COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said he aims to raise the tax on cigarettes to 90 percent as...

PARIS: France’s National Assembly has scrapped plans for an additional tax on palm oil, which had caused outcry among major...

OTTAWA: Thousands of employees at Canada’s tax agency have “strongly” rejected a controversial contract, putting them on the road to...

LONDON: Moody’s cut Britain’s credit rating outlook to “negative” Friday, saying the vote to pull out of the European Union...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Customs Department will be going after traders selling firecrackers online. When contacted yesterday, director-general Datuk Seri Khazali...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs detected two suspected cases of endangered species smuggling at the Air Mail Centre of Hong...

TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a 60-year-old...

TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two men involved in separate attempts to smuggle a combined 26 pounds of...

MOSCOW: China and Russia on Friday pledged to further expand two-way investment cooperation to boost bilateral relations. The pledge came...

BEIJING: The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its Russian...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing output increased 0.9 percent year-on-year in May, said the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Friday. The biomedical...

BRUSSELS: The European Central Bank (ECB) said on Friday that it is closely monitoring financial markets. "Following the outcome of...

BEIJING: The profit decline posted by China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) widened in the first five months of this year, as...

MUNICH: The Ifo Business Climate Index for industry and trade in Germany rose to 108.7 points in June from 107.8...

DUSSELDORF: Henkel AG agreed to buy US laundry and home-care company Sun Products Corp from Vestar Capital Partners in a...

SAN FRANCISCO: Twilio Inc shares soared more than 70 percent to US$25.83 after the technology company’s stock market debut on...

WASHINGTON: The largest US financial institutions have enough armor to withstand the turmoil of a major and prolonged national and...

PARIS: General Electric Co on Thursday said that it had received a binding offer from an affiliate of the private...

NEW YORK: HP Inc and Apple Inc topped a list issued on Thursday ranking how well technology companies combat the...

TAIPEI: The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) yesterday urged investors to stay calm in light of a precipitous tumble in the...