UK rate of thermal coal burn down 15% YOY to 3.66 million mt
LONDON: The UK’s rate of thermal coal burn in November was down 15% year-on-year at 3.66 million mt, despite reaching ...
Year: 2015
SA Narcotic Task Team seizes contraband 27 dagga parcels, nabs four culprits
CAPE TOWN: South Africa Flying Squad Narcotics Task Team seized 27 parcels of dagga valued at R7 418.00 and arrested ...
UK businesses shouldering £10b per year in extra tax costs
LONDON: UK businesses are shouldering £10bn a year in extra tax costs, with the majority falling to the country's SMEs, ...
Eye tracking may help spot severity of concussions
HONG KONG: A new eye-tracking method might help determine the severity of concussions, researchers report. According to WebMD, this is ...
Apple TV starts serving in Australia, TENplay, Cricket Australia launch Apple TV app along with Quickflix
MELBOURNE: Along with the subscription video boom, Aussie TV networks are also pushing onto more home entertainment devices. The Apple ...
Hyundai Sonata launched in Australia to set back, Toyota Camry, Ford Mondeo, Nissan Altima, Volkswagen V6 FSI
CANBERRA: Hyundai’s Sonata badge has returned to Australia this week, after having first been replaced by the now retired i45 ...
Brazilian miner Vale’s mega ships able to dock at 5 Chinese ports
BRAZILIAN: Brazilian miner Vale's mega ships have been able to dock at five ports in China, the firm's head of ...
ISS receives new laser & fruit flies by SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft
HONG KONG: The International Space Station has been having a belated Christmas in recent weeks due to a delivery of ...
Australia’s next-generation patrol, pursuit fleets continues, ACT kicking off test program with Volvo’s S60 T6 R-Design sedan
CANBERRA: Research into Australia’s next-generation patrol and pursuit fleets continues, with cops in the ACT this week kicking off a ...
Strange Spiders found in UK that can trap prey using electrically charged webs
HONG KONG: A common type of spider has been discovered to have the ability to trap and subdue its prey ...
Oman seals OMR16.2million contract with Al Turki Enterprises
MUSCAT: The Wave, Muscat has sealed a OMR16.2 million contract with Al Turki Enterprises, a company with 35 years of local ...
Tokyo stocks close 0.39% higher, Nikkei 225 climbs 68.17pts, Topix index gains 0.11%
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended 0.39 per cent stronger after Wall Street advanced and as a weaker yen boosted exporter shares. ...
Flue causes 58 deaths in Oklahoma
MEXICO: In the past week, to continue a particularly dangerous flu season, 11 more lives have been claimed in Oklahoma ...
Neptune-like planets could transform into habitable worlds under right conditions
NEW YORK: New research suggests tidal forces and vigorous stellar activity could combine to transform uninhabitable gaseous "mini-Neptunes" into potentially-habitable ...
Mountain-size asteroid that buzzed Earth has its own moon: NASA
LONDON: The mountain-size asteroid that gave Earth a close shave has its own moon, new radar images of the object ...
Vietnam police seize illicit 33.5kg gold from Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Hanoi police have arrested three people for trading 33.5 kilograms of gold jewelry smuggled from Hong Kong here ...
China, Hong Kong stocks flat by midday, CSI 300 tumbles 0.8%
BEIJING: China stocks continued their fall on Friday morning, with investment emotion dampened by new investigations into stock margin trading ...
Macau police arrest Hong Kong teens for cocaine smuggling
HONG KONG: A teenage couple from Hong Kong has been arrested in Macau on suspicion of drug trafficking. The city's ...
Taiwan stocks drop 0.3%, TAIEX index tumbles 21.79pts
TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks traded down 0.3 per cent on Friday after a groundwork reading of the economy saw risks to ...
Australian stocks record 7-day high at end, S&P increases 18.8pts
SYDNEY: The Australian stocks has finished stronger for the seventh successive day and closed the week at a four month ...
