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Hashoo Group buys Australian exploration company BHP Billiton
ISLAMABAD: Further increasing its business and achieving investment plans, the Hashoo Group has bought Australian exploration company BHP Billiton. This...
South Korean stocks plunge 0.13% at noon, KOSPI dips 2.6pts
SEOUL: South Korean stocks traded 0.13 percent lower late Friday morning on losses from carmakers and logistics, analysts said. The...
Earthworms can digest deadly plant toxins, researchers
BRENT: Researchers say earthworms produce special compounds in their gut to counteract plant toxins created precisely to repel hungry herbivores...
Rosetta starts second year around comet
MEXICO: More than a decade after its launch, the spacecraft Rosetta reached Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and as it approaches perihelion with...
Ireland Customs seizes illegal cigarettes worth €5,000
DUBLIN: A file is to be sent to the DPP following the seizure in Cork of illegal cigarettes with a...
DHA Property Festival on 29th, 30th
LAHORE: Zameen.com is set to organise Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Property Festival 2015 to give a platform to top real...
StarHub revenue surges 2.3% to $589.5m in 2Q
SINGAPORE: Telco StarHub lifted net profit in the second quarter, on the back of higher revenue from mobile and fixed...
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will hunt for signs of alien life
NEW YORK: Besides some Martian meteorites collected on Earth, some gravity data from spacecraft and other bits of information, our...
Malaysia’s total trade jumps 1.9% to RM120.54b in June
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's total trade grew by 1.9 per cent to RM120.54 billion in June 2015 compared with RM118.35 billion...
Gulftainer welcomes largest LPG storage vessels at UQLC
DOHA: Gulftainer, the privately-owned independent terminal management and logistics company, welcomed two of Iraq’s largest LPG storage vessels at its...
SBP’s foreign reserves up by $381m to $13.767b
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign exchange reserves have surged by $381 million or 2.8 per cent to...
Kepler spacecraft spotted “Earth’s bigger, older cousin
LONDON: The planet-hunting Kepler will keep churning out new discoveries, Grunsfeld noted, and possibly find even better matches for “Earth...
Local political alliance rejects Governor’s reform body for Fata
PESHAWAR: The local political parties have demanded the federal government to extend the local government system to the Federally Administered...
Overseas Realty net profit declines 2% to Rs 1.5b in H1
COLOMBO: Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC in its performance, reported a group net profit of Rs 1.5 billion for the first...
Taiwan combines banks profit fall 5.7% to NT$169.1b in H1
TAIPEI: The nation’s 39 banks reported a 5.7 percent annual decline in their combined pre-tax profit in the first six...
Mercedes to introduce S63 AMG sedan in India
NEW DELHI: At the beginning of the year, Mercedes-Benz India had said that this was a '15 in 15' year...
Toxic algae struggles leave Toledo’s reputation hanging in the balance
CANADA: The toxin concentration of western Lake Erie water near Toledo’s water system intake crib fell back down to a...
Indonesia’s Pertamina revenues drop by 41% to $21.79b in H1
JAKARTA: State-owned oil and gas giant PT Pertamina has reported an almost 50 percent drop in its net profits amid...
2,000 year-old message found in ritual bath house in Jerusalem
MEXICO: A mysterious message has been found in an underground cave which turned out to house the remains of a...
PFA introducing latest food safety system: DG
LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority Director General Dr Sajid Chauhan has announced to launch a new food safety system of international...
