The ultra-stable ytterbium lattice atomic clock. WASHINGTON: US scientists say they have built the world’s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less...
The ultra-stable ytterbium lattice atomic clock. WASHINGTON: US scientists say they have built the world’s most precise clock, whose ticking rate varies less...
GENEVA: Swiss and Italian officials are butting heads over how to tackle bears roaming between the two countries, in a dispute centred on...
LOS ANGELES: US actor Ben Affleck will replace Christian Bale in the next Batman film, Warner Bros Pictures said. Affleck will appear in...
TOKYO: A young Tokyo businesswoman tied herself up at home because she did not want to go to work, Japanese media reported yesterday....
LAGOS: Nigerian authorities have rescued 25 children from an illegal orphanage where they were being kept inside a single room and being offered...
STOCKHOLM: Auto maker Volvo, the Swedish subsidiary of Chinese-based Geely Group, said on Friday it had received the green light from Beijing to...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday released 337 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture to ease border tensions between the South Asian neighbours, officials said. ...
TOKYO: The chief executive of AirAsia X, whose parent company's joint venture with Japan's ANA ended in a spat over business practices, made...
BEIRUT: A suicide bombing in a restaurant in Syria's second city Aleppo killed six people, including a journalist from pro-government television, state media...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will discuss with Iraq the possibility of settling trade payments in the rupee currency, the trade minister said,...
SANAA: Yemen has asked Washington to provide it with drones, and strikes conducted by unmaned US planes in the impoverished nation are part...
MANILA: The Philippines will plug leaks in a controversial fund set aside for legislators' pet projects, the latest in President Benigno Aquino's efforts...
HONG KONG: A 400-year-old banyan tree in Hong Kong will be cut down, authorities said Friday, after being hit by a fungal disease...
NEW DELHI: Finnish telecom giant Nokia has told India's government that the country is now its "least favourable market" to operate in and...
PARIS: French firm Technip will lay the world's deepest gas pipeline for energy giant Shell in the US Gulf of Mexico, the oil...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra temporarily shut down its operations in Sri Lanka on Friday, saying it feared for the safety of...
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon speaks at a breakfast meeting hosted by Diplomatic Corps in South Korea in Seoul on...
FRANKFURT: A German government technology agency has warned that new security technology in computers running Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system may actually make...
