AFP, COLOMBO: Sri Lanka earned a record $3.5 billion from tourism in 2016, seven years after the end of a devastating civil war, a government minister said. But sources in the industry warned that the post-war boom could be short-lived as planned airport closures forced the cancellation of international…

AFP, HONG KONG: China yesterday hiked the yuan against the dollar in its biggest one-day increase since 2005, after the greenback fell against leading…

AFP, LAS VEGAS: Chinese internet colossus Baidu is out to make a splash with ‘Little Fish,’ a family robot that is a voice-controlled virtual valet akin to Amazon Echo or Google Home. Baidu showed off “Little Fish,” a translation of its Chinese name “Xiaoyu Zaijia,”…

AFP, SEOUL:  Samsung Electronics said yesterday it expects profits to soar by nearly 50 percent in the December quarter, as strong memory chip prices…

The pace of change is accelerating at a dizzying rate, with profound implications for the way we we work, play and communicate, reports BBC. So what are the big technology trends to watch out for in 2017? Cybersecurity will undoubtedly be the dominant theme of 2017, as all tech innovations could be…

AFP, MUMBAI:  India’s salt-to-steel conglomerate Tata Sons yesterday cranked up its legal tussle with ousted chairman Cyrus Mistry by calling for a shareholders’ meeting to remove him from its board. “Tata Sons has called for an EGM on February 6th to remove Cyrus Mistry as the…