International

Apple reports "most profitable" quarter on record Mac, iPhone sales
19/10/2009 05:00
Apple Inc. on Monday said its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter was the “most profitable” for the company thanks to record Macintosh computer and iPhone sales. In the quarter ended on Sept. 26, Apple posted net profit of 1.67 billion U.S. dollars and...
U.S. announces new aid to home market
19/10/2009 05:00
The U.S. government announced Monday a new initiative to boost the housing market. According to a report released by the Treasury Department, the new plan includes two parts: a new bond purchase program to support new lending by housing finance...
60 militants killed in Pakistan’s tribal area operation
18/10/2009 05:00
Pakistani security forces killed at least 60 militants in the last 24 hours in the military operation in the country’s tribal area of South Waziristan, the military said Sunday in a press release. Pakistan Army troops prepare to leave for...
Reading her way to Nobel fame
18/10/2009 05:00
October 7 marked the culmination of a lifetime dedicated to science for Israeli chemist Ada Yonath. Israeli scientist and Nobel prize winner Ada Yonath attends a press conference in Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv,...
China aviation industry earns 9.1 bln yuan in first nine months
18/10/2009 05:00
China’s civil aviation industry made profits of 9.1 billion yuan (about 1.33 billions U.S. dollars) in the first nine months of 2009. Domestic air passenger traffic volume grew by 23.6 percent from a year earlier in first nine months of this...
NASA: Moon strike not total waste of time
18/10/2009 05:00
One week after the impact of the LCROSS probe, NASA scientists have finally found a debris plume created by the impact in the data, proving their moon strike worthwhile after all. NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)...
U.S. federal deficit hits record high of $1.4 trln
17/10/2009 05:00
The U.S. federal deficit of the 2009 fiscal year reached a record high of 1.42 trillion U.S. dollars, the Treasury Department announced Friday. The U.S. government imbalance for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, more than tripled last year’s...