Egypt imports 60,000 tons of Romanian wheat
CAIRO: The Ministry of Supply said it purchased 60,000 tonnes of wheat from Romania, following a tender that was announced...
Ireland police confiscates drugs worth over €2.1m
DUBLIN: Two men have been arrested in connection with the seizure over €2.1m worth of drugs in north Dublin. Detectives...
Ireland police seize drugs worth €126,000
DUBLIN: Three men were arrested in connection with a €126,000 drug seizure yesterday afternoon. Gardai from the Cork City Divisional...
China iron ore imports rise 4.6% y/y in Jan
BEIJING: China imported 82.19 million tonnes of iron ore in January, up 4.6 percent from the same period of last...
Iran launches first oil shipments to EU in 3 years
TEHRAN: The first shipment of Iranian crude oil to the European Union in more than three years is poised to...
Germany predicts doom and gloom as Eurozone worries mount
BERLIN: The German treasury has predicted "substantial sustainability risks" to the country amid reports that the Eurozone is set for...
Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach volume gains in Jan
WASHINGTON: January volumes at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB) were both strong...
HSBC to remain headquartered in UK
LONDON: "HSBC Holdings plc announces that its Board of Directors has concluded its review of the best location for the...
Russia-China January trade turnover fall 8.9%
MOSCOW: Russian-Chinese trade in January amounted to $4.99 billion, against a 4.2-percent drop in Chinese exports to $2.71 billion. Chinese...
Russian grain export in 2015/2016 agricultural year drops slightly
MOSCOW: In the 2015/2016 agricultural year (from July 1, 2015, to February 10, 2016) Russia exported 23.1 million tonnes of...
Russian trade hit by sanctions and commodity crisis
MOSCOW: Russia’s trade with the EU’s eastern states fell by almost a third in 2015, as sanctions over Crimea and...
Imports of PC granules into Russia fall 4% in January 2016
MOSCOW: Russia's imports of polycarbonate (PC) totalled 315 tonnes in January 2016, down 64% year on year, according to a...
China’s foreign trade drops 9.8% to $288bn in Jan
BEIJING: China's foreign trade dropped 9.8 percent on a year-on-year basis to 1.88 trillion yuan ($288 billion) in January, while...
Chinese consumers buy nearly half of world’s luxury products
BEIJING: Chinese consumers spent 1.2 trillion yuan ($183 billion) abroad last year, with the goods they bought ranging from luxuries...
Investment in water projects tops $300m in 5 years
BEIJING: China invested more than 2 trillion yuan ($300 billion) in water conservation during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015),...
Spring Festival tourism revenue jumps 16.3% to $55.7bn
BEIJING: China's tourism revenue surged during the Spring Festival holiday, the National Tourism Administration said on Sunday. Tourism revenue reached...
KPK traders keen to boost trade, economic relations with Tajikistan
PESHAWAR: The business community has called for the removal of impediments to give further boost to the trade and economic...
Dar directs SECP to complete process of shares divestment in PSX
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Sunday, chairing a meeting of senior officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission of...
PR aims to generate Rs 37.8 billion in ongoing fiscal year
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is confident to generate Rs 37.8 billion revenue during the current financial year under a multi-pronged strategy...
USAID helps provide electricity to 68 villages of S Waziristan
ISLAMABAD: As many as 86 villages of South Waziristan Agency has been provided electricity through the United States Agency for...
