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BRASÍLIA: Limited domestic output and rising per-capita incomes are pushing beef-hungry China to import the high-protein, low-fat meat in increasing...

BRUSSELS: Belgium’s rough diamond trade showed marked improvement in both exports and imports in July, although the polished trade continued...

BERLIN: Germany will likely import the same amount of hard coal in 2016 as last year, lobby group VDKi said...

COPENHAGEN: The Danish economy advanced 0.7 percent on quarter in the first three months of 2016, rebounding from a revised...

ABUJA: The Federal Government said a whooping $700m is spent on annual importation of fish in terms of foreign exchange....

MANILA: Consumer prices remained stable with inflation falling below two percent in July due to a productive economy, low oil...

CAIRO: Revenue from Egypt’s Suez Canal reached $3.183 billion in the period between January 1 and August 6, 2016, up...

NEW DELHI: India adopted an inflation target of 4% for next five years under the monetary policy framework as previously...

LONDON: The slump in the hedge fund industry hit an unlikely target when Deutsche Bank AG (DB) reported earnings with...

WASHINGTON: The government has taken measures to increase exports to Belgium including regular exchange of trade information and frequent visit...

KATHMANDU: Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL) and is set to acquire Ace Development Bank. The two financial institutions signed a...

TEHRAN: Iranian ambassador to Baghdad said Iran’s non-oil exports to the neighboring country have risen by 23 percent in the...

LISBON: The Portuguese government has approved a law to encourage creation of scientific jobs, which includes offering contracts to researchers...

WARSAW: Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on Friday met with the ambassadors of the ASEAN countries to discuss bilateral relations....

MUSCAT: When commodity prices crashed in late 2014, oil executives could look at their mining counterparts with a sense of...

HELSINKI: Nokia's net sales declined and operating profit dropped sharply in the second quarter of 2016, the Finnish telecom company...

MUSCAT: The Sultanate's annual fish landings by way of traditional fishing methods stands at an average 63.37 tonnes of fish...

TOKYO: Takata Corp, the air bag maker behind the biggest automotive recall, said quarterly profit plunged by one-third as the...

DUBAI: Pakistanis bought property worth three billion United Arab Emirates (UAE) dirhams (around $816 million) in Dubai during the first...

KIEV: Friday was the first time in 20 years for a Ukrainian president to visit Indonesia after the last visit...