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Pyongyang drivers scramble as fuel stations limit services
Associated Press, Published on 22/04/2017
» PYONGYANG: Drivers in North Korea's capital are scrambling to fill up their tanks as service stations begin limiting services or even closing amid concerns of a spreading shortage.
Chevrolet Volt arrives in China as Buick Velite 5
Business, Associated Press, Published on 20/04/2017
» SHANGHAI: General Motors Co plans to make and sell a gasoline-electric hybrid version of its Chevrolet Volt in China, as Beijing presses global automakers to promote alternatives to gasoline.
Toyota promises better mileage with new Prius
Business, Associated Press, Published on 14/10/2015
» TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp yesterday released details for its fourth-generation Prius, promising that improvements in the battery, engine, wind resistance and weight mean better mileage for the world's top-selling hybrid car.
Toyota unveils self-driving technology for 2020 launch
Business, Associated Press, Published on 07/10/2015
» TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp yesterday unveiled its vision for self-driving cars in a challenge to other automakers as well as industry newcomer Google Inc, promising to start selling such vehicles in Japan by 2020.
Co-founder of Subway sandwich chain dies at 67
Business, Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2015
» NEW YORK: Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca, who turned a sandwich shop he started as a teenager into the world's largest fast-food chain, died Monday evening. He was 67.
Passenger with stolen passport on MH370 an asylum seeker
Associated Press, Published on 11/03/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - A man travelling with a stolen passport on a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner was an Iranian teenager trying to migrate illegally to Germany, and is not believed to have any terrorist links, police said Tuesday.
Malaysia to impose 6% sales tax
Associated Press, Published on 25/10/2013
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced plans on Friday to impose a 6% goods and services tax by 2015 to increase revenue and stem rising government debt.
US extends Myanmar gem ban
Associated Press, Published on 08/08/2013
» WASHINGTON, DC - The United States on Wednesday renewed a ban on the import of gems from Myanmar, hoping to choke off a funding source for the powerful military after broader sanctions ended.
Ahead of CITES, pressure to ban Thai ivory trade
Associated Press, Published on 02/03/2013
» You can buy it freely in urban markets and rural stalls set up at elephant shows in Thailand every day: ivory, carved into everything from intricate statuettes of the Hindu deity Ganesh for more than US$1,000 apiece, to tiny tusk pendants worth less than $10.