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US to boost military presence in Europe, says Barack Obama
5 Jun 2014 4:19 AM ISTThe United States is preparing to boost its military presence in Europe and at a cost of up to $1 billion, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, as...
Ukraine crisis: Dozens feared killed
29 May 2014 4:51 AM ISTHigh-calibre weapons fire echoed sporadically on Tuesday through the eastern city of Donetsk and the mayor urged residents to stay home a day after...
Pope invites Peres, Abbas to Vatican to pray for peace
27 May 2014 4:53 AM ISTPope Francis plunged Sunday into Mideast politics during his Holy Land pilgrimage, calling the current stalemate in peace efforts ‘unacceptable’ and...
Rajeev Suri named Nokia's CEO, mobile maker doles out extra dividend
29 April 2014 10:41 PM ISTSuri, 46, until now led Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), the smaller network equipment unit of Nokia when the company still made mobile...
US Chevron pizza ‘scandal’ ignites global fracking debate
8 March 2014 6:08 AM IST‘Shame on you,’ one person wrote about the offer by Chevron Corp. ‘How insulting!’ said another. Comedy Central's satirical ‘The Colbert Report’...
110 held in four nations in ‘boiler room’ share fraud
1 March 2014 6:32 AM ISTOf the arrests, 84 were in Spain, 20 in Britain, four in Serbia and two in the United States of America. Most were on suspicion of money laundering...
Japan web retail giant Rakuten to buy Viber, net 280 million users
15 Feb 2014 5:33 AM ISTThe Tokyo-based company said on Friday that it sees Viber, with 280 million global users, as a key platform as people are moving from TVs and...
N-plants closure swells Japan energy imports, takes trade deficit to record
29 Jan 2014 5:02 AM ISTProvisional data on Monday showed that exports rose 9.5 per cent to $680.9 billion, while imports jumped 15 per cent $793.2 billion.Japan's trade...
Wanted in UK, Russia, Ukraine, fugitive Kazakh banker to face French extradition judge today
9 Jan 2014 5:44 AM ISTHe is wanted in his native Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. He was ordered jailed in Britain. A banker accused of siphoning off billions, Mukhtar...
Growth-hungry China to allow creation of five private banks
8 Jan 2014 6:52 AM ISTChina will allow the creation of up to five privately financed banks this year to support economic growth by gradually opening the state-run industry,...
Machinists okay contract tied to Boeing 777X
6 Jan 2014 4:28 AM ISTThe announcement that the contract had passed with a 51 per cent ‘yes’ vote was somber. Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Boeing hailed Friday’s...
Apple dials China Mobile to curb rampaging Samsung
25 Dec 2013 4:59 AM ISTThe deal might help to boost iPhone sales in a market where Apple Inc. faces intense competition. The iPhone already is available in China through two...