MADRID: Spain's unemployment rate registered a record fall last year, dropping nearly three percentage points to 20.90 percent, according to...

ABU DHABI: Dubai-based retail major Al Maya Group plans to increase its imports from the US as it looks to...

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s average unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in October-December, level with the average in September-November, the Central Statistical Office...

BANGKOK: The Cabinet has approved a 15 billion baht budget for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives’ loan project for...

BANGKOK: Thailand is the first Southeast Asian country to launch DHL eCommerce’s domestic delivery service, the company has announced. DHL...

KABUL: Prices of gas, flour and petrol declined during the outgoing week in Kabul, where gas rates varied from one...

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's central bank on Thursday said it had increased its repo rate a notch to defend its currency peg...

JOHANNESBURG: South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Thursday the bank would increase the repo rate by...

HANGZHOU: Alibaba Group announced Thursday night that its third quarter revue jumped 32 percent year on year to 34.5 billion...

TOKYO: Asian imports of Iranian oil fell 18 percent in December from a year earlier, as Iran's biggest crude buyers...

BEIJING: China CITIC Bank confirmed yesterday that it has discovered a fraud involving 969 million yuan (US$147.4 million) in funds...

GUANGZHOU: he export volume of civilian drones in South China's Shenzhen, increased seven times in 2015 year-on-year to reach 3.09...

WARSAW: Poland's biggest oil refiner PKN Orlen is considering increasing the scale of its oil imports from Saudi Arabia, PKN's...

TAIYUAN: North China's Shanxi province, one of the country's major coal-producing provinces, plans to maintain its coal production within 1...

BEIJING: As of Wednesday, 31 province-level regions had released their local gross domestic product (GDP) data for last year, China...

OSLO: Norwegian industrial managers reported negative expectations for the first quarter of 2016 in large parts of manufacturing and suggested...

MANILA: Two customs examiners assigned at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Pair Cargo Customs Bonded Warehouse are now being...

JOHOR BARU: Johor Customs crippled an attempt to smuggle in 26 luxury cars from Singapore worth RM2.9 million including taxes...

BAKU: The Azerbaijani State Customs Committee has introduced a 70 percent-discount on formalizing customs declarations for customs clearance of goods...

DUBLIN: A total of more than 9.5 million cigarettes have been seized as part of intelligence-led operations in the State...