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Signs of alien life will be detected by 2025, scientists
HONG KONG: Signs of alien life will be detected by 2025, while “definitive evidence” of extra-terrestrial beings may be found...
Tokyo stocks end flat, Nikkei 255 edges down 2.17pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended virtually flat on Monday amid lackluster trading, as selling in automaker shares offset buying in select...
Denmark holds 15th place in global retail e-commerce
COPENHAGEN: According to a new ranking released by an American consulting firm, Denmark holds 15th place in global retail e-commerce....
Court extends Ayyan’s judicial remand till April 24 as Customs asks for further time to conclude challan
RAWALPINDI: Customs Court in Rawalpindi on Saturday extended the judicial remand of super model Ayyan Ali till April 24 in...
Taiwan’s CGA seizes 12,000 illicit orchids worth NT$5m
TAIPEI: The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) seized around 12,000 lady's slipper orchids worth an estimated NT$5 million (US$160,000) in Yunlin...
Finland to spend €2m on immigrant employment program
HELSINKI: Finnish government has set aside two €2 million to promote employment among immigrants. The funds are set to brighten...
Finland’s MF downgrades growth forecast in 2015 from roughly 1.5%
HELSINKI: The ministry of finance has downgraded its growth forecast for Finland in 2015 from roughly 1.5 per cent. Mika...
Apollo Tyres lays cornerstone of HUF 146b factory in Hungary
BUDPEST: Construction works have began on Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres’s HUF 146 billion new plants at the village of...
Australia leads world in pirating of Game of Thrones while Twitter warns to suspend Periscope users live streaming Game of Thrones
LONDON: Twitter threatens to suspend Periscope users live streaming Game of Thrones. This morning’s much anticipated Game of Thrones season...
Facebook Messenger app arrives on PC to hit WhatsApp, Skype, Viber
LONDON: Facebook has launched a web version of its famous Messenger app. This allows the social network to promote its...
Thousands of 1200-year-old mummies discovered in Peru
LUSAKA: An ancient ceremonial site in Peru’s remote Cotahuasi Valley has furnished the remains of a number of mummies. The...
Kuwait expects to KD8bn budget surplus in 2015
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s 2014/15 budget is expected to have a KD 8.3 billion surplus, 18.1 percent of GDP, down from KD...
South African shipping sheds 600 jobs, loses R8 billion
DURBAN: South Africa’s shipping industry has hit a major snag, with hundreds of jobs recently being shed instead of created....
South African’s solidarity union demands 12% wage hike
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Solidarity trade union has demanded a 12-percent increase from the Chamber of Mines. South African Solidarity union...
Rolls-Royce gives public peek at Project Cullinan SUV engineering mule
LONDON: Dubbed Project Cullinan, this "Effortless Everywhere" all-terrain motor car would be poised to take on the Bentley Bentayga in...
India regulates new real estate bill to curb black money in property market
NEW DELHI: India regulated a new real estate bill to protect home buyers and curb undeclared “black money” in property...
Spain expects over 8 million cruise ship passengers in 2015
MADRID: The head of the Spanish Port Agency Spain Jose Llorca said that” the Spain expects the number of visiting...
Download viber, open your market application and search for Viber
LONDON: Despite being competitors to one another, Viber and WhatsApp have never had a one on one conflict as the...
Portugal’s Customs seizes 324,000 liters of wine
LISBON: The Customs official stated that they have seized 324,000 liters of red wine in an operation in different locations....
Baby turtles always swim against the flow, researchers say
NEW YORK: Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Central Florida have installed a small...
