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Bayer raises forecasts for 2014 after strong Q3 30 Oct 2014 - 11:26 am

FRANKFURT: German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer, maker of Aspirin, said Thursday that it is raising its full-year profit targets after a strong...

Saudi Arabia finds six new MERS cases as outbreak grows 30 Oct 2014 - 11:25 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said late on Wednesday it had detected six new cases of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 24...

China's first floating LNG project completed 30 Oct 2014 - 10:53 am

BEIJING: China's first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal completed its first phase of construction in the northern port city of Tianjin on....

Japan's NEC rebounds from losses on smartphone exit 30 Oct 2014 - 10:53 am

TOKYO: Japan IT firm NEC said Thursday it had swung back to profitability in the six months to September, after it exited from...

QNET Changes The Economic Game by Developing Entrepreneurs 30 Oct 2014 - 10:10 am

Doha, Qatar: Asian direct selling company QNET believes that developing entrepreneurs is a catalyst for economic growth in the Middle East region. The...

All Nippon Airways first-half net profit soars 78pc 30 Oct 2014 - 10:01 am

TOKYO: Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) said Thursday its half-year net profit soared 78 percent as an expansion of one of Tokyo's airports...

Canadian MPs strike defiant tone in return to House 30 Oct 2014 - 09:55 am

Two young girls light candles during a vigil by a group of Canadian Muslim women in memory of the fallen Canadian soldiers, Warrant...

Prince Charles, Camilla on first visit to Colombia 30 Oct 2014 - 09:54 am

BOGOTA: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla were welcomed to Colombia with military honours yesterday, at a ceremony led by the president to...

Protesting Italian workers clash with police over job cuts 30 Oct 2014 - 09:53 am

Police clash with some 600 employees of German industrial group ThyssenKrupp’s Italian stainless steel plant in Terni during a protest in front of...

Africa gets first white leader in 20 years 30 Oct 2014 - 09:52 am

lusaka: Zambia’s Guy Scott became Africa’s first white head of state in 20 years yesterday after the president, “King Cobra” Michael Sata, died...

Romanians to vote on Nov 2 30 Oct 2014 - 09:49 am

A Romanian woman passes in front of a poster of presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis, in downtown Bucharest yesterday. Iohannis, German descent and the...

Ukraine PM Yatseniuk may retain post 30 Oct 2014 - 09:47 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s Arseny Yatseniuk said yesterday he expected to stay on as prime minister at the head of a new pro-Europe, reformist government...

More pay promised to German soldiers as numbers dwindle 30 Oct 2014 - 09:46 am

BERLIN: Germany’s defence minister presented a proposed law yesterday promising more pay and perks for the military, including childcare provisions and free Internet...

Russia charges air traffic trainee over Total boss plane crash 30 Oct 2014 - 09:45 am

MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors yesterday charged a rookie air traffic controller over the Moscow plane crash that killed the CEO of French oil giant...

No Scots veto in EU referendum, says Cameron 30 Oct 2014 - 09:45 am

LONDON/EDINBURGH: Prime Minister David Cameron rejected yesterday a proposal by the Scottish National Party (SNP) that the United Kingdom should only quit the...

Hagel orders quarantine for troops returning from W Africa 30 Oct 2014 - 09:45 am

WASHINGTON: Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel yesterday ordered a 21-day quarantine for all US troops returning from West Africa, calling it a “prudent” measure...

Rousseff suffers reverse on ‘popular councils’ 30 Oct 2014 - 09:44 am

BRASiLIA: Freshly reelected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s attempt to boost grassroots political participation via “popular councils” suffered a blow when Congress rejected her...

Bangladesh court sentences Jamaat leader to death 30 Oct 2014 - 09:44 am

Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami sits inside a van as he is taken to prison after being sentenced at the International...