Canton Fair sees considerable decline in number of overseas buyers
People visit the 112th China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 15, 2012. University students seeking jobs as interpreters wait outside the...
View ArticlePretty house mistress makes a splash at male dormitory in Zhejiang university
Wang Xue, 22, who received a bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University of Media and Communications in June, made headlines by becoming a house mistress for a male dormitory in the Zhejiang...
View ArticleScandal-hit Japanese Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka steps down over gang links
Keishu Tanaka, the ex-Justice Minister of Japan Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday, just three weeks after the scandal-tainted...
View Article'I'm jealous of S. Korean rapper Psy', says UN chief Ban Ki Moon
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon says he is jealous of South Korean rapper Psy. The UN chief joked during a meeting with the rapper that said he felt overshadowed by the star, whose...
View ArticleJimmy Savile sex abuse scandal: 9 BBC staff to face child abuse allegations
Pressure; George Entwistle The head of the BBC was under mounting pressure to quit last night after a Panorama documentary raised more questions over the failure to screen damning evidence against...
View ArticleIVF treatment UK woman Emma Draper dies from blood clot
Baby dream: Emma fell into a coma and died Emma and Peter Draper thought all their dreams had come true when a pregnancy test came back positive just two weeks after starting IVF treatment. But their...
View ArticleBritish TV actor accused of raping 14-year-old boy at London theater in 2010
British television star is accused of raping a 14-year-old boy. The accusation comes while British authorities are investigating whether there was a cover up in the sexual assault case of TV icon, the...
View ArticleUS woman Angela Buchanan poses as doctor to lure woman into lesbian affair
Angela Buchanan has been charged with impersonating a doctor to engage in a lesbian relationship. Picture: Angelina County Source: Supplied A woman has been charged with impersonating a doctor in a...
View ArticleChina Resources starts construction of 525m-tall headquarters in Shenzhen
CHINA Resources has started construction of a 525-meter-tall headquarters building in the Shenzhen Bay area south of the “Spring Cocoon,” where the opening ceremony of the 2011 Summer Universiade was...
View ArticleUniversity of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital adding beds, services
THE outpatient department at University of Hong Kong (HKU) Shenzhen Hospital will soon be able to handle 800 patients a day, more than double its original capacity of 300, after yesterday’s official...
View ArticleRoads to be closed for 3 years for construction of Shenzhen metro line 7
THE section of Huaqiangbei Road between Hongli Road and Shennan Boulevard in Futian District will be closed for the next three years for construction of Shenzhen Metro’s Xili Line (Metro line 7)....
View ArticleVirginity for sale: Brazilian PE student Catarina Migliorini sell her...
Catarina Migliorini could gain $780,000 by losing her virginity Catarina Migliorini has been auctioning off her virginity online for the past few weeks and a man from Japan known as "Natsu" came out...
View ArticleLack of donations put Shenzhen charity shops on the verge of bankruptcy
EIGHT charity shops are on the verge of bankruptcy because of insufficient donations needed to stock their shelves with goods for the poor, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday. Charity shops...
View ArticleRetirement home scandal: Lee Shi-hyung to be summoned on Oct 25
President Lee Myung-bak's only son will face questioning by a team of independent investigators Thursday as part of an escalating probe into his father's now-scrapped retirement home plan. Lee...
View Article5 more metro lines to be built under Shenzhen residential areas
Excvavtor & truck working on construction land of Shenzhen metro project By the end of 2016 the Shenzhen metro lines may cover the whole city, with an underground system spanning 350 km, the 4th...
View ArticleBenghazi attack suspect held in Tunisia, 2nd suspect killed in Cairo
An Egyptian security official says a local militant suspected of involvement in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya has been killed in clashes in Cairo. The official says the man, known only by...
View ArticleKim Chol, N. Korean official, executed for drinking during Kim Jong-il...
A senior North Korean military official was executed with a mortar round for drinking alcohol during the mourning period for the late Kim Jong-il, according to South Korean media. North Korea’s vice...
View Article2 arrested for vandalism during anti-japan riots in Guangzhou
Zha and Yang were believed to have destroyed the outer glass wall, tables and chairs, fish tank, floor and wall of a Japanese style restaurant in the second floor of Garden Hotel where the Japanese...
View ArticlePaedophile Reginald Davies convicted of sex abuse dating back 63 years
Guilty: Reginald Davies An ex-miner has been convicted of sex attacks on four children from 1949 to 1973 in what are believed to be some of the oldest criminal cases brought to court. Paedophile...
View ArticleShenzhen jails 7 former hospital executives for bribe-taking
SEVEN former hospital executives in Shenzhen were sentenced by a local court Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six years and six months to 13 years. Kong Deqi, former president of Henggang...
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