Iran seeks crude storage in Southeast Asia, says trade
SINGAPORE: Iran is seeking to store at least 2 million barrels of crude oil for at least six months in Southeast Asia but is struggling to find hosts due to…
Bahrain: Economic freedoms
By Oxford Business Group A series of international surveys published recently point towards the kingdom’s open and conducive investment environment as a key competitive advantage. On November 2, the Canadian public…
G20 struggles to find common ground on disputes
SEOUL: Major nations struggled Thursday to break a deadlock on how to fix problems cramping the world economy as President Barack Obama insisted that a strong US is crucial for…
Stem cell injections boost leg muscles in mice, says study
WASHINGTON: Stem cell injections boosted the leg muscles of mice and warded off the typical loss of muscle mass that comes with aging, a study published Wednesday showed. The discovery…
Environment group warns of Arctic oil drilling risks
WASHINGTON: Freezing conditions, chunky ice and high seas could imperil operations to clean up an oil spill in the Arctic where the fragile ecosystem is already in tumult due to…
Android now second biggest smart phone platform, says Gartner
WASHINGTON: Google's Android mobile operating system surged past Apple's iPhone and Canada's Blackberry in the third quarter to become the second biggest smart phone platform after Nokia's Symbian, research firm…
Google announces ‘Instant Previews’ search feature
NEW YORK: People searching on Google will soon be able to see previews of websites before clicking on them. The "Instant Previews" feature announced Tuesday is meant to help people…
Scientists find damage to coral near BP well
NEW ORLEANS: For the first time, federal scientists have found damage to deep sea coral and other marine life on the ocean floor several miles from the blown-out BP well…
NASA’s new space telescope costs shoot the moon
WASHINGTON: The cost of NASA's replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope is giving new meaning to the word astronomical, growing another $1.5 billion, according to a new internal NASA study…
Funding the low-carbon revolution
By Trevor Manuel and Nicolas Stern PRETORIA: The two defining challenges of our time are managing climate change and overcoming world poverty. We cannot succeed on one without succeeding on the…