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HARARE: Zimbabweans in South Africa will from next month be able to send money home directly through EcoCash following approval...

Zimbabwe Pearl Properties records 3.85 % drop in revenue to $5,6m

HARARE: Pearl Properties has recorded a 3,85 % drop in revenue to $5,6 million for the eight months ended August...

Malta Customs to launch new IT system for national export sytem

VALLETTA: The customs department has announced that it will be launching a new IT system for the national export sytem....

Indian police nab 3 forest dept employees for smuggling logs

MUMBAI: Three forest department personnel were arrested on charge of smuggling out seized logs from the premises of Kendrapara forest...

Indian police nabs 4 liquor smugglers

byAmmad Ahmed

TRICHY: City police arrested four people for smuggling Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) from Puducherry here the other day. A total...

Indian authorities seize 122 smuggled rare turtles

DEHRADUN: As many as 122 soft-shelled turtles, included under the Wildlife Protection Act, were seized from a car near Shakti...

Bangladesh Customs seizes foreign currencies worth Tk1.65 crore

DHAKA: Customs officials have seized foreign currencies worth around Tk1.65 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Customs Authorities...

Taiwan brokerage losses surge 761.79% to NT$1.76bn in Aug

TAIPEI: Losses incurred by the nation’s securities brokerages last month expanded 761.79 percent from the previous month to NT$1.76 billion...

Nigeria Customs seizes fake drugs, contraband goods worth N219m

ABUJA: Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has continued to beam its search light on the activities of die- hard smugglers and...

Indonesia’s RALS expects decline in profit, revenue in H2

byAmmad Ahmed

JAKARTA: PT Ramayana Lestari Sentosa (RALS), the operator of Ramayana department stores, is expecting a decline in profits and revenue...

S.Korea’s exports of ICT products rise slightly in August

SEOUL: South Korea's exports of information communication technology products rose slightly in August from a year earlier on a rise...

LG suffers prolonged slump in smartphone business

SEOUL: LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's No. 2 smartphone maker, is suffering a prolonged slump in its smartphone business in...

Japan protests with China over development of gas fields in East China Sea

TOKYO: Japan has lodged a protest with China over its continuing development of gas fields in the East China Sea...

Japan’s naphtha imports for petrochemical sector fall 5% in August

TOKYO: Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector fell 5 percent in August from the same month a year earlier,...

Bundesliga stars back support for refugees in Germany

BERLIN: Bayern Munich's Pep Guardiola says Germany is setting an example of how other European countries should treat refugees as...

Japan trade deficit narrows on lower crude oil imports

TOKYO: Japan's trade deficit narrowed in August from the year before as costs for crude oil imports plunged and exports...

Auckland port pays out $41.7 million dividend

AUCKLAND: The country's biggest port is giving the Auckland Council a multi-million dollar pay-out, but the row over its controversial...

Germany’s top port battles crowded shipping lanes, air pollution

HAMBURG: Imagine that the Port of Houston was located not to the east of the city but at Allen’s Landing,...

Germany’s Big Port Eager for U.S.-EU Trade Deal, But Some Are Skeptical

HAMBURG: The Port of Hamburg's trade volume has more than doubled since 1990 and is projected to double again by...

New Zealand reveals economy grow by 0.4% in 3 months to June