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DHAKA: Bangladesh's state grains buyer plans to import 950,000 tonnes of wheat in the year to June 2016, up from...

TOKYO: Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has announced having sold more than 8 million hybrid vehicles around the world. The announcement...

TASHKENT: Uzbekistan will introduce new tariffs on the import of some consumer goods from September 1, 2015, the Cabinet of...

HONG KONG: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced here the other day...

HARROW: The moon was once home to spectacular 'fire fountains', similar to those seen in Hawaii today. The Apollo missions...

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s consumer prices fell at a faster-than-expected pace in July as car prices declined and the housing market remained...

PETALING JAYA: Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV), which is buying a 37% stake in Indonesian planter Eagle High Plantations...

KUWAIT: There has been an increase in the arrest of Indians in cases of alleged possession of drugs and narcotics...

DOHA: With the falling prices and strong buying interest in gold, Doha Bank imported a record 740.8kg  (23,818 ounces) of...

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s industrial production index dropped for a third consecutive month, last month and is expected to face another annual...

BRENT: US marine biologists have launched an investigation into the mass die-off of 30 whales found washed ashore along Alaska's...

MEXICO: When British scientist George Parker Bidder started tossing glass bottles into the North Sea in 1904 he wasn't sending...

SEOUL:  South Korea’s terms of trade continued to rise in July as import prices declined more sharply compared with export...

JAKARTA: Bank Indonesia said it had determined its benchmark interest rate (BI rate) for budget composing purposes in the future...

NEW DELHI: The Ecosport compact SUV has been frontrunner for American automaker Ford in India. The carmaker has reportedly successfully...

LONDON: The first of its kind, optically transparent 3D-printed glass has been developed by researchers at MIT. Eliminating the need...

NEW DELHI: Your love for food porn could soon be located on Google Maps thanks to a new feature under...

NEW YORK: Hundreds of US government employees including some with sensitive jobs in the White House, Congress and law enforcement...

HONG KONG: Satellite images show that the world's fastest moving glacier lost a piece of ice measuring nearly 5 square...

LONDON: A British technology company is celebrating a major smartphone breakthrough after developing the world's first hydrogen-powered battery. Intelligent Energy,...