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Sri Lanka’s tourism jumps 12% in June
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals in the month of June rose 11.9 percent year-on-year (yoy) to 115, 467, the data...
Latest leaks hint at large 6-inch phablet-like LG G Pro 3 that will offer QHD resolution
NEW DELHI: Latest leaks hint at a large 6-inch phablet-like LG G Pro 3 that will offer QHD resolution. The...
Indonesia’s Pertamina prepares $2.5b worth of financing for geothermal electricity plants
JAKARTA: State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina says it has prepared Rp 33 trillion (US$2.5 billion) worth of financing for...
LG to build upcoming Nexus smartphone: rumour
TOKYO: AndroidPit reveals “LG will build the upcoming Nexus smartphone, but it will be based on an unreleased prototype.” The...
Taiwan’s Giga Solar purchases solar power station in Fukuoka worth $14.51m
TAIPEI: Giga Solar Materials Corp has acquired a solar power station in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The Taiwanese solar-cell material supplier...
Here is contrast between Facebook Messenger v/s WhatsApp Messenger
NEW YORK: There are certain distinguished differences plus similarities among the Facebook Messenger v/s WhatsApp Messenger with regard to several...
Taiwan stocks plunge 0.2% in early trade
TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks fell slightly on Monday as investors took a wait-and-see attitude following China's measures to boost its ailing...
Turkey Customs seizes 30kg cocaine worth $1.67m
ISTANBUL: Authorities seized about 30 kilos of cocaine worth TL 4.5 million ($1.67 million) at Istanbul's Ambarlı port. The seizure...
Asian stocks, euro sink in early trade
SYDNEY: Asian stocks and the euro stumbled on Monday after a Greek vote against austerity measures endangered its future in...
All ants are not hard workers, scientist
FRANCE: The big, big world is run by people who play different roles according to social classes. In the smaller...
Tokyo stocks drop 1.65pc at start, Nikkei 225 tumbles 339.64pts
TOKYO: Tokyo's benchmark stock index has dropped 1.65 per cent at the start of trade on Monday, one of the...
US customs arrests Brownsville man for smuggling heroin
NEW YORK: A Brownsville man was arrested after being accused of attempting to smuggle heroin into the U.S. U.S. Customs...
Singapore stocks open lower, STI down 25.77pts
SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices opened weaker on Monday, with the Straits Times Index (STI) down 25.77 points or 0.77 per...
Climate change may cause heat waves in Europe, scientists
MEXICO: Experts say that the latest heat waves in Europe is "virtually certain" to be caused by climate change. This...
South Korean stocks fall in early trade, KOSPI plunges 18.74pts
SEOUL: South Korean stocks got off to a weak start Monday on rising concerns of Greece's exit from the eurozone,...
Turkmenistan finishes its portion of TAT railway project
ANKARA: Turkmenistan has completed the 45th kilometer of its portion of a railway that is slated to pass from Turkmenistan...
Tullow Oil completes underwater survey of 32,000 sq km area of Jamaica
KINGSTON: United Kingdom-based Tullow Oil has completed a bathymetry or underwater survey of the 32,000 square kilometre area south of...
Australian stocks dip 1.53pc at open, S&P 200 slips 84.7pts
SYDNEY : Australian stocks dropped 1.53 percent at the open Monday after Greece rejected fresh austerity demands by the country's...
Officers discover 580kgs of herbal cannabis arrived from Jamaica
LONDON: Cannabis with a potential street value likely to be in excess of £1.5m has been seized by Border Force...
Latin America, ASEAN to bulid stronger ties with Thailand
BANGKOK: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, and the countries of Latin America will build stronger ties in...
