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Shunfeng ready to acquire stakes of Suniva for $57.8m
BEIJING: Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd, the Hong Kong-based solar company controlled by billionaire Zheng Jianming, agreed to acquire a...
China invests $1.37 tn to fight water, air pollution
BEIJING: The Chinese government is accelerating investment in environmental protection, with the total investment into the protection of water, air...
China’s Anhui province overseas investment up to $610m
BEIJING: Officials in Anhui province said here the other day that the amount of its overseas investment grew nearly threefold...
China gold reserves increase to 53.93m troy ounces in July
BEIJING: China increased its gold reserves to 53.93 million troy ounces by the end of July from 53.32 million ounces...
Vietnamese authorities verdict Australian man to 20 years jail for attempting to send drug
HANOI: Vietnamese authorities have sentenced an Australian man to 20 years jail for attempting to send drug precursor chemicals through...
Researchers reveal how Greenwich Meridian line comes to wrong place
LONDON: Researchers have revealed how the Prime Meridian line came to be placed about 100 metres away from the true...
NASA releases iconic pieces of space travel through a digital print
LONDON: NASA has announced that they are releasing one of the most iconic pieces of space travel through a digital...
Vietnam’s litchi core possess victories for 2015 crop
HANOI: The northern province of Bac Giang, home to the best litchi crops in Vietnam, achieved glorious victories in terms...
Tasmanian devil can solves Australia’s feral cat, fox problem
PERTH: They are our most feisty four-legged icon, fighting back from the brink of extinction and earning a badass reputation...
Scientists unlocked genetic secrets of octopus
LONDON: Scientists have taken a close look at the octopus and have found that there is a lot more to...
Global food shortage rises due to climate change
MEXICO: Global food shortages will become three times more likely as a result of climate change according to a report...
Remarkable sense of small help ants that how to behave in different situations
LONDON: Ants have a remarkably sophisticated sense of smell, allowing them to pick up odors that dictate how they behave...
New Zealand sales value jump to 4.1% in 2Q
WELLINGTON: Growth in New Zealand's retail sales slowed in the quarter to the end of June, fueling expectations of further...
Researchers developed optical chip that “can process photons in infinite number of ways
LONDON: Researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in Japan have developed...
Indian Customs confiscates rare tortoises worth R.s 5m
KOCHI: Customs officials in India seize 200 live star tortoises from a Malaysia-bound man and arrested him in India’s southern...
World’s most dangerous volcanos erupts back into life
CANADA: Authorities have restricted access to the park that surrounds Cotopaxi and suspended ascents of the peak, which is popular...
First digital seafloor map reveals graveyards
LONDON: A team of researchers in Australia has mapped our planet’s seafloor in unprecedented detail with the resulting digital map...
Hong Kong police seize cocaine worth HK$1.9m
HONG KONG: Three Hong Kong men aged 30 to 51 were picked up at about 3pm when they arrived to...
UK’s largest trial of wireless power charging for electric hybrid vehicles
LONDON: The UK’s largest trial of wireless power charging for electric and hybrid vehicles will start later this year. The...
Singapore’s CNB seizes heroin worth S$254,000
SINGAPORE: Four suspects have been arrested after the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) seized S$254,000 of heroin hidden in bags of...
