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China Customs seizes 300 tons of seafood in operation “Icebreaking”
BEIJING: Under the direction of the Anti-smuggling Bureau of the General Administration of Customs and Guangdong Sub-Administration, Huangpu Customs District...
FBR chief orders field formations to persuade high-income doctors, lawyers to pay taxes
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to bring professional doctors and lawyers in the loop of taxpayers who...
US border agents arrest man for possessing illegal cash
SAN CLEMENTE: U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling Interstate 5 arrested a man who had a large quantity of illicit cash...
US customs seizes 10 pounds of cocaine at local border crossing
EL PASO: An El Paso driver was turned over to federal agents after he was found with more than $300,000...
Nigeria plans to reduce fuel imports with refinery makeover
ABUJA: Low oil prices have hurt Nigeria’s upstream revenues but a long-overdue administrative restructuring of the national oil company and...
Vietnam customs seizes thousands of smuggled toys in Ha Noi
HA NOI: The Ha Noi Market Watch team seized thousands of toys which were illegally imported from China. The team...
Canada police seize 45 marijuana plants in eastern PEI
EASTERN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: RCMP have ripped up 45 marijuana plants discovered by a motorcycle patrol in eastern P.E.I. The...
Russian police seize 470 tons of smuggled cheese worth around $30m
MOSCOW: A cheese-smuggling gang that netted around $30 million by illegally importing the foodstuff has been smashed, Russian police said....
Mexico burns 140 tonnes of confiscated drugs
MEXICO CITY: Authorities in Mexico burned almost 140 tonnes (308,000 pounds) of seized drugs during a number of incinerations across...
Greece agree to sell rights to German company to operate 14 airports
BERLIN: Greece has agreed to sell to a german company the rights to operate 14 regional airports. The deal is...
US seeks to increase trade, travel links with Cuba
WASHINGTON: The U.S. government is exploring “several options” to increase trade and travel links with Cuba within the evolving normalization...
Argentina’s YPF to pay $122m for shares of petrochemical companies
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine state-controlled oil company YPF said it would pay $122 million for shares of petrochemical companies Petroken and...
Telefonica Brasil to Invest $7.1b between 2015 and 2017
SAO PAULO: Telefonica Brasil, a unit of Spain's Telefonica SA and one of the largest telecommunications operators in the South...
Spain’s Carbures to provide engineering services to Pemex in Mexico
MEXICO CITY: Grupo Profesional Planeacion y Proyectos (PYPSA), a unit of Spain’s Carbures, said it entered into a contract with...
Venezuela appoints new Oil and Mining Minister
CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the appointment of the current head of state-oil company PDVSA, Eulogio del Pino, as...
US consumer prices increase in July for 6 consecutive months
NEW YORK: U.S. consumer prices increased in July for the sixth straight month, suggesting mild inflation pressure is building in...
Sohar port appoints new Executive Commercial Manager
SOHAR, Oman: SOHAR Port and Freezone welcomed a new Executive Commercial Manager this week, as Edwin Lammers headed back to...
Automakers divert shipments from Tianjin to Shanghai port after blasts
SHANGHAI: Toyota Motor Corp and rival global automakers are looking to divert shipments to Shanghai and other ports from Tianjin...
Transhipment increases to 51.7m tones in H1 of 2015
AMSTERDAM: The seaports in the North Sea Canal Area, which includes the ports of Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Beverwijk and Zaanstad, once...
Women lead agenda at London International Shipping Week 2015
LONDON: Women in command, a maritime incident – the perfect dilemma, and the marvels of Old Father Thames are just...
