Amazon fired its first serious shots across Apple and iOS’s bow this morning as it unveiled multiple new Kindle slates at surprisingly low prices, including new no-keyboard touch models as well as the not-so-secret headliner, dubbed “Kindle Fire” and built around Google’s Android operating system. “Four years ago, we set out to improve upon the [...]
Robin Van persieis prominently in Roberto Mancini’s thoughts as Manchester City plan for life without Carlos Tevez and reluctantly prepare to take a huge financial hit on the Argentinian. The potential availability of the Arsenal captain, who is in the last two years of his contract and showing no desire to negotiate new terms, has [...]
A very rare humpback whale that’s entirely white has been spotted near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The whale’s thought to be a few weeks old and was spotted by a local man. He said: “I couldn’t believe my eyes, and I just grabbed my camera. Then the white calf approached my boat, seeming to want [...]
Two second half goals to teenage forwards Lucas and Neymar inspired Brazil to a 2-0 victory over arch-rivals Argentina in a friendly played only with home-based players in Belem on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Sao Paulo forward Lucas, one of the leading lights in the South American under-20 title earlier this year, capped off an exhilarating [...]
World stocks fell on Friday with European shares on track to mark their biggest quarterly loss since the collapse of Lehman Bros three years ago as European economic readings compounded pessimism over global growth. The euro slipped, on course for its biggest monthly drop in nearly a year, weighed down by the lack of visible [...]
Private sector stakeholders have proposed a market stabilisation fund (MSF) in an effort to boost liquidity in the capital market and bail out the retail investors who have been hit hard by flagging stocks. The country’s apex trade body, owners of listed companies, merchant banks, the two stock exchanges and a platform of retail investors [...]
American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who preached terror as the public face of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed in Yemen, the nation’s Defense Ministry said Friday. The United States regards al-Awlaki, who was believed to be hiding in Yemen, as a terrorist and the biggest threat to its homeland security. Western [...]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he decided not to run for a second term because Vladimir Putin is both more popular and more authoritative. It did not mean next year’s election result was predetermined, he said in a first interview since Prime Minister Putin revealed their plan to swap jobs. Mr Putin’s bid to return [...]
South Korea’s ruling-party chief on Friday began a rare visit to North Korea by a senior Seoul politician, saying he hopes to break a long stalemate in cross-border relations. Hong Joon-Pyo, chairman of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP), crossed the closely guarded border to pay a one-day visit to a jointly run industrial [...]
Saudi King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a Saudi woman to be lashed 10 times for defying the kingdom’s ban on female drivers, a government official said Wednesday. The official declined to elaborate on the monarch’s decision, and spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media. A [...]