HONG KONG: Many people in Hong Kong would associate Panama with the 1989 blockbuster movie God of Gamblers. One character...

BANGKOK: Growth in personal and credit card loans declined in February, attributed by analysts to the end of seasonal spending...

SINGAPORE: Singapore has pipped Hong Kong to become the world's third-best financial centre, according to a global index out this...

LHASA: A commercial complex aimed at boosting bilateral trade at the China-Nepal border broke ground Friday morning in Tibet's Burang...

ATHENS: An agreement between Greece's privatization fund HRADF and China COSCO Shipping Corporation for the sale of the majority stake...

BEIJING: The government is mapping out plans to use the Internet to lower logistics and distribution costs and promote e-commerce...

SEOUL: South Korea's economy seems to be steadily rebounding as some major indicators are showing signs of improving from their...

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has approved a 34% increase in the import duty on wheat from R911.20 a ton...

BERLIN: German exports rebounded in February following two consecutive monthly falls, official data showed on Friday, but analysts remained cautious...

TORONTO :  Three Canadian women who pleaded guilty to multiple drug charges in Barbados last week have returned home after...

TEHRAN: Pakistani traders eye an increase of at least 30 percent in export of aromatic Basmati rice to Iran and...

CAPE TOWN: The Steinhoff Group, one of the world’s leading providers in the furniture industry, domiciled in South Africa, will...

LONDON: Growth in the British economy is "subdued", the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said Friday, having...

NEW DELHI: The government is considering setting up specified pharmaceutical zones to boost domestic manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs),...

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund could receive some $106 billion in cash from the sale to the public of...

DUBLIN: Three men have been arrested in connection with the seizure of €240,000 worth of drugs. Two separate discoveries of...

MANILA: A total of P1.2 million in illegal drug shabu were seized in two separate operations in the cities of...

BOGOTÁ: Colombia's state-run Ecopetrol will significantly increase crude imports in April to some 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) with four...

JAKARTA: Trade Minister Lembong detects a rising trend in Indonesia's coffee exports over the past two years and therefore is...

TEHRAN: Taiwan is keen to expand its import of oil from Iran by 27 percent in 2016, said Jerry S....