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Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of congratulations to President Mohamed Abdul Hamid of the People's Republic of Bangladesh...

Tokyo/San Francisco: Riding a wave of new users, improved advertising options and an embrace of video content by users and advertisers alike, Twitter's...

Berlin: Germany will investigate whether to tighten the rules that govern when an investor needs to disclose a holding in a company after news that...

Paris: The French economy grew by a stronger than expected 2 per cent in 2017, its best performance since 2011, in a year marked by a surprise acceleration...

San Francisco: Amazon.com has agreed to buy video doorbell maker Ring, the companies said on Tuesday, in what analysts see as a growing bet on delivering...

Washington: The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday it had made a final determination that imports of aluminium foil from China are being sold in the...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong unveiled short-term relief measures and capital spending initiatives to sustain growth in an expansionary budget on Wednesday that...

Sydney: Asian shares extended losses on Wednesday as weak Chinese Japanese manufacturing data revived worries about global growth amid anxiety over faster...

Beijing: Growth in China's manufacturing sector slowed more than expected in January to an 8-month low in the face of a cooling property market and...

London/Houston: Opec will hold a dinner on Monday in Houston with US shale firms, two industry sources said, the latest sign of the producer group widening...