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Japan ministers plan Yasukuni war shrine visit
08-10 19:09
Two Japanese cabinet ministers said Friday they were planning to visit Tokyo's controversial war shrine next week, in a move likely to inflame sometimes testy r...

French budget deficit down despite spending increase
08-10 18:11
France's budget deficit was down by 4.6 billion euros (HK$43.8 billion) in June from a year earlier to 56.7 billion euros, with a spending increase offset by r...

Britain hands Syrian rebels more aid
08-10 17:19
Britain will give Syrian rebels a further £5 million (HK$60.4 million) to buy communications equipment and medical supplies to use in their fight against Pres...

Japan's parliament votes to double sales tax
08-10 16:57
Japanese lawmakers today voted to double sales tax to 10 percent in a move the government hopes will help close the country's huge budgetary hole, AFP reports....

Japan summons S Korean envoy over Lee visit
08-10 14:38
Japan summoned the South Korean envoy on Friday to protest over a visit by President Lee Myung-Bak to islands at the centre of a dispute between the two co...

Australia admits hackers downed spy agency site
08-10 12:57
Hacking group Anonymous claimed to have shut down a computer server belonging to Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO, reportedly briefly closing down acces...

Malaysia crime implosion heightens fears
08-10 12:54
The fear of crime is soaring in Malaysia as personal tales of abduction, assault and robbery go viral online, raising pressure on authorities to respond and trigg...

Japan revised June industrial output
08-10 12:49
Japan's industrial output rose 0.4 percent in June, revised data showed on Friday, suggesting that output is showing signs of stabilising, Reuters reports. ...

Google to pay big fine on privacy violation
08-10 12:39
Google has agreed to pay a record US$22.5-million (HK$174.5-million) civil penalty to settle charges that it bypassed Apple users' privacy settings to track t...

Algorithms deployed to trace crime, rumor, and epidemics
08-10 12:21
Scientists in Switzerland said they devised software that can swiftly trace terror suspects, computer viruses, rumor-mongering and even infectious diseases back ...

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