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Mind of its own: building a human brain A machine capable of thinking for itself and expressing emotion is being developed in Switzerland Photo: ALAMY By Harry de Quetteville 6:11AM GMT 26 Feb 2013 At the end of last year a group of academics at the University of Cambridge asked a simple...

Lack of sleep 'switches off' genes One week of bad sleep can "switch off" hundreds of genes and raise the risk of a host of illnesses including obesity and heart disease, scientists claim. Studies have also shown a lack of sleep can lead to cognitive impairment Photo: Alamy By Nick Collins...

Chinese prostitutes making 'home services' popular in Taiwan Yang Chun-pin and Staff Reporter 2013-02-25 08:50 A man and a woman caught during a "massage" in Kaohsiung. (Photo/Liu Shang-yun) Prostitutes from mainland China are finding business increasingly abundant in Taiwan's southern and...

China's females demand the dough from boyfriends Staff Reporter 2013-02-26 12:03 A couple walks in the rain in Nanjing. (Photo/Xinhua) According to a study just released by a dating website and the National Population and Family Planning of China, single women in China have different...

Stephen Chow's Monkey King epic stirs fond memories Xinhua 2013-02-26 08:49 The debut of Journey to the West in Beijing. (Photo/Xinhua) Odyssey, the latest film adaptation of the legendary Monkey King story, is enjoying success at the box office and fueling waves of nostalgia among Chinese...

Corrupt officials in China frequently pardoned or paroled Staff Reporter 2013-02-25 08:50 Lin Chongzhong was sentenced to 10 years for corruption but was granted medical parole instead, despite reportedly having no serious medical condition. (Internet photo) Many Chinese government...

Traces of metal, talc powder found in China's dried seeds Staff Reporter 2013-02-25 10:24 Workers prepare dried sunflower seeds in Inner Mongolia. (Photo/Xinhua) Suzhou authorities have found traces of aluminium substances in watermelon seeds during recent investigations on snack foods...

Chinese CIA spy unveils power struggle between security ministries Staff Reporter 2013-02-25 11:09 Public security officials were accused of illegal surveillance and brutality in preventing pro-democracy protests in 2011. (Internet photo) Last year's failed defection attempt by an official...

German government and companies attacked by Chinese hackers Staff Reporter 2013-02-26 08:49 The German Chancellery was a target of Chinese hackers. (Photo/Xinhua) Chinese hackers have recently turned their attention to the government and private enterprises in Germany, according to the...

German government and companies attacked by Chinese hackers Staff Reporter 2013-02-26 08:49 The German Chancellery was a target of Chinese hackers. (Photo/Xinhua) Chinese hackers have recently turned their attention to the government and private enterprises in Germany, according to the...

Been to Europe lately? Chances are you've already eaten horse meat <cite style="font-size: 12px; width: 147px; display: block; font-style: normal;">AP</cite>February 26, 201312:51PM Traces of horse have been found in a wide variety of processed meat products like pasta and pizza. Picture...

Homeless man rewarded with over $100K by kind strangers AP February 26, 2013 10:41AM Strangers from around the world have donated over $100,000 to Kansas City homeless man Billy Ray Harris who returned an enaggagement ring to Sarah Darling. Source: Supplied A HOMELESS US man will soon have...

Woman found with meat cleaver in neck AAP February 26, 2013 2:03PM A WOMAN found dead in an apartment in Newcastle had been stabbed numerous times and had a meat cleaver embedded in her neck, police say. Police charged a 30-year-old Chinese national with murder after finding the 30-year-old...

Macquarie University 'failed' to call police after sex assault, 2GB's Ray Hadley revealed GEMMA JONES The Daily Telegraph February 26, 2013 4:38PM A YOUNG Sri Lankan man arrested over the sexual assault of a female student at Macquarie University in Sydney's northwest is an asylum seeker...

Analysis: Castro successor lacks charisma but is experienced manager By Marc Frank HAVANA | Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:37pm EST (Reuters) - When Cuban President Raul Castro named former engineering professor and long-time Communist Party insider Miguel Diaz-Canel as his first vice president and...

Colombia to send committee for release of German hostages By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA | Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:12pm EST (Reuters) - Colombia's government on Monday authorized a committee of civilians and Red Cross officials to travel to a jungle zone where it hopes two German hostages will be...

Italy faces stalemate after election shock By James Mackenzie and Steve Scherer ROME | Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:16pm EST (Reuters) - Italy faced political deadlock on Tuesday after a stunning election that saw the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo become the strongest party...