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Detroit Mayor visits Japan to boost trade
TOKYO: Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan arrived in Japan on Friday for a business and trade trip touted as his first...
China 24 provinces see increase in GDP growth
BEIJING: Of 26 provinces that have released their latest economic data, 24 posted an increase in GDP growth in the...
$1trillion IT trade deal finalizes by WTO member
GENEVA: World Trade Organisation (WTO) members met in Geneva on Friday trying to finalise a deal to cut tariffs on...
Delta Air Lines buy 3.55% shares of China Eastern Airlines
BEIJING: US-based Delta Air Lines bought 3.55 percent of shares of China Eastern Airlines worth $450 million here the other...
Asian banks to precede banking in Iran
TEHRAN: Sanctions on Iran are to be lifted, yet US businesses could be the biggest losers in the rush to...
Researchers, universities work together on Red Butte Creek
PARIS: According to Paul Brooks, professor of hydrology and biochemistry at the University of Utah, this effort is the first...
Scientists create a new variety of rice
WASHINGTON: By transferring a barley gene into a rice plant, scientists have created a new variety of rice. Of course,...
China small firms save $7.95 in taxes in H1
BEIJING: Preferential tax policies have helped Chinese small and micro firms save around 48.63 billion yuan ($7.95 billion) in the...
NASA discovers fast moving pulsar
WASHINGTON: It has been reported that a pulsar moving at a rapid speed has been discovered by NASA. As per...
70-million years old fossil marine reptile bones found in Alaska
CANADA: Researchers said they are very happy with the new discovery because it is the first plesiosaur ever discovered in...
German exports to Russia slump 34% to 4.4b due to sanctions
MOSCOW: German exports to Russia slumped by 34 percent in the first five months of the year to 4.4 billion...
Secret Escapes secures $60m in funding for expansion
BRUSSELS: Secret Escapes, the travel website that offers its members deals on luxury travel, has raised $60m (£38.7m) of funding...
Algae concentration gives bluish color in Lake Tahoe, research
HONG KONG: It is algae concentration that has given bluish color in Lake Tahoe, finds a research team from the...
Hot water kills thousands of migratory salmon in Columbia River
FRANCE: Unseasonably hot water has killed nearly half of the sockeye salmon migrating up the Columbia River through Oregon and...
Climate change may cause extinction of woolly mammoths and other species
MEXICO: The debate about what caused the extinction of charismatic megafauna in both Europe and North America is heating up....
Latest photos by New Horizons Probe show Pluto’s atmosphere, surface features
LONDON: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the gift that keeps on giving. After completing a historic flyby of Pluto on...
Ukraine plans to increase natural gas imports from Europe in August
KIEV: Ukraine plans to increase natural gas imports from Europe in August with a view to boosting injections into storage...
Ukraine exported 1.743MT of grains: Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Food
KIEV: Since the beginning of 2015/16 MY, and as of July 24, Ukraine exported 1.743 mln tonnes of grains, declared...
Gome Electrical shares sink 13% to HK$1.27
HONG KONG: Shares of Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd sank 13 percent to HK$1.27 (16 US cents) in Hong Kong...
Philips net income hits 274m euro in Q2
THE HAGUE: Philips reported an increase of revenue and profit in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the same...
