Ireland to play key roles on energy efficiency commission
DUBLIN, Ireland - Taoiseach Loe Varadkar is to be appointed Honorary Patron of the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s new Global ...
Taiwanese carrier takes delivery of Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Taiwanese airline EVA Air has taken delivery of the first of its order for twenty ...
Myanmar leader and Asian Development Bank president in talks
BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on Sunday ...
Fokker F28 aircraft put under scrutiny to advance safety research
RICHMOND, Virginia - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has performed a crashworthiness test ...
$72 million housing development in Brooklyn gets underway
NEW YORK, New York - Construction has commenced on the Nevins Street Apartments complex, a $72 million mixed-use affordable and ...
Sanders' Proposal Would Cancel All Student Debt
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and two congressional representatives proposed legislation Monday to cancel $1.6 trillion in student loans by ...
Warner Bros. Names BBC's Ann Sarnoff as Its New CEO
NEW YORK - BBC executive Ann Sarnoff was named chief of Warner Bros. on Monday, making her the first woman ...
Zimbabwe Ends Decade of Dollarization in new currency reform
HARARE, ZIMABABWE - Zimbabwe made its interim currency the country's sole legal tender on Monday, ending a decade of dollarization ...
Trump's New Sanctions On Iran Target Supreme Leader Khamenei
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing 'hard-hitting' sanctions on Iran, including on the office of Supreme Leader ...
Financials weigh on JSE
The JSE opened the week on the backfoot on Monday as it closed weaker mainly on the back of losses ...
Cautionary tale of tax incentives for cigarette makers from Zambia
Tobacco companies are zeroing in on one of the last global markets still ripe for exploitation: the African continent.Much of ...
Zim's dollar returns, a decade after it became worthless
Zimbabwe has brought back its own currency, the Zimbabwe dollar, just over a decade after its usefulness was destroyed by ...
Cash-in-transit company acted like unregulated bank, inquiry hears
Judge Raymond Zondo, the chairperson of the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture, said on Monday that the commission ...
Microsoft losing to Android greatest mistake ever, says Bill Gates
Washington [USA], June 24 (ANI): Google's triumph over Microsoft in the mobile business is irreversible and Bill Gates considers the ...
Microsoft planning a foldable Surface with Android apps: Report
Washington [USA], June 24 (ANI): Microsoft is reportedly planning to introduce a smaller Surface-like tablet that will have a foldable ...
RBI introduces 'Complaint Management System'
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday launched "Complaint Management System ...
Apple's Workaround Takes Bite Out of Tariffs
U.S. tech giant Apple has reportedly asked its major suppliers, mainly China-based manufacturers from Taiwan, to consider moving 15 to ...
IBM representatives visit Armenia
PanARMENIAN.Net - Pascale Xelot, Director for Developer Ecosystems & Startups of Europe at IBM, and Clemence Lebrun, Cloud Developer Advocate ...
Zim dollars only: Finance minister Ncube bans foreign currency
Foreign currencies are no longer acceptable as legal tender in Zimbabwe, with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube saying Monday that the ...
'Get Israel off our backs': Palestinians react to Kushner plan
Analysts have rebuked the economic part of the United States' Middle East peace plan for failing to address the main ...
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