SAVANNAH: The Georgia Ports Authority approved $7.5 million Monday for the first big steps toward building a new seaport terminal...

BERLIN: The economy grew at its fastest rate in two years in the first three months of the year, driven...

TAIPEI: Taiwanese silicon wafers maker Sino-American Silicon Products Inc (TPO:5483), or SAS, saw its consolidated revenues for April 2016 increase...

BEIJING: China Steel Corp, the nation’s biggest steelmaker, yesterday said pre-tax profit last month surged to NT$1.55 billion (US$47.37 million),...

SINGAPORE: The Singapore economy grew by 1.8 percent on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter, unchanged from the previously...

HONG KONG: The operator of Hong Kong’s stock exchange said yesterday that it will “probably work very quickly” on a...

SHANGHAI: Shanghai customs said yesterday that imports of aquatic products in the January-April period rose 34.7 percent year on year...

SHANGHAI: Sixteen people have been detained and four others granted bail after more than 4,000 cartons of cigarettes were seized...

BELFAST: More than 10 kilos of suspected cocaine has been seized at George Best Belfast City Airport. The drugs, with...

CEBU CITY: An alleged drug pusher was arrested while close to P500,000 worth of shabu were seized in a buy-bust...

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on Monday that it had changed some of the procedures for its “Trending Topics” section...

MOSCOW: Russia will not conduct any more space launches to send U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station after 2018,...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has granted sales tax zero-rating on supply of gas and electricity to different industrial...

BEIJING: New research on 5,000-year-old pottery fragments found in China shed light on the region’s earliest beer-brewing practices — and...

NEW DELHI: Indian students have won six awards at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in the US...

TOKYO: Asia markets traded higher on Wednesday, with several major indexes advancing more than 1 percent each, after encouraging reports...

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index closed higher on Tuesday as strength in the financial sector ahead of the bank earnings...

FRANKFURT: European stocks extended gains to close sharply higher on Tuesday, as sentiment was lifted by positive trade in the...

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks surged to close higher Tuesday as a rally in financial and technology shares underpinned a sharp,...

LAHORE: Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Sheikh Muhammad Arshad has said that the Lahore Chamber would leave...