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PARIS: According to Paul Brooks, professor of hydrology and biochemistry at the University of Utah, this effort is the first...

WASHINGTON: By transferring a barley gene into a rice plant, scientists have created a new variety of rice. Of course,...

BEIJING: Preferential tax policies have helped Chinese small and micro firms save around 48.63 billion yuan ($7.95 billion) in the...

WASHINGTON: It has been reported that a pulsar moving at a rapid speed has been discovered by NASA. As per...

CANADA: Researchers said they are very happy with the new discovery because it is the first plesiosaur ever discovered in...

MOSCOW: German exports to Russia slumped by 34 percent in the first five months of the year to 4.4 billion...

BRUSSELS: Secret Escapes, the travel website that offers its members deals on luxury travel, has raised $60m (£38.7m) of funding...

HONG KONG: It is algae concentration that has given bluish color in Lake Tahoe, finds a research team from the...

FRANCE: Unseasonably hot water has killed nearly half of the sockeye salmon migrating up the Columbia River through Oregon and...

MEXICO: The debate about what caused the extinction of charismatic megafauna in both Europe and North America is heating up....

LONDON: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the gift that keeps on giving. After completing a historic flyby of Pluto on...

KIEV: Ukraine plans to increase natural gas imports from Europe in August with a view to boosting injections into storage...

KIEV: Since the beginning of 2015/16 MY, and as of July 24, Ukraine exported 1.743 mln tonnes of grains, declared...

HONG KONG: Shares of Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd sank 13 percent to HK$1.27 (16 US cents) in Hong Kong...

THE HAGUE: Philips reported an increase of revenue and profit in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the same...

SINGAPORE — While the One Belt, One Road initiative will lead to greater world trade and benefit the current flagging...

KUALA LUMPUR: A Pakistani drug syndicate, using Malaysia as a transit point, was busted with the seizure of 35kg of...

SYDNEY: Subaru has updated its WRX and WRX STI performance models for the 2016 model year in Australia, bringing new...

MADRID: Authorities in Gibraltar seized 1.5 tonnes of cannabis resin, while in neighbouring Spain police raided an illegal plantation with...

KUWAIT: Gulf Insurance Group (gig) announced a net profit of KD 7.5 million (US$ 24.8 million) for the first six...