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U.S. won’t stop tweeting China air quality readings
WASHINGTON — The United States said that its embassy and consulates in China would not stop tweeting reports on air quality readings in Beijing and Shanghai, which have annoyed the Chinese...
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US running out of patience with Pakistan: Panetta
The United States is running out of patience with Pakistan over safe havens for insurgents who attack US troops across the border in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday....
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Consumerism poses threat to vulnerable species
The developed world’s insatiable appetite for products like coffee and timber is threatening the survival of one in three vulnerable animal species in poor countries, according to an Australian study....
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Huge Japan tsunami dock washes up on U.S. beach
A huge floating dock cast adrift by Japan’s killer tsunami has washed up on an Oregon beach, believed to be the biggest piece of flotsam to make landfall on the US West Coast so far. The 66-foot...
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World’s city dwellers face ‘garbage crisis’
The world’s city dwellers are fast producing more and more trash in a “looming crisis” that will pose huge financial and environmental burdens, the World Bank is warning. Urban specialists said the...
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Poland to use testicle-biting dogs, sonic cannons for riot control at 2012...
From testicle-biting police dogs to sonic cannons capable of inducing involuntary urination, Polish anti-hooligan squads have an array of weapons ready to deal with any troublesome England fans at...
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Drastic measures as Chinese students take college entry exams
More than 9 million students sat China’s notoriously tough college entrance exams on Thursday, with “high-flyer” rooms, nannies and even intravenous drips among the tools being employed for success....
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Spanish soccer coach dies one day after getting hired
Spanish coach Manuel Preciado died of a heart attack on Thursday at the age of 54, just a day after he was named the new coach at relegated side Villarreal. “A heart attack claimed the life of Manuel...
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Iraq executes Saddam’s chief bodyguard and top aide
Iraq on Thursday executed Saddam Hussein’s presidential secretary and chief bodyguard Abid Hamid Mahmud, justice ministry spokesman Haidar al-Saadi said. “He was executed today,” Saadi said, adding:...
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Samsung vows U.S. launch of S III despite Apple suit
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics vowed to press ahead with the US launch of its newest smartphone this month, despite a fresh lawsuit filed by rival Apple seeking to block the cutting-edge model....
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Olympic swimmer backs teammates who posed with guns
Olympic swimmer Eamon Sullivan has backed his Australian teammates Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk, saying he saw “nothing wrong” with them posing with guns in images posted on social networking sites....
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Commerce secretary probed in car accidents
Commerce Secretary John Bryson was under investigation Monday in connection to two separate accidents in California which involved his car and two other vehicles, police said. A statement released by...
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U.S. pair lost in New Zealand blizzard for a week
Two US students survived a week lost in a blizzard-hit New Zealand mountain range by taking regular dips in hot thermal springs they had stumbled across, rescuers said Monday. Alec Brown and Erica...
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Nigerian police free abducted soccer player
Nigerian police have freed international footballer Christian Obodounhurt during a raid, a day after gunmen kidnapped him in front of a church and demanded a ransom, a spokesman said Monday. “He has...
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Mubarak in ‘critical but stable’ condition
Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak remains in “critical but stable” condition in prison, an interior ministry source told AFP, as officials weigh transferring him to a Cairo hospital. The...
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Germany: Spain deal shows world Europe can act
The deal to bail out Spain’s beleaguered banks shows the world and the markets that Europe has the capacity to take decisive action when needed, the German government’s spokesman said on Monday. “This...
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Israel says Palestinian ends long-term hunger strike
Israel Prisons Service said on Monday that a Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for more than 80 days, had ended his protest, but Palestinian sources, including his lawyer, denied the...
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Nuns: European soccer championship is platform for protest
Euro 2012 has not stopped political life in Ukraine. Far from it. Instead, football is providing the perfect platform to air a range of local and national grievances in the former Soviet state. The...
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David Cameron leaves 8-year-old daughter in pub
David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter at the pub for around a quarter of an hour following a family lunch, Downing Street confirmed Monday. Nancy Cameron wandered off to the toilets while the...
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Spanish TV uses aliens to define country’s recession
An alien spaceship hovers over a dusty, recession-hit Spanish town and is confronted by a young man looking up: “Now that we’re down in the dumps you think you can conquer us?” It’s a beer advert, one...
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