US interest rate rise ‘likely’ in June

NANJING: China will import goods worth more than $10 trillion over the next five years, the chairman of China Council...

Geely raises $400mn in green bond sale

BEIJING: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the Chinese owner of the London Taxi Co, has raised $400 million through issuing green...

China’s CRRC wins Pakistani cargo train deal

JINAN: A subsidiary of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has won a deal to make 800 freight cars for...

Three Malaysians arrested in Indonesia for alleged smuggling of syabu

JAKARTA: Three Malaysians have been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle 1kg crystal methamphetamine or syabu into the country. The...

Customs researches process for quicker container release

AMSTERDAM: Last week Ron Jongejan of Jaguacy expressed his displeasure regarding the time taken up by the scans in the...

Google to bring Android apps to its Chromebook laptop

CALIFORNIA: Google is set to allow its Chromebook laptops to run Android apps in a bit to take on Apple...

Google engineer says he’ll push for default end-to-end encryption in Allo

CALIFORNIA: After Google’s decision not to provide end-to-end encryption by default in its new chat app, Allo, raised questions about...

The red planet draped in cloud: Nasa releases stunning new Hubble image of Mars as it’s set to reach its closest distance to Earth in more than a decade

WASHINGTON: It's a beautiful portrait of a planet mankind has long been obsessed with. Nasa has revealed this incredible Hubble...

‘Sleeping giant’ glacier may lift seas two metres

PARIS: A rapidly melting glacier atop East Antarctica is on track to lift oceans at least two metres, and could...

Asian stocks fluctuate as investors weigh U.S. rate-hike impact

TOKYO: Asian stocks swung between gains and losses as investors assess what a U.S. interest-rate increase as soon as next...

CANADA STOCKS-TSX hits a 1-week low as financials retreat; losses mostly pared

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index pared losses after hitting a one-week low earlier on Thursday as the materials group rose...

European stocks close lower on Fed jitters; FTSE down 1.7%

FRANKFURT: European stocks finished lower on Thursday as investors around the world digested the latest minutes from the U.S. Federal...

S&P closes red for 2016 amid rate hike concerns

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks closed lower Thursday after comments from New York Fed President William Dudley and the latest Fed...

ICT Mayor assures to resolve all issues of business community

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz said that he will take measures to resolve all issues of...

Tax on AEEAP firms set to rise sevenfold

ATHENS: Despite the government’s pledges to try to attract investment to kick-start the economy, it has now decided to raise...

Irregularities in automobile scraps sale

DHAKA: Every year, a huge quantity of scraps pile up after assembling automobiles at Pragoti Industries Ltd, the country’s lone...

Mega-tsunamis in Mars’s ancient ocean shaped planet’s landscape

WASHINGTON: Mega-tsunamis in an ancient ocean on Mars may have shaped the landscape and left deposits that hint at whether...

Georgia’s unemployment rate holds steady at 5.5%

TLANTA: State labor officials say Georgia's jobless rate is holding steady at 5.5 percent. The Georgia Department of Labor on...

PC shipments in Q1 of CY16 slip 20.8% quarterly