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Nigeria crude oil exports to India hit another record: NNPC
ABUJA: According to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) India’s import of crude oil from Nigeria hit a record high...
Bhutan authorities auctioned seized goods worth Nu 6.66m
THIMPHU: Of the grocery items worth more than Nu 13.548 million that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seized from four business...
Thailand customs seizes 49kg of dried seahorses at border
CHIANG SAEN: Customs officials in northern Chiang Rai have seized 49 kilogrammes of seahorse skeletons being smuggled out of the...
Brazil’s GDP to shrink 2.26% in 2015, 0.40% next year: report
BRASILIA: The gross domestic product (GDP) estimates come from the Boletin Focus, a weekly Central Bank survey of analysts from...
Brazilian currency falls to record low against US dollar
BRASILIA: The U.S. dollar rose to another record high against the Brazilian real. The real, one of the worst-performing emerging-markets...
Indonesia: Port of Rotterdam agrees to construct deep sea port
MEDAN: The Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed a partnership agreement with the Indonesian Port Corporation Pelindo I in Medan,...
Pelindo to modernize, expand Kuala Tanjung Port to accommodate vessels
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s port operator Pelindo I said it will modernize and expand the port of Kuala Tanjung in North Sumatra...
Port of Baltimore ships 9.74m tons of cargo in 2015
NEW YORK: The port’s public terminals shipped a record 9.74 million tons of general cargo in the 2015 fiscal year...
UN officials visit Guyana to settle border controversy
GEORGETOWN: U.N. officials are visiting the South American country of Guyana to help settle a border dispute with neighboring Venezuela....
Cuba seeks to get global help to lift US trade restrictions
PETALING JAYA: Cuba is seeking Malaysia’s support to get the United States to lift a five-decade long trade blockade against...
Canada GDP shrinks by 0.1% in Q2 2015
OTTAWA: Canada's economy expanded in June but declined by 0.1 per cent for the second quarter as a whole, meeting...
US’s JFI Jets to begin operations to Cuba
HAVANA: JFI Jets has become the latest charter service to begin operations to Cuba. The operator secured U.S. clearance for...
Venezuela, Vietnam to strengthen trade ties
CARACAS: State President Truong Tan Sang reiterated Viet Nam's desire to deepen ties with Venezuela to benefit both countries during...
Venezuela, Russia to discuss stabilizing oil prices
CARACAS: The leaders of Russia and Venezuela, two of the countries hardest hit by plunging oil prices, will meet in...
Colombian smuggling industry sales drop by Venezuela’s border closure
CARACAS: The Colombian border city of Cucuta has long been overflowing with goods smuggled from Venezuela, but that could be...
Guyana rice harvesting likely to begin on Essequibo Coast soon
GEORGETOWN: Rice harvesting is expected to begin within another few weeks on the Essequibo Coast. According to reports, farmers are...
Argentina tax revenue rises to 33% in August
BUENOS AIRES: The Federal Public Incomes Administration (AFIP) has announced that it received tax revenues worth 132.52 billion pesos over...
Bangladesh: Chittagong Port Authority leasing out 3 container vessels
CHITTAGONG: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is leasing out its three container vessels procured for the Pangaon Inland Container Terminal...
Australia’s economic growth slows to 0.5%: report
SYDNEY: Economic growth is slowing as the drag from weak exports and business investment overshadows any strength in consumer spending,...
Investment volume up 5.7% in Q2 in Hungary
BUDAPEST: Hungary’s Investment volume saw a year-on-year rise of 5.7% in the second quarter of this year after falling 4.5%...
