SCIENTISTS are developing solar-powered technologies to convert plastic waste into clean fuels, offering a potential solution to both pollution and energy challenges, an Australian study revealed Wednesday. The research explores…
MORE countries are increasingly shifting towards solar energy and joining the International Solar Alliance amid rising fossil fuel prices and supply disruptions, said Ashish Khanna, Director General, International Solar Alliance.…
A US federal judge on Tuesday sentenced OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma to pay billions of dollars over its role in the opioid crisis, ahead of upcoming bankruptcy proceedings and its dissolution.…
GLOBAL gold demand, including over-the-counter trading, rose two per cent year on year to 1,231 tonnes in the first quarter of 2026, an industry report said Wednesday. Global demand for…
RYANAIR, Transavia, Volotea and other low-cost airlines are feeling the financial pain from high jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East war and are cutting flights. The…
PAKISTANI Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had assured him that Tehran would respond on the prospects of talks after consultations with the…
F OREIGN guests will be attending the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov assured on Wednesday. “There will be guests,” Ushakov told reporters when asked about foreign…
A tanker operated by a subsidiary of Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co transited the Strait of Hormuz without paying any toll, a government source said Wednesday. Japanese Prime Minister…
GERMAN premium automaker Mercedes-Benz warned Wednesday that a drawn-out conflict in the Middle East could cause shortages of key inputs as it reported tumbling quarterly profits. Traffic in the Strait…
THE Yangon City Development Committee invited open tenders for the procurement of operational supplies needed for the 2026-2027 financial year. Supplies include 406,500 bags of cement, 455 tonnes of round…
