HAMBURG: Iran has imposed import duties on wheat and barley, an Iranian government regulation document seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed, hurting hope for more trade after the country’s nuclear deal with Western powers...
The new wheat duty has been imposed for the next year and the barley duty until Sept 22, 2015, the regulation seen by Reuters said...
The planet, dubbed Haumea, orbits the Sun far beyond Neptune ? the eighth and furthest recognised “full” planet in our star system since Pluto was downgraded to dwarf status in 2006...
Named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth, it is among a handful of known dwarf planets beyond the orbit of Neptune, which with the other so-called giant planets ? Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter ? all have rings...
PARIS: A “monster” planet, which should in theory not exist, has been discovered orbiting a faint dwarf star far, far away, surprised astronomers said on Tuesday...
The planet’s parent star is described as an M-dwarf — the most common type in the universe, which means there may be many more unpredicted giant gas planets to be found, the team said...
WASHINGTON: Compared to the $46 billion China plans to invest in Pakistan, the $7...
5 billion US package for Pakistan was too thinly scattered, according to a former Pentagon official...
” But the solution to the problem is simple and small, livestock experts argue: heat-tolerant dwarf cows...
” Dwarf cows, on the other hand, appear to carry a “thermometer gene” that allows them to better tolerate high temperatures, researchers said...
THE moment Pluto was transformed from a fuzzy spot on the edge of the solar system to an exotic world with a spectacular landscape will be recorded by historians as July 15, 2015...
When Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft barrelled past Pluto the day before, it became the first mission to visit the object
Pakistan defeated Australia by 66 runs in the first of their three-match T20I series in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday...
KARACHI: The audience on the penultimate day of the Japanese Film Festival 2015 were taken on a journey of self-discovery with an unlikely trio, thrust together by happenstance, with the screening of The Yellow Handkerchief, a heart-warming tale that hit the right notes in the categories of drama, romance and comedy...
This regret is eating him up from the inside and the symbol of the yellow handkerchief is taken up at this...
ISLAMABAD: Chinese President Xi Jinping does not like yellow flowers and feels uncomfortable in temperature over 24 degrees Celsius...
Officials on protocol duty were under instructions to avoid yellow flowers in floral arrangements on the routes of the visiting leader and the venues of his various meetings here on Monday...
Froome came home third behind Ireland’s Dan Martin in second, and took over the yellow jersey from Sky team-mate Geraint Thomas...
KARACHI: As the Sindh government prepares to launch “Red Line” of the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) in August, a similar project — Yellow Line — hit a snag after the Chinese company tasked with building crucial parts of the mass transit project has so far been unable to arrange funds through its financial institutions under the defined agreement, it emerged on Sunday...
5-kilometre-long Yellow Line project — from Landhi to New M... ...
ROMANS-EN-ISERE: Michael Matthews won a sprint to the line on stage 16 of the Tour de France as Britain’s Chris Froome kept the yellow jersey on Tuesday ahead of two difficult days in the Alps...
The battle for the yellow jersey will resume on Wednesday during the first of two Alpine stages in high altitude...
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON: Defending champion Chris Froome stunned his passive Tour de France rivals with a daring downhill attack to take eighth stage honours on Saturday and claim the race leader’s yellow jersey...
ANDORRA ARCALIS: Defending champion Chris Froome held on to the yellow jersey and eliminated several of his main rivals in the toughest stage in the Pyrenees of the Tour de France on Sunday...
REVEL: Australia’s Michael Matthews claimed his first Tour de France stage victory in Revel on Tuesday with Chris Froome holding onto the leader’s yellow jersey...