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Russian cargo spaceship re enter earth‘s atmosphere this week
LONDON: A malfunctioning Russian cargo spaceship, meant to ferry supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), could re-enter Earth's atmosphere...
HK woman smuggler nabbed at Shenzhen border with 6kg ivory
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong woman carrying her baby was arrested at a Shenzhen border checkpoint as she tried to...
Canadian man accused of smuggling turtles in Hong Kong
HONG KONG: A trial has been postponed until June so prosecutors can try to negotiate a plea deal with a...
Singapore CNB seized 936g heroin, 147g Ice worth S$90,000
SINGAPORE: Two suspected drug traffickers - a Singaporean and a Malaysian - were arrested in an operation, the Central Narcotics...
Two drug smuggler narrow escaped for death penalty in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Two convicted drug traffickers were spared the gallows here the other day, four years after being sentenced to death....
Chinese nabbed in Veitnam for smuggling 3kg drugs
BEIJING: Vietnamese border guards have commenced criminal proceedings against a Chinese national who was caught illegally bringing about 3kg of...
Chinese ports handled 12.45b tonnes of cargo, 202m teu containerized cargo in 2014
BEIJING: Ports in China handled 12.45 billion tonnes of cargos and 202 million teu of containerized cargo in 2014, up...
Chinese consortium buys US-based OmniVision for $1.9b
BEIJING: A China-based consortium, comprising semiconductor industry investors, has agreed to acquire US-based OmniVision Technologies Inc, iPhone’s sensor supplier, for...
New home sales in China shrink 13.2%
SHANGHAI: Weekly sales of new homes in Shanghai fell last week but a robust buying momentum helped them stay above...
China P2P loans swell by 2.7 fold to $8.9b in April
BEIJING: China’s peer-to-peer lending in April surged 2.7-fold from a year earlier to a record 55.1 billion yuan (US$8.9 billion),...
Married couples in South Korea receive smallest tax breaks among OECD
SEOUL: Married couples in South Korea received one of the smallest tax breaks among other advanced economies, a study showed...
Ukraine suing Russia’s Gazprom for over $16 billion in gas price spat
KIEV: Ukraine is seeking more than $16 billion from Russia's Gazprom in its appeal to an arbitration court in Stockholm...
NZ dollar slips vs Aussie ahead of RBA interest rate decision
WELLINGTON: The New Zealand dollar edged lower against the Aussie as traders position themselves for the Reserve Bank of Australia's...
Tumbling dairy prices drag ANZ’s commodity price index 7.4% lower
WELLINGTON: Tumbling dairy prices dragged ANZ's commodity price index 7.4 per cent lower last month and a stronger New Zealand...
ANZ NZ half-year profit rises 3%, CEO flags headwinds of strong NZ dollar
NEW ZEALAND: Having posted a 3% rise in half-year profit ANZ NZ, the country's biggest bank, is cautioning that chunks...
Cotton production up 11% to 14.87m bales this season from 13.39m bales
KARACHI: The country’s cotton production has increased by 11 per cent to 14.871 million bales during the current season as...
China’s fishing activity in Antarctica hide a ‘deeper agenda’
FRANCE: In the fall of 2014, the president of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping visited the new location...
Loan growth softens for 2nd quarter amid oil drop: UAE Central Bank
DUBAI: The outlook for loan growth in the UAE has softened for the second straight quarter amid a sharp drop...
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti brews 1st fresh espresso in Space
HONG KONG: A fresh shot of coffee used to be a luxury in space. But thanks to an espresso maker...
Commerce Ministry receives 800 proposals for 3rd Strategic Trade Policy Framework 2015-18
ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry, during the 64th meeting of the Advisory Council under the chairmanship of Commerce Minister Engr Khurram...
