A Russian rocket will next year for the first time blast off from a European launch pad in South America, officials said Saturday, as the first rockets headed for the site on board a ship. Two Russian Soyuz rockets, the...
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China's growing influence in the Afghan economy has been hailed by the country's mining minister who has revealed that projects acquired to feed Beijing's industrial base will triple government revenues within five years.
Many properties have 'safe' rooms in the basement where families can hide It is hard to imagine anyone wanting to live or invest in a city wracked with violence, but the capital of Afghanistan is experiencing a boom in real...
BlackRock, one of the world’s largest fund managers, is set to invest £20m into the UK’s fastest growing independent hospital operator. Health Investment Holdings Group (HIHL) runs hospitals through a partnership between the...
Tullow Oil has sold a third of its licence off French Guiana to Shell, and also plans to dispose of half its interest in the Lake Albert Rift Basin in Uganda. Tullow said it had identified a number of leads in the Guiana...