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S Korean MERS suspect monitored in Slovakia
17 Jun 2015 4:13 AM ISTA South Korean national is being monitored in Slovakia after showing symptoms of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a media report said on...
Vietnam fishermen ‘attacked by Chinese boats’, say reports
17 Jun 2015 4:10 AM ISTA Vietnamese fishing crew said they were attacked by a Chinese vessel using water cannon in disputed waters near the flashpoint Paracel Islands,...
PCB chief rubbishes bribery rumours
14 Jun 2015 5:43 AM ISTThe Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan has rubbished allegations that they bribed the Zimbabwean cricketers to tour Pakistan...
Twitter looks at on-phone apps to target new pitches
13 Jun 2015 5:13 AM ISTÂ Twitter has launched a tool that takes into account what apps are on a smartphone or tablet when targeting pitches for other mini-programs people...
Deutsche Bank faces challenges after overhaul
9 Jun 2015 6:27 AM ISTThe shock resignation of Deutsche Bank’s two chief executives may offer Germany’s biggest lender a fresh start but will not be a cure-all for its...
Pope’s rebel advisors break Vatican code of silence
6 Jun 2015 5:22 AM ISTExternal experts brought in by Pope Francis to help tackle the tiny city state’s ills are answering the papal call for openness — and infuriating some...
3,000 evacuated as Indonesia upgrades alert over volcano
6 Jun 2015 5:20 AM ISTNearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after Indonesia upgraded the threat posed by a volcano on Sumatra to the highest possible...
Pakistan sees major drop in polio cases
6 Jun 2015 5:17 AM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) said there had been 24 cases since January 1, a decline of over 70 percent from the same period last <g...
US Charter buys Time Warner Cable for $79 bn
27 May 2015 6:30 AM ISTUS cable company Charter Communications announced on Tuesday it is acquiring rival Time Warner Cable in a deal valued at $78.7 billion, in a major...
British court kicks off first Libor rigging trial
27 May 2015 6:23 AM ISTThe first financial trader to face prosecution accused of rigging global benchmark interest rates went on trial in London on Tuesday, following a...
Bono NGO raps West’s donors, ‘you give little to poor nations’
27 May 2015 6:22 AM ISTThe world’s poorest nations, the bulk of which are in sub-Saharan Africa, are receiving less than a third of development aid, and this support is...
Toshiba expands accounting probe to TV, chip, computer units
23 May 2015 6:13 AM ISTToshiba said on Friday it was expanding an accounting probe to its television, memory chip, and computer divisions, after earlier warning the...