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LISBON: Utility company EDP may balk at the meager 5 percent premium offered for its shares by China Three Gorges...

Poland has asked Donald Trump to set up a permanent military base in the country to shore up its defences...

Spain has agreed to take in 629 migrants stranded on a rescue boat in the Mediterranean Sea after Italy’s new...

SNC-Lavalin signed an exclusive agreement with Project Development & Management International (PDMI) in Oman to design and deliver a greenfield...

To protect one of the highest-profile diplomatic events so far this century, Singapore has enlisted the help of its fearsome...

Kuwait’s finance minister is trying again to win swift parliamentary support for an economic and fiscal reform program, saying that...

NATO on declined an overture by Qatar to join the Western military defence alliance, saying membership was reserved to the...

Baghdad: Iraq will sign on Wednesday a contract with a Chinese company for the development of an oil field east...

Three Gulf Arab states pledged $2.5bn in aid to Jordan in an effort to stabilise the kingdom as it faces...

KABUL: The prices of essential items and gold have remained unchanged during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources...

The United States will unveil a new US$250 million representative office in Taiwan's capital on Tuesday, a de facto embassy...

With his baby face, eyeglasses and go-to outfit of T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, Jihan Wu looks more like a geeky...

Belgian nuclear reactor Doel 4, just across the Dutch border, shut down automatically due to a fault on Saturday evening....

RIO DE JANEIRO/HOUSTON: US oil producer Chevron Corp (CVX.N) has permanently assigned its Brazil country chief to run its Venezuelan...

TOKYO: Japan’s core machinery orders in April jumped the most since the start of 2016, reversing the prior month’s decline...

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange said hackers have stolen about one-third of the coins traded on...

NEW DELHI: Violence cost the Indian economy a whopping $1.19 trillion (over Rs 80 lakh crore) in 2017 in constant...

MANILA – Government workers are among the "happiest" types of employees, alongside those in the hospitality and restaurant sectors, recruitment...

THAILAND faces many challenges ahead as it seeks to transition the country to succeed in the era of automation and...

A unit of Remgro bought part of fibre provider Vumatel as South Africa’s richest man seeks a greater share of...