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French prison official freed after hostage drama AFP September 9, 2015, 11:42 pm Lille (France) (AFP) - The deputy governor of a high-security prison in northern France was taken hostage by a "particularly dangerous inmate" Wednesday but was later released unharmed, officials said. The...

Moto X Style Will Launch In China On September 8th September 5, 2015 - Written By Kristijan Lucic As you already know, Motorola has unveiled three new handsets at the end of July, the Moto X Style / Pure, Moto X Play and the third-gen Moto G smartphone. We’ve already talked about each of...

What the first ‘iPhone’ looked like back in 1998 By Yoni Heisler on Aug 11, 2015 at 11:15 PM Though Apple popularized the ‘i’ prefix as it pertains to product branding, they weren’t the first company to release a product called the iPhone. Indeed, it’s easy to forget that when Steve Jobs...

More Moto G Live Images Leak Online Prior To Motorola's July 28 Event By Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times | July 27, 8:36 AM (Motorola Moto G 2015) Motorola is expected to officially unveil the 2015 Moto G at its upcoming July 28 event, but images of the device continue to leak all over the...

Elderly lady arrested in poison case July 18,2015 Local police Friday arrested a suspect in the case of the pesticide-laced soft drinks that led to one death and five hospitalizations in a village in Sangju, North Gyeongsang. On Tuesday afternoon, a local resident in the village called an...

Testimony begins in trial of journalists charged with defaming Thai navy with report into people trafficking network Australian editor and Thai colleague charged by Thai navy over a report about trafficking in a case that has drawn international condemnation PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 15 July...

‘Spider-Man’ escapes death in Hong Kong tower block climb after setting fire to high-rise flat PUBLISHED : Thursday, 09 July, 2015, 1:34pm UPDATED : Thursday, 09 July, 2015, 2:08pm Clifford Lo [email protected] The fire damaged the tower block at the Fu Shin Estate in Tai Po. Photo: SCMP...

S. Korea has 4th highest smartphone penetration: data Published: 2015-07-08 08:53 Updated: 2015-07-08 08:53 Nearly 4 in 5 people in South Korea own a smartphone, making it the country with the fourth-highest smartphone penetration rate in the world, industry data showed Wednesday. Asia's...

Crisis-hit Greece imposes capital controls, bank holiday AFP June 29, 2015, 5:05 am Athens (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Sunday that the country's crisis-hit banks will be shut on Monday and capital controls imposed to prevent withdrawals, after cash machines ran dry...

Local gin kills 70 in Nigeria: health officials AFP June 17, 2015, 11:42 pm Lagos (AFP) - About 70 people have died in Nigeria's oil-rich south after consuming home-brewed gin that was found to contain large amounts of methanol, senior health officials said on Wednesday. Somiari Harry...

California man sues Uber claiming it stole ride-sharing idea Andrew Chung, Reuters First posted: Friday, May 15, 2015 05:17 PM EDT | Updated: Friday, May 15, 2015 05:45 PM EDT A file illustration picture shows the logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone on September 15, 2014...

Man films own brain surgery Yahoo News May 4, 2015, 6:14 pm A brave student in the US is fighting back against brain cancer by sharing his medical journey and data with the world. Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral student Steven Keating learned he had a baseball-sized...

Three men in UK court on insider dealing charges Reuters April 29, 2015, 10:33 pm The logo of the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seen at the agency's headquarters in the Canary Wharf business district of London April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Chris Helgren LONDON (Reuters) - Three men...

Scuffles as Hong Kong officials tout vote plan on 'bus parade' AFP April 25, 2015, 9:51 pm Hong Kong (AFP) - Scuffles broke out Saturday as Hong Kong officials toured an urban district on a campaign to win support for a government proposal on choosing the city's future leader which has...

Fears terrorists could use WiFi to hack into flight systems and bring down planes PUBLISHED : Thursday, 16 April, 2015, 1:04am UPDATED : Thursday, 16 April, 2015, 1:04am Associated Press in Washington A worst-case scenario is that a terrorist with a laptop computer would sit among the...

Chinese television host suspended after criticising Mao Zedong PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 April, 2015, 11:48pm UPDATED : Thursday, 09 April, 2015, 12:11am Mimi Lau in Guangzhou [email protected] Chinese TV host Bi Fujian. Popular mainland Chinese television host Bi Fujian has been suspended...

Passengers safe following Air Canada crash landing PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 31 March, 2015, 9:52pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 31 March, 2015, 9:52pm Associated Press in Toronto Firefighters work at the crash site of Air Canada flight AC 624. An Air Canada passenger plane landed so significantly short...