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NASA releases “Pluto time” widget calculates time of day
NEW YORK: Add another online appetizer to the Pluto party: NASA's newly released "Pluto Time" widget calculates the time of...
UK customs arrests business student at airport, seizes 50,000 cigarettes worth £12,173
LONDON: A business student and part-time Burger King worker was caught bringing three suitcases with almost 50,000 cigarettes through customs at...
Dubai hitherto unknown hub of red sander smuggling network
DUBAI: Dubai is emerging as the hitherto unknown hub of red sanders smuggling network, as investigators here continue to probe...
Federation of Korean Industries calls for expansion of cash incentives
SEOUL: As exports slow and experts worry that the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) may curb domestic consumption,...
Archaeologists found unique 2000 years old pearl in Australia
SYDNEY: Archaeologists have found a unique 2000-year-old pearl in the Kimberley's Admiralty Gulf in Western Australia. The value of a...
South Korea’s growth hits 5-year high
SEOUL: South Korea’s gross national income posted its highest growth in more than five years during the first quarter on...
Spanish police intercept 29 on suspicion of smuggling drugs
MADRID : Police say they have arrested 29 people on suspicion of smuggling drugs, dismantling a criminal organization that brought...
Methods of measure global surface temperature over past century
BRENT: Global warming has not undergone a “pause” or “hiatus”, according to US government research that undermines one of the...
Sun will silence communication from Mars for two weeks in June
NEW YORK: This month, a conjunction with the sun will cause a two-week communications blackout between NASA and their fleet...
Scientists discovered ancient 22 foot long shark fossil
HONG KONG: A team of scientists has discovered an ancient 22-foot long shark fossil during a dig in the Duck...
80 countries will join largest global debate on climate change
NEW YORK: From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, people from 80 countries will come together around the world for the largest ever...
Communication between Red Planet & Earth will disrupt by sun’s presence
MEXICO: From June 7 to June 21, the rovers trekking across Martian soil won't hear from their controllers back on...
Our DNA is being changed all time by environment, scientists
LONDON: Scientists now know that our DNA is being altered all the time by environment, lifestyle and traumatic events Genetic...
HK Customs seizes 12kg drugs worth $3.1m in last 2 days
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs detected two drug trafficking cases at the airport in the past two days and seized...
Jamaica aims to export mangoes to US
KINGSTON: Jamaica says it has developed an action plan for submission to the United States Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant...
OPEC likely to hold its current crude production levels
NEW YORK: The Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries will hold its 167th meeting in Vienna on June 5. The 12-nation...
Brazilian officials attend customs seminar for Rio 2016 preparations
BRASILIA: Brazilian officials have attended a customs seminar regarding major international sporting events to aid preparations ahead of hosting the...
Anderson asks Haley for $40M to dredge Port of Georgetown
GEORGETOWN: State Rep. Carl Anderson, D-District 103, presented a letter to Gov. Nikki Haley asking for $40 million to pay...
US business steps up hiring to 201,000 in May: report
WASHINGTON: U.S. companies stepped up hiring in May, a private survey found, evidence that employers remain confident in the economy...
Nigeria customs seizes 90 bags of Indian hemp weighing 1,259kg
ABUJA: The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 90 bags of Indian hemp weighing 1,259kg from...
