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Vietnam coffee premiums steady as exports drop
HANOI: Premiums of Vietnamese coffee to global robusta futures were unchanged as exporters rejected lower prices while slow sales in...
China’s Tmall.hk launches int’l duty-free shopping platform
HANGZHOU: Tmall.hk, an online shopping platform for overseas goods under e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba, launched an international duty-free shopping platform here...
Alibaba link up with Hecom Technology
BEIJING: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced here the other day a strategic partnership with one of the largest software service...
Pak rupee remains firm vs dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Wednesday remained firm against the US dollar both in open market and interbank. According to the...
Commissioner-IR Syed Nadeem assigned additional charge
ISLAMABAD: Syed Nadeem Hassan, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-20, has been assigned additional charge of the post of...
HP announces to suspend production in Russia
PETERSBURG: PC giant Hewlett Packard ( HP) announced its decision to suspend production on the outskirts of Russia's northern capital...
US family finds $1m worth of sunken Spanish gold off Florida Coast
WASHINGTON: A family which has spent years hunting for treasure has found $1million worth of gold artefacts in the wreckage...
Flood risk has risen significantly over the past century, research
EUROPE: Flooding is one of the most common natural disasters in the United States, and a new research suggests that...
Most earth lookalike planet unveiled as Earth 2.0
HONG KONG: NASA introduced it: the dual of Earth was discovered. Kepler-452b is the dual’s identify and is discovered within...
Tech experts demand to ban killer robots
LONDON: Over a 1,000 stalwarts from the world of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) including icons like Stephen Hawking, technologist...
Archaeologist finds 560,000 year-old tooth
FRANCE: A 16-year-old French volunteer archaeologist has found an adult tooth dating back around 560,000 years in southwestern France, in...
Hong Kong Customs seizes 15kg ivory products worth HK$150,000
HONG KONG: Customs officials seized 15 kilograms of suspected ivory tusks and ivory products worth HK$150,000 at Hong Kong airport....
Dubai trade registers 12.5% growth with companies in Q1 of 2015
DUBAI: In line with the rapid growth of Dubai's economy, recent statistics released by Dubai Trade, the online gateway for...
India to introduce 10% customs duty on wheat
NEW DELHI: A labourer loads a bundle of wheat husk in a tractor-trolley at a field in Punjab, May 6,...
Seafarms Group proposes $1.45b worth prawm farm in Northern territory
SYDNEY: Australia has fast-tracked the building of prawn farm that is expected to dramatically boost the country's prawn output, as...
Rs2,000,000 gratification: Inland Revenue Audit officer dismissed for corruption
ISLAMABAD: Ansar Majeed, an Inland Revenue Audit officer (BS-16), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Islamabad, has been dismissed for corruption....
Russia considers ban on import of Dutch cut flowers
AMSTERDAM: Russia says it is considering banning imports of cut flowers from The Netherlands, a move that would aggravate tensions...
PT Freeport Indonesia export permit to renew soon
JAKARTA: Giant gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has received certainty from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry that...
Taiwan Customs seizes 5.6kg undeclared raw ivory
TAIPEI: Customs officials at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport confiscated 5.6kg of undeclared raw elephant ivory that was brought into the...
Indian oil imports from Saudi Arabia drop 8% in fiscal year 2014-15
NEW DELHI: India has cut crude oil imports from its top supplier Saudi Arabia by over 8 per cent in...
