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Customs seizes 150 rare butterflies at airport
NEW YORK: A man who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport with more than 1,000 dried insects in his luggage,...
BlackBerry is now pushing its virtual sim technology
NEW DELHI: BlackBerry India MD Sunil Lalvani says the company is convinced that its strengths lie in being the most...
Huawei launches two budget smartphones Honor 4c, Honor Bee at Rs 8,999 and Rs 4,999
NEW DELHI: Huawei has launched two budget smartphones called Honor 4c and Honor Bee at Rs 8,999 and Rs 4,999...
Russia, China to launch $2b agricultural investment fund
MOSCOW: China and Russia agreed to launch a $2 billion investment fund to develop agricultural projects in the two countries...
Russia, China business deals forge ever closer ties
MOSCOW: Russia and China signed economic deals and a financing agreement for up to $25 billion for Russian companies from...
Andromeda galaxy surrounded by vast halo of gas
WASHINGTON: Scientists have found that a vast halo of cosmic gas surrounding the Andromeda Galaxy is much larger than previously...
Azeri oil exports up 16.7% in April 2015
BAKU: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has announced the latest statistic data on Azeri oil export via the main...
EBRD to buy $60m shares in Turkey’s Global Liman
ANKARA: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will buy as much as 20 percent of the shares in the...
NASA technology rescues 4 quake survivors in Nepal
MEXICO: Four men were rescued from damaged buildings in Nepal with help from NASA technology that detects people’s heartbeats, officials...
Global carbon dioxide reaches above 400ppm for 1st time
LONDON: The first time an atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration of above 400 parts per million was measured was in...
China’s export drops 6.4% to $176.3b in April
BEIJING: In a new sign of economic weakness, China's imports and exports fell unexpectedly again in April, official data showed...
High school students discovered pulsar with widest orbit by bank telescope
SYDNEY: A discovery has been made by the high school students. They have discovered the pulsar with the widest orbit...
NASA’s SDO captures a Cinco de Mayo Solar Flare
NEW YORK: The biggest solar flare of the year went off just in time for Cinco de Mayo and the...
A cosmic ‘dinosaur egg’ about to hatch, scientist says
NEW YORK: A cosmic dinosaur is about to hatch, say scientists, who have discovered what may be the first known...
Mercury magnetic field 4billion yrs old, NASA’s Messenger Mission Data
LONDON: A depiction of the MESSENGER spacecraft is shown flying over Mercury's surface displayed in enhanced color. The crater ringed...
Ocean on Saturn’s moon resembles to lakes on Earth, new study
HONG KONG: Saturn’s icy moon of Enceladus subsurface ocean has a similar makeup to some of the life-sustaining salt lakes...
Australian MP’ adviser says UN using ‘debunked’ climate change for ‘new world order
PERTH: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s chief business adviser has accused the UN of using debunked climate change science to...
500mn yrs old brain of 2 sea monster gives clue to evolution of head
SYDNEY: The shiny, fossilized brains of two ancient sea-monsterlike creatures are helping researchers understand how the ancestors of modern-day arthropods,...
Astronomers measure distance to the farthest galaxy ever
PARIS: The most distant galaxy ever measured is 13.1 billion light years away, according to a new study out of...
NASA’s solar dynamics observatory takes spectacular pictures of X2.7 class ‘cinco de mayo’ solar flare
LONDON: The biggest solar flare of the year went off just in time for Cinco de Mayo and the National...
