NASA’s 2 astronauts kick off spacewalk for upgrades at ISS
BRENT: Two NASA astronauts stepped out on a spacewalk Wednesday for upgrades and maintenance at the orbiting International Space Station, ...
Year: 2015
China’s yuan sheds to 6.3596 against U.S. dollar
BEIJING: The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened by 60 basis points to 6.3596 ...
German exports to China fall 2% this year after rising 11% in 2014
BERLIN: German exports to China will fall by 2 percent this year after rising by 11 percent in 2014, the ...
China Communications Construction to sign deal for industrial park in Mexico
BEIJING: A major State-owned Chinese company has struck a preliminary deal to develop an industrial park in western Mexico that ...
Australian dollar slumps on hawkish US Federal Reserve remarks
PERTH: The Australian dollar has slumped after the US Federal Reserve struck a more hawkish tone than the market expected ...
Chinese Customs seizes 520,000 illegally imported bottles
BEIJING: Chinese customs officials have arrested four suspected smugglers and confiscated more than 520,000 bottles of French cognac worth 400 million ...
Irish property prices jump 8.9% year-on-year in Sept
DUBLIN: Irish residential property prices nationwide were up 8.9 percent in September compared to the same month last year, according ...
Chinese pork imports increase 22% in Q3
BEIJING: Pork imports into China have increased by 22% so far this year with the EU remaining as the country’s ...
Ireland retail sales swell 8.6% year-on-year in September
DUBLIN: Irish retail sales were up 8.6 percent year-on-year in September, according to official figures released on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the ...
China Life net profit rises 22.8% to $5.3bn
BEIJING: China Life Insurance Co., the country's biggest life insurer, said Wednesday that its net profit for the first three ...
Alipay receives approval to launch payment service in Taiwan
HANGZHOU: Alipay, China's leading electronic payment platform, has received approval to launch a payment service in Taiwan in the fourth ...
China’s Shan Dong acquires 45% stake of Bindaree under FTA
BEIJING: Australia’s fourth-largest meat processor has sold a 45 percent stake in its business to Chinese company Shan Dong Delisi ...
Indian rupee opens lower 23 paisa against US dollar
MUMBAI: The Indian rupee slipped in the early trade on Thursday. It has opened lower by 23 paise at 65.15 ...
Oman’s Ooredoo net profit fall 5.6% in Q3
MUSCAT: Ooredoo Oman, the sultanate's second biggest telecommunications operator, reported a 5.6 percent fall in third-quarter net profit as provisions ...
Apple’s revenue rises 22% to $51.50bn
WASHINGTON: Apple's profit rose 31 percent to $11.1 billion in the final financial quarter of the year driven by booming ...
India’s crude imports fall 7.4% in Sep 2015
NEW DELHI: India's crude imports fell 7.4 per cent in September from the preceding month as Essar Oil shut its ...
Kuwait’s Zain net profit falls 18% in Q3 of 2015
KUWAIT: Zain, Kuwait's No.1 telecom operator by subscribers, reported an 18 per cent fall in third-quarter profit on Sunday, extending ...
Chinese sheepmeat imports fall 22% in first 9 months of 2015
BEIJING: Chinese sheepmeat imports in the first nine months of 2015 have fallen 22%, following the trend that began in ...
Philippines Customs tracks down 15 missing container vans
MANILA: Fifteen container vans stored at the Cebu International Port (CIP) were illegally withdrawn from June to July, said officials. ...
Algeria grain imports surge 7.6% to 9.92m tonnes in Jan-Sept
ALGIERS: Algeria's grain imports reached 9.92 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2015, a 7.6 percent rise from ...
