Philippines Customs starts campaign against smuggling of Thai sugar
MANILA: Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intensified its campaign against the smuggling of Thai sugar—using China and Hong Kong as...
MLB revenue rises to $500 million in 2015
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball had a very good financial year in 2015, setting a new revenue record with nearly...
Microsoft earn amini-victory against Apple in tablet war
LONDON: Apple is leading overall online tablet sales for the previous 12 months ending in October. But for the first...
NASA delay launch of commercial cargo ship to ISS
WASHINGTON: Bad weather has forced the US space agency NASA to delay the launch of a commercial cargo ship to...
Rocket League coming to Xbox One next year
LONDON: The PlayStation 4 and PC favorite Rocket League is finding its way to the Xbox One early next year,...
Researchers figured out how to store electricity in ‘paper’
FRANCE: Researchers at LinköpingUniversity's Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Sweden, have developed what they call “power paper” – a new material...
Sun “super flare” could destroy all Earth’s energy systems
MEXICO: It lights up our days, keeps us warm and even powers the legions of solar energy panels across the...
Study reveals there’s no such thing as male or female brain
CANADA: Do you have a male brain or a female brain? The answer, according to science, is no. If you...
Herpes viruses can infect human neurons, study
HONG KONG: For years, researchers have noted a tantalizing link between some neurologic conditions and certain species of the herpes...
World’s first waterproof smartphone can be washed with soap, water
TOKYO: In some good news for germophobes, a Japanese firm claims to have developed the world's first waterproof smartphone that...
Indian gov’t seized smuggled gold, jewellery worth Rs 429.84 crore in 2015
NEW DELHI: Gold smuggling through airports increased in three years to 2014-15 and the government seized Rs 429.84 crore precious...
Albanian PPI falls by 3% in Q3
TIRANA: Producer price index (PPI) in Albania dropped by 3 percent in the third quarter of 2015, Albanian National Institute...
US posts 211,000 more jobs in Nov
WASHINGTON: The U.S. posted 211,000 more jobs in November, in line with market expectation and cementing the outlook of an...
China pledges $60b of funding support to Africa
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping has announced assistance and loans totaling $60 billion for Africa to help the continent address its...
Chinese steelmakers suffer loss of $2.3bn in Oct
BEIJING: Losses continued to mount for steelmakers in China during October, as the sector, once the mainstay of economic growth,...
Google releases Cardboard Camera app for Android to capture VR photos
MALI: Google's Cardboard is one of the cheapest VR headsets available, and is certainly one of the first steps users...
Microsoft committed to support Windows 10 mobile OS until 2018
PARIS: If you're planning to purchase a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone or thinking of upgrading your existing Windows Phone handset...
Chinese-made movies revenue reache 23.7 billion yuan
BEIJING: China's box office receipts hit a record high of more than 40 billion yuan ($6.25 billion) as of Thursday...
Old mobiles better for calls, texts than new smartphones, research
LONDON: New research has found that the expensive smartphones of today do not work as well for calls and texts...
Now play PS2 games on your PS4
NEW YORK: It's been confirmed by Sony for awhile now and it's finally here. Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Computer...
