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Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co. recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones because of a faulty battery and announced a global replacement programme, days before...

Vienna: The world’s largest banks are into the home stretch of a long campaign to convince politicians and regulators that planned changes to their...

London: The strength of the global foreign-exchange market surprised many when the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published its latest triennial...

New York: Like the rest of the world — possibly including Twitter's own board members — we have no idea if Twitter will stay an independent company....

Hong Kong: Baidu has unveiled its latest plans to stake out a spot in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI), including a partnership with...

San Francisco: Apple may bring at least $5 billion of its offshore cash back to the US next year, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook suggested in an interview...

Petrol and diesel prices for September have been announced on Wednesday. This continued to dominate news agenda in Oman this week. Check out some of the...

Paris: Orange SA said it is in talks with Iran’s Mobile Telecommunication Co. over potential cooperation, seeking expansion in the Middle Eastern country...

Abuja: The Nigerian Stock Exchange has seen a reduction in activity by almost half this year even after the central bank allowed the domestic currency to...

Moscow: Russia sees no need for talks with other major oil exporters on freezing output with prices at around $50 a barrel, according to the Energy Ministry...