Search results

Graft-busters target Hong Kong food banks Graft-busters target poverty alleviation programmes in effort to cut cost of welfare PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 04 February, 2014, 5:29am UPDATED : Tuesday, 04 February, 2014, 7:54pm Jennifer Ngo [email protected] St James' Settlement food bank...

190 Hongkongers stranded in Vietnam after travel agency folds PUBLISHED : Monday, 03 February, 2014, 7:27pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 04 February, 2014, 5:01pm Ng Kang-chung and Ernest Kao The tour groups had full itineraries planned in the capital Hanoi which have now been cancelled. Photo: AFP...

Brothers plead not guilty to blackmailing Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers’ crew Pair's blackmail case live-tweeted by SCMP as courts roll out Wi-fi and text-based communications PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 04 February, 2014, 9:32am UPDATED : Tuesday, 04 February, 2014, 10:24pm Austin Chiu...

Amanda Knox murder verdict sets stage for Italy extradition battle Italy could seek American's arrest now conviction for murder reinstated PUBLISHED : Saturday, 01 February, 2014, 10:39am UPDATED : Sunday, 02 February, 2014, 5:10am Associated Press in Washington Amanda Knox. Photo: Reuters...

Saddle up for a bumpy Year of the Horse, warn Hong Kong geomancers Diplomacy will be rocky; China will be particularly prone to disasters; while Obama, Bieber and even Leung Chun-ying will have a tough road ahead, say fung shui masters PUBLISHED : Thursday, 30 January, 2014, 12:26pm UPDATED ...

Philippine senators urge Aquino to apologise over Manila bus tragedy Opposition lawmakers say there is nothing wrong in apologising as they face need to apply for visas for Hong Kong travel from Wednesday PUBLISHED : Sunday, 02 February, 2014, 4:14am UPDATED : Sunday, 02 February, 2014, 4:14am...

My daughter's lesbian partner is not welcome in this family, says Gigi Chao's father as he withdraws 'dowry' offer PUBLISHED : Friday, 31 January, 2014, 4:24pm UPDATED : Friday, 31 January, 2014, 4:46pm Olivia Rosenman [email protected] Twitter: @olivesophierose Property tycoon Cecil...

Insider: Xbox One has no hope, will lose this generation of console war to PS4 By Zach Epstein January 27, 2014 10:51 AM Most would agree that the console war for this generation of video game systems is far from over… but it may have been over before it even really started. According to...

Google to reportedly discontinue beloved Nexus device lineup next year By Chris Smith on Jan 27, 2014 at 10:24 AM Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin said on Twitter that the Nexus line of devices will be discontinued in 2015, replaced instead with a new brand spawned from the current Play...

The iPhone 6 may have a different kind of wireless charging By Chris Smith Jan 28, 2014 Apple has been recently rumored to run a trial production of iPhone models that have sapphire glass displays, but there may be another reason the company is interested in such panels for future devices...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Lt25l2wAmcA?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="360"></iframe> Published on Jan 28, 2014 TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 28, 2014) -- Researchers from the University of South Florida have located and excavated the remains of 55 people in a...

Remains of 55 bodies found near former Florida reform school Reuters By Bill Cotterell Jan 28, 2014 TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Excavations at a makeshift graveyard near a now-closed reform school in the Florida Panhandle have yielded remains of 55 bodies, almost twice the number official records...

Dozens of dissidents arrested in Cuba as major summit looms AFP January 27, 2014, 10:12 am Havana (AFP) - Dozens of dissidents have been detained in a "wave of political repression" ahead of a major international summit in Cuba, activists said Sunday. The Community of Latin American and...

Boy, 12, taken by crocodile in Australia AFP January 27, 2014, 10:14 am Sydney (AFP) - A 12-year-old boy was feared dead after being snatched by a saltwater crocodile while swimming in Australia's Northern Territory, police said Monday. The boy was swimming with friends in the Mudginberri...

Gunman in US mall shooting had no record AP January 27, 2014, 9:33 am US police have revealed the identity of the gunman who opened fire in a mall near Washington DC. EPA The gunman who shot two people to death at a US shopping mall at the weekend had no criminal record, but little else is...

Robots to Replace Troops on the Battlefield The Fiscal Times By David Francis 26 January, 2014 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3t9AoTy_8ds?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="360"></iframe> The Pentagon is considering replacing thousands of troops with robots, a...

Expect to see certain clones appear to rebuke and flame! :D Robots to Replace Troops on the Battlefield The Fiscal Times By David Francis 26 January, 2014 <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3t9AoTy_8ds?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="360"></iframe> The...

Photographer Narciso Contreras dropped by Associated Press for altering picture PUBLISHED : Friday, 24 January, 2014, 12:08am UPDATED : Friday, 24 January, 2014, 12:08am Associated Press in New York The original picture (top) taken by Narciso Contreras with the video camera in the bottom...

Microsoft will let overseas users store data outside of US PUBLISHED : Friday, 24 January, 2014, 12:08am UPDATED : Friday, 24 January, 2014, 12:08am Reuters in Seattle Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith. Photo: EPA Microsoft will allow overseas customers to have their personal data...