Three Malaysians arrested in Indonesia for alleged smuggling of syabu

AMSTERDAM: Last week Ron Jongejan of Jaguacy expressed his displeasure regarding the time taken up by the scans in the...

Google to bring Android apps to its Chromebook laptop

CALIFORNIA: Google is set to allow its Chromebook laptops to run Android apps in a bit to take on Apple...

Google engineer says he’ll push for default end-to-end encryption in Allo

CALIFORNIA: After Google’s decision not to provide end-to-end encryption by default in its new chat app, Allo, raised questions about...

The red planet draped in cloud: Nasa releases stunning new Hubble image of Mars as it’s set to reach its closest distance to Earth in more than a decade

WASHINGTON: It's a beautiful portrait of a planet mankind has long been obsessed with. Nasa has revealed this incredible Hubble...

‘Sleeping giant’ glacier may lift seas two metres

PARIS: A rapidly melting glacier atop East Antarctica is on track to lift oceans at least two metres, and could...

Asian stocks fluctuate as investors weigh U.S. rate-hike impact

TOKYO: Asian stocks swung between gains and losses as investors assess what a U.S. interest-rate increase as soon as next...

CANADA STOCKS-TSX hits a 1-week low as financials retreat; losses mostly pared

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index pared losses after hitting a one-week low earlier on Thursday as the materials group rose...

European stocks close lower on Fed jitters; FTSE down 1.7%

FRANKFURT: European stocks finished lower on Thursday as investors around the world digested the latest minutes from the U.S. Federal...

S&P closes red for 2016 amid rate hike concerns

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks closed lower Thursday after comments from New York Fed President William Dudley and the latest Fed...

ICT Mayor assures to resolve all issues of business community

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz said that he will take measures to resolve all issues of...

Tax on AEEAP firms set to rise sevenfold

ATHENS: Despite the government’s pledges to try to attract investment to kick-start the economy, it has now decided to raise...

Irregularities in automobile scraps sale

DHAKA: Every year, a huge quantity of scraps pile up after assembling automobiles at Pragoti Industries Ltd, the country’s lone...

Mega-tsunamis in Mars’s ancient ocean shaped planet’s landscape

WASHINGTON: Mega-tsunamis in an ancient ocean on Mars may have shaped the landscape and left deposits that hint at whether...

Georgia’s unemployment rate holds steady at 5.5%

TLANTA: State labor officials say Georgia's jobless rate is holding steady at 5.5 percent. The Georgia Department of Labor on...

PC shipments in Q1 of CY16 slip 20.8% quarterly

WASHINGTON: The overall PC shipement for the first quarter of CY2016 stood at 1.99 million units, representing a decline of...

U.S. kraft paper shipments fall 3.7% in April

WASHINGTON: In April 2016, U.S. kraft paper shipments were 137.8 thousand short tons, 3.7% lower compared to April 2015. Bleached...

SA’s inflation slows in April to 6.2% from 6.3%

JOHANNESBURG: Headline inflation slowed in April to 6.2 percent from 6.3 percent in the prior month, giving rise to hopes...

Australia unemployment steady at 5.7%

CANBERRA: Australian employment rose by 10,800 in April in seasonally adjusted terms, narrowly missing expectations for an increase of 12,000....

Centre to grant status of economic zones to three locations in Punjab