Microsoft is spreading its Cortana digital assistant abroad, starting with China and the U.K. The company’s corporate vice president of operating systems, Joe Belfiore, said yesterday in Beijing that Chinese and British users
Toyota remains No. 1 in global vehicles sales after the first six months of this year, followed by Volkswagen which bumped General Motors out of second place as the U.S.
Unitel-STP, a subsidiary of Angolan mobile phone operator Unitel, Tuesday launched its commercial telecommunications services in Sao Tome and Principe the company’s managing director, Manuel Lemos said. The announcement was made
Filomena Maiopué, director of INCAJU said that a 10-hectare plot had been selected to plant cashew trees, Vietnam, the project’s partner, had provided the necessary know how, but funding had
An outspoken Chinese minority scholar was indicted on separatism charges yesterday amid a renewed flare-up of bloody anti-government violence in the country’s far west. The prosecutor’s office in the Xinjiang regional
Under the changes to the household registration system, or “hukou,” China’s 1.4 billion people will be classified simply as residents, the State Council said in a statement yesterday. The shift reflects
The investigation into China’s former security chief Zhou Yongkang could pave the way for him to stand trial as the most senior politician ever prosecuted for graft. It’s hard to predict
Torrential rains triggered a massive landslide that buried a remote village in western India yesterday, sweeping away scores of houses and possibly trapping more than 150 people, officials said. About 100 rescuers
Thailand’s military government approved a massive budget to upgrade the country’s railways including high-speed rail that would eventually link with China as part of an eight-year plan to improve infrastructure,
North Korea fired four short-range projectiles toward the ocean off its east coast yesterday in its latest in a series of missile and artillery tests, officials said. A South Korean Defense
Russia’s central bank promised to support financial institutions hit by U.S. sanctions as stocks took a tumble in Moscow yesterday. In an online statement, the bank promised to “take adequate measures” to
Israeli tank shells slammed into a crowded U.N. school yesterday sheltering Gazans displaced by fighting, killing 15 and wounding 90 after tearing through the walls of two classrooms, a spokesman
Parliament passed the Landmines Act last month - after public pressure to do so - but it still allowed British troops to deploy mines in “exceptional circumstances”. This emergency power has
Now, the sign is for sale. Owner Larry Eckert is asking UD500,000 for the 65-year-old, 52-meter-tall landmark and adjacent warehouse. The 380,000-liter tower never held ketchup. It hasn’t been used since
Still days away from running, Usain Bolt was at the center of a controversy at the Commonwealth Games yesterday for apparently criticizing his games experience so far. The Times of London
South Africa’s Jacques Kallis retired from all international cricket yesterday, as one of the game’s greatest allrounders admitted that a swansong at the World Cup next year was “a bridge
Gosh, a million signatories claimed, so far, in a petition against Occupy Central, including the Chief Executive compared to over 700,000 in the pro-democracy poll. So if so many voted
* Macau can still learn from Vegas without replicating it, scholars say * Traffic accidents up, 2,540 injured in half-year * GIT extends light rail consultation period * China eases Hukou system in
Australian police have obtained arrest warrants for two Australians who are fighting with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria after one posted photographs of the other posing with
The island nation in the Indian Ocean has become the 86th member of the International Surfing Association as part of a drive to promote the sport in Africa, the California-based
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