SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
More than 2,400 ounces of gold were found in the largest rock, RNC Minerals says
Miners in Western Australia say they have discovered two huge gold-encrusted rocks that are each estimated to be worth millions of dollars.
The largest specimen, weighing 95kg (210lb), was found to contain more than 2,400 ounces of gold, Canadian miner RNC Minerals said.
The...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
President Donald Trump offered some business advice to Ford Motor on Sunday: because of the administration's high tariffs on car imports from China, Ford can start making its Focus Active in the United States.
Ford wasted little time responding to say that wasn't going to happen.
"It would not be profitable to build the Focus Active in the U.S....
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Xin Philanthropy Conference in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Ma said he is dedicating more of his time and fortune to philanthropy with the creation of a foundation in his own name focused on education, following...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
Brief Scorecard: England 332 & 114/2 (Alastair Cook 46*, Joe Root 29*; Mohammed Shami 1-32) lead India 292 (Ravindra Jadeja 86*, Hanuma Vihari 56; Moeen Ali 2-50) by 154 runs
Cook remained unbeaten on 46 at stumps on day three. - Getty
LONDON - A fairy-tale ending to Alastair Cook's Test career is still on the cards. He reached...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
CHICAGO: President Trump on Friday said he wants to stop the subsidies that growing economies like India and China have been receiving as he wants the United States, which he considers as a "developing nation", to grow faster than anybody.
Addressing a fundraiser event in North Dakota, he also accused the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of allowing China...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
VLADIVOSTOK: Nuclear-armed North Korea will be in the spotlight as Russia's Vladimir Putin begins meetings with Asian leaders on Monday, aiming to drive regional diplomacy as a push backed by Donald Trump appears to stall.
A week before the third summit between the two Koreas in five months begins in Pyongyang, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani economic advisors discussed banning imports of luxury cars, smartphones and cheese in a wide-ranging strategy session on how to avoid seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior government advisor said.
While no decisions were made, the floating of radical measures to tackle Pakistan's ballooning current account deficit by the newly formed Economic...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
NEW DELHI: The investment limit for EB-5 investor visa programme, which provides Green Cards to foreigners investing at least $5,00,000 in the US, is not expected to increase at least till December this year, according to US Congressman Aaron Schock.
The employment-based fifth preference category (EB-5) visa is meant for high networth individuals (HNIs) to earn the Green...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
WASHINGTON : Pluto wrongly lost its planet status, say scientists, suggesting that the icy dwarf should be reclassified as a planetary body.
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a global group of astronomy experts, established a definition of a planet that required it to "clear" its orbit, or in other words, be the largest gravitational force in...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
Former NFL star Colin Kaepernick (Photo | AP)
Nike's decision to put Colin Kaepernick at the center of its latest "Just Do It" ad campaign did not come without scrutiny, drawing criticism from President Donald Trump and prompting fans to burn their merchandise in protest.
But from a sales perspective, the company came out of the week a winner, according to one...
