Facebook woos journalists with “FB Newswire”
Facebook launched on Thursday “FB Newswire”, billed as an online trove of real-time information for journalists and newsrooms to mine…
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“X-Men” director to miss film launch, slams sex claims
US filmmaker Bryan Singer said Thursday he will not help promote the release of his latest “X-Men” blockbuster next month,…
‘Material not from missing flight MH370’
PERTH: The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is confident the unidentified material that was washed ashore in Augusta, southwest coast…
Proposed US rules leave open Internet fast lanes
Internet fast lanes that defy the ideal of “net neutrality” would be allowed under rules proposed by US regulators eager…
E-cigarettes to be regulated under new US plan
US regulators proposed new restrictions Thursday on the soaring $2 billion market in e-cigarettes, which until now have been free…
Searchers face tough choices in hunt for MH370
SYDNEY: Searchers for missing Flight MH370 face tough choices on how to proceed after almost seven fruitless weeks, with only…
Obama backs Japan in China island row
TOKYO: US President Barack Obama vowed yesterday to defend Japan if China attacks over a tense territorial dispute, but also…
Philippine Airlines quits flying shark fins amid outcry
MANILA: Philippine Airlines (PAL) said yesterday it has stopped flying shark fin cargoes, joining a number of other Asia-Pacific carriers…