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Scientists searching for deep-sea animals discover rare metal balls in Atlantic Ocean
MALI: Scientists searching for deep-sea animals beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean recently discovered something else: large metal balls...
Kazakhstan, Hungary enter into strategic partnership in Budapest
BUDAPEST: Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov met with his Hungarian counterpart and other officials on June 3 in Budapest to...
ICTSI hikes container-handling capacity of Manila, Subic ports
MANILA - International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has beefed up its operations in Manila and Subic in a bid...
Dutch startup WeTransfer raises $25m in new funding to expand into US, Europe
AMSTERDAM: Dutch startup WeTransfer has raised $25 million in new funding to expand into the “US, Europe, and beyond.” It...
Nikkei Stock Average hits highest level since 2000: Japan
TOKYO: The Nikkei Stock Average hit its highest level since 2000 on the back of a 17 percent boost in...
Finance Minister reviews progress on decisions taken by Pak-Afghan Joint Economic Council
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar while chairing a meeting reviewed new phases of progress on the implementation of decisions taken...
Hong Kong stocks slightly gain at end, Hang Seng surges 0.02pc
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks ended little changed on Monday, with gains in Tencent Holdings offsetting weakness in casino operators...
Norway govt rejects call to cut oil taxes amid plunging crude prices
OSLO: Norway’s government rebuffed pleas to cut oil taxes amid plunging crude prices, calling on the nation’s largest industry to...
Norway exports oil worth 13.2 billion kroner in January, shows 55% decline
OSLO: Norway’s oil exports have plunged by more than a half since early 2014, authorities said Monday as deeply depressed...
NASA, ESA astronomers discover mysterious wind storm emerging from center of galaxies
NEW YORK: NASA astronomers have discovered mysterious wind storm that emerges from the center of galaxies. The explosion of wind...
NASA’s exploration of Pluto aligned with Clyde Tombaugh discovered 85 years ago
WASHINGTON: NASA's New Horizon's probe is not scheduled for its anticipated flyby of Pluto until the summer, but has delivered...
Tokyo stocks surge 0.73% at end, Nikkei 225 increases 134.62pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.73 per cent Monday, extending a 15-year high on news that eurozone ministers agreed to extend...
300 scouts to plant 300,000 saplings in Islamabad, 1.7m in Rawalpindi during spring
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to plant more than 300,000 ornamental, fruit trees saplings during spring tree plantation...
Dwarf galaxies give clues about growth of black holes
LONDON: At the center of every large galaxy is a black hole -- the mysterious region where matter is packed...
Astronauts take selfies during 6 ½ hours spacewalk
HONG KONG: Barry "Butch' Wilmore and Terry Virts went out for a six-and-half hour spacewalk in the continued effort to...
Kuwait security officials seize illicit 32 tramadol pills, clutch Bangladeshi woman
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Security operatives attached to Ahmadi Command arrested a Bangladeshi woman for the possession of 32 Tramadol pills...
Virgin Australia targets $10.2 million pre-tax profit in 2015
CANBERRA: Virgin Australia has expected $10.2 million pre-tax profit over the first six months of the 2015 financial year, but...
2,000 Indonesians nabbed in Malaysia for meth smuggling
JAKARTA: More than 2,000 Indonesians have been arrested in Malaysia on charges of being couriers of methamphetamine to be smuggled...
Iran can compete with EU, US in field of tooth implanting
ARAK: Scientific secretary of the 1st International Tooth Implantology Conference (ITIC) has announced Iran can compete with the EU and...
Major breakthrough in evolutionary research: Gene held responsible for humans’ large brain size
HARROW: In a major breakthrough in evolutionary research, scientists have identified for the first time the gene responsible for humans’...
