly 6 percent on Thursday after Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies began ...

COLOMBO: CMA-CGM Shared Service Centre Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., a unit of the largest French shipping line CMA-CGM commenced business process ...

NEW YORK: Facebook’s annual developer conference, better known as F8, has kicked off, with the tech giant announcing a slew ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand government decided new tax rule on online shopping. Currently purchases under $400 do not attract any tax, ...

SYDNEY: Australian police arrested six men for drugs smuggling. Australian police say six men have been charged in Sydney with ...

CANBERRA: Australia exports of coal to China and Indonesia has fallen. Data released by the country’s customs authority showed coal ...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand reported dairy exports fell down by 13.4 percent. The country recorded a $NZ50 million ($48m) goods, or ...

NEW DELHI: India’s Commercial tax arrears have increased to Rs 2333.47 crore on organizations falling under the Bhubaneswar range. The ...

HONG KONG: A short circuit detected in the wiring of one of the powerful electromagnets of the Large Hadron Collider ...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Mushahid Ullah Khan, has expressed resentment over the depressing performance of Pakistan Environmental Protection ...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks fell 1.57 percent Thursday morning, hit by a stronger yen and sharp losses on Wall Street that ...

AUSTRALIA: A massive impact area from a huge meteorite that struck the Earth millions of years ago has been found ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s ICT exports are projected to top one billion US dollars this year while the sector has grown ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks bounced between small gains and losses Thursday morning, taking cues from weaker U.S. markets and ...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened 0.71 percent lower Thursday, following sharp drops on Wall Street and weak US data. The Nikkei ...