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Ancient wolf bone suggests dogs were domesticated at least 27,000 years ago
HONG KONG: Genetic information from a 35,000-year-old wolf bone found below a frozen cliff in Siberia is shedding new light...
Japan stocks close stronger, Nikkei 225 climbs 0.30%
TOKYO: Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and...
Intel to launch schedule for its Skylake central processing units
NEW YORK: Intel has decided to launch schedule for its Skylake central processing units, claims a Chinese website. As per...
Gold price declines by 1.70% last week
NEW DELHI: June gold futures declined by 1.70% on May 19, 2015, and settled at $1,206.70 per ounce. Prices declined for...
Bangladesh sets to formulate gold import policy soon
DHAKA: The government is set to formulate a national gold import policy soon to facilitate expansion of jewellery business in...
Australian court sentences Iraqi smuggler 10 years in jail
CANBERRA: An Iraqi man was today sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Australian court after pleading guilty to...
Iranian cargo ships to deliver aid to Yemen
TEHRAN: The captain of an Iranian cargo ship which Iran says is carrying thousands of tonnes of aid to Yemen...
Australian stocks end flat, S&P 200 sheds 1.2pc
SYDNEY: Australian shares ended flat on Friday and capped off the week with declines as another poor performance by the...
SSGC disconnects gas supply of KMC, Liaquatabad Hospital, NICH
KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has disconnect gas supply to defaulters, including Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), KMC...
Internal Audit-IR Addl Director assumes charge
ISLAMABAD: Maqsood Jahangir, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-19, has assumed the charge of the post of Additional Director...
Suspension period of Customs Dy Collector, Dy Commissioner-IR extended
ISLAMABAD: The Competent Authority of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the suspension period of Honnak Baloch, Deputy Collector,...
Taiwan’s Neo Solar plans to invest $50m in power plant venture
TAIPEI: Neo Solar Power Corp, one of the nation’s largest solar cell makers, announced it had approved a plan to...
Swiss court orders apartheid Israel to pay $1.1 billion to Iran
TEHRAN: Israel has refused a Swiss court order to pay compensation to Iran in an arbitration case, it emerged Wednesday....
Sri Lanka Keells Food Products sees profit swells to Rs.261mn in FY15
COLOMBO: Keells Food Products PLC, the processed meat industry leader in the country, saw its profit surging exponentially for FY15...
Russia, Iran plan to resume Iranian dairy imports
TEHRAN: Iran and Russia, which both found themselves under Western sanctions, have decided to expand their cooperation with barter deals....
Saudi capitalisation rising by 10% to $467.5 billion
RIYADH: Total market capitalisation in Saudi Arabia registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10 percent during 2009-13 to...
Antarctic ice shelves melt quickly
FRANCE: A new study has recorded a sudden and rapid thinning of once-stable glaciers along the southern Antarctic Peninsula, demonstrating...
Crude oil prices edges higher in Asia
BEIJING: Crude oil prices edged higher in Asia on Thursday with investors eyeing slightly brighter demand prospects in major importer...
Singapore’s Yoma net profit jumps 28% to $8.16m in Q4
SINGAPORE: Mainboard-listed Yoma Strategic announced on Friday a 28 per cent increase in net profit to $8.16 million for the...
3,400 years after her death, scientists track a girl’s travels
LUSAKA: In 1921, archaeologists exploring an ancient burial mound near Egtved, a village in Denmark, unearthed the grave of a...
