HK Customs seizes rhino horns worth HK$2 million

KUALA LUMPUR: With almost four boxes out of a carton of cigarettes found to be contraband, the authorities are stepping...

Apple looks to India for growth

NEW DELHI: To reignite its growth, Apple Inc. is looking to India to be its next China. But the formula...

Twitter tweaks its limit of 140 characters

CALIFORNIA: Twitter is making a major shift in how it counts characters in Tweets, giving users more freedom to compose...

Another milestone achieved: ISS completes its 100,000th orbit around earth

WASHINGTON: Seventeen years after the launch of the International Space Station (ISS), it has been able to complete its 100,000th...

Complex life on Earth began billion years earlier than previously thought, study argues

LONDON: Fossils from China are said to prove that multi-cellular organisms evolved as early as 1.5bn years ago – but...

Asian stocks slide resumes as dollar strengthens; oil above $48

TOKYO: Asian stocks fell for the first time in three days and the dollar strengthened against all of its major...

Canada stocks rise for 2nd day as health-care, commodities gain

TORONTO: Canadian stocks rose for a second day as commodity producers rallied amid increases in crude oil and gold prices,...

Europe stocks close mixed as autos weigh; Fiat down 6%; Vodafone rallies

FRANKFURT: European stocks finished in negative territory on Tuesday with major benchmarks dragged lower by the autos industry. The pan-European...

U.S. stocks drop on expectations for higher interest rates

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks fell Tuesday as investors fretted about the prospect of higher interest rates. A handful of upbeat...

Pakistan to showcase leather, textile, surgical goods in Bishkek

LAHORE: Pakistan's trade caravan has reached Kyrgyzstan for a two-day road show in Bishkek from May 18 to 19. The...

Sialkot FIA arrests five human smugglers, travel agent

SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Gujranwala has nabbed five red book accused, including human traffickers and owner of a...

LCCI President calls to resolve double taxation, refund claim issues

LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Sheikh Muhammad Arshad has said that it would be...

China plans steps to slow exodus of processing trade exporters: commerce ministry

BEIJING: China will take steps to stem the outflow of processing trade businesses to other countries by encouraging them to...

Russia’s oil exports up, but revenues down sharply

MOSCOW: Revenue from crude exports in Russia fell by 38 percent from January through March compared to the same period...

Migrant-Smuggling Worth up to $6 Billion in 2015

AMSTERDAM: Smuggling networks cashing in on the huge flow of migrants into Europe had an estimated turnover last year of...

Police arrest Pole suspected of people smuggling

WARSAW: Dariusz Z. (surname withheld under Polish privacy laws) was arrested in Warsaw’s Targówek district on a European Arrest Warrant...

Poland’s PGNiG says analyses offers for June LNG spot supplies

WARSAW: Poland's state-run gas firm PGNiG said on Tuesday it completed the process of receiving offers for spot deliveries of...

Jordan, Morocco examine ways to increase trade

AMMAN: Jordanian and Moroccan businessmen on Monday pledged to step up efforts to increase joint trade and to eliminate trade...

GDP growth rate to touch highest level this year: Dar