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Changes in summer temperatures have greater impacts on ice
LONDON: The volume of Arctic sea ice increased by around a third after an unusually cool summer in 2013. Researchers...
100m year old fish fossils found in Australia
SYDNEY: The discovery of fish fossils estimated to be 100 million years old has excited Australian paleontologists who said on...
Apple releases its fourth beta for upcoming iOS 9 mobile OS
NEW YORK: Apple has released its fourth beta for the upcoming iOS 9 mobile OS. Apple released the previous beta...
RBC Capital Markets analysts say Microsoft should carry on hardware business
NEW YORK: Sales of Microsoft Corporation's Surface tablets and Xbox gaming consoles are soaring. But they contribute less than a...
Apple builds iCar for fans
NEW YORK: Apple has fuelled long-standing rumours that it's building an "iCar" this week with the revelation that it has...
New Zealand Auckland rental prices climb 7.6%
WELLINGTON: Auckland tenants are having to fork out more money each week as the price of renting an Auckland house...
Smuggling controlling wing seizes five tones cosmetics in Ho Chi Minh
HANOI: The National Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Smuggling, Trade Fraud and Counterfeit Goods and Ho Chi Minh...
Nigerian poultry prices rise 28.5% after anti-smuggling operation
ABUJA: Prices of foreign poultry have risen by 28.5 per cent in Nigeria after the Customs Service launched 'Operation Hawk...
Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rates, flags further easing
WELLINGTON: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has cut interest rates for the second consecutive month and says more easing...
Rising sea levels could decimate sea turtle nesting
LONDON: Eggs submerged under seawater are less likely to hatch, study at world’s largest green turtle nesting site on the...
China launches Customs clearance reforms
BEIJING: China has launched a unified customs clearance reform covering ten customs houses in nine provinces along the Silk Road...
Tibet tourism revenue swells 30% to $866m in H1
LHASA: Tourism revenue in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region surged 30 percent in the first half of this year, thanks...
ZTE Corp net profit projects to hit $260m in H1
BEIJING: Fourth-generation network products sales are expected to increase ZTE Corp's net profit in the first half by 43 percent,...
China’s Spring Airlines ready to buy 21 Airbus planes
SHANGHAI: Spring Airlines, China's largest low-cost carrier, announced here the other day that it plans to raise 4.5 billion yuan...
Chinese SOE profits drop 0.1% to $201.5b in Jan-June
BEIJING: The profits of China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs) continued to fall in the first half of the year, but at...
Current account deficit reduced by $850m to $2.28b in 2014-15
KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit decreased by $850 million to $2.28 billion in fiscal year 2014-15. According to data...
No gas supply to PSM from 28th
KARACHI: Gas supply to Pakistan Steel Mills will likely to be disconnected by July 28 as Sui Southern Gas Company...
Adila relinquishes charge as Customs Internal Audit Director
ISLAMABAD: Adila Rehman, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-20, has relinquished the charge of the post of Director, Directorate...
French farmers vow to step up protests over prices
PARIS: French farmers protesting over falling food prices threatened to step up blockades of cities, roads and tourist sites, as...
72% Indians, 60% Pakistanis report irregular payments in bilateral trade: Study
LAHORE: The integrated check posts (ICPs) of Attari and Wahga are the most preferred ways of bilateral trade between Pakistan...
