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HA NOI: The agro-forestry-fishery sector's export turnover was estimated at US$16.93 billion in the first seven months of 2015, the...

OSLO: Statoil ASA’s ambitious expansion in oil production beyond Norwegian shores is increasingly yielding an unwanted byproduct: losses. The state-run...

BEIJING: A Colombian model is facing the death penalty after being arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs in China. Juliana...

CHENNAI: Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 25kg of amphetamine, a psychotropic drug, from a house at...

HANOI: Two Vietnamese husbandry associations are appealing to the government to launch a probe to determine whether U.S. businesses are...

LONDON: The dollar rose against the yen and the euro during Asian trade Thursday, encouraged by what investors interpreted as...

BRUSSELS: The eurozone's household income per capita, in real terms, increased by 0.9 percent in the first quarter of 2015,...

PERTH: The Australian dollar continued to be strong against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday, as...

BEIJING: Sales of computer games in China hit 60.5 billion yuan ($9.7 billion) during the first half of 2015, a...

BEIJING: China's lottery sales grew to around 187.68 billion yuan ($30.67 billion) in the first half of 2015, up 5.2...

BEIJING: Nepal has endorsed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposal worth $360 million made by China's Hongshi Holdings Limited to establish...

BEIJING: Chinese automotive company BYD signed a 19 million pound ($30 million) deal here the other day to provide London...

BEIJING: China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd, the country's largest coal mining group, reported here the other that its net profits...

PARIS: NASA researchers have flown a light plane into the ground in a test of aircraft black boxes. The most...

TOKYO: Researchers in Osaka were able to produce a 2-petawatt laser beam using a device known as the Laser for...

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee fell by 7 paise to 63.98 a dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange...

JAKARTA: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport’s customs and excise officers have arrested a Tanzanian woman, identified as MA, for trying to smuggle...

CANADA: Turn your eyes to the skies Friday morning for a rare cosmic event that occurs, well, once in a...

HONG KONG: Container traffic at the port of Hong Kong, China in January-June 2015 decreased by 9.4% compared to the...

SINGAPORE: Australian logistics provider Toll Group is to build a hub in Singapore to capitalise on the new mega-port coming...