Jimmy the orphaned koala becomes an Internet sensation in Australia
Jimmy hanging out on a sink at his temporary home at Crescent Head in NSW. Picture: Supplied Jimmy the koala wrapped around his keeper's leg. Picture: Supplied HE'S the little koala who has become...
View Article3 Shenzhen companies on 2012 Fortune 500 list
CHINA Merchants Bank is a new entrant on this year’s Fortune 500 list, increasing the number of Shenzhen-based firms on the list to three from last year’s two. The bank ranked ranked at 498 on the list...
View ArticleInflation slows in Shenzhen but prices stay high
FOR American Gretta Herrin, a young employee of Shenzhen Graduate School of Beijing University in Nanshan District, the cost of living in Shenzhen seems to be more than that in Beijing. "However, I...
View ArticlePorn star Ron Jeremy recruited to nab accused Canadian cannibal Luka Magnotta
Saucy plot: Respected adult movie actor Ron Jeremy [left] was asked by Sia and Shane Barbi [right] and animal rights group Rescue Ink to lure Magnotta to the U.S. where he could be arrested for...
View ArticleShenzhen to lower taxi fuel surcharge
SHENZHEN’S transport commission will soon lower the fuel surcharge on local taxi fares by 1 yuan (US$0.16) following yesterday’s decrease in the price of 93-octane gasoline, to 7.34 yuan per liter....
View ArticleShenzhen corrupt official gets suspended death sentence
Zhong Xinming GUANGDONG Higher Peo-ple’s Court has upheld the death sentence with two years’ suspension for a former vice head of Longgang District who was convicted of taking bribes of HK$35.9...
View ArticleShenzhen government launches Sina microblog
THE city government has taken a step forward in its efforts to improve communication with residents by opening an official microblog on Sina Weibo, the most popular microblogging service in the...
View ArticleShekou to pilot Shenzhen's "City of Public Transport" program
SHEKOU will be a demonstration area for Shenzhen’s “City of Public Transport” program, according to an agreement signed yesterday. The agreement sets goals for establishing an efficient, convenient and...
View ArticleShenzhen to hold new-energy auto expo in October
A CHINA (Shenzhen) International New-energy Auto and Auto Parts Industrial Expo will be held at Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District from Oct. 15 to 17. The expo will provide a...
View ArticleEva Rausing update: Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing may have lived with...
Billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing may have lived with his wife Eva's dead body for up to four days before it was discovered by police Transformation: The couple were pictured looking scruffy and...
View ArticleStressed-out bank worker scratches 8 cars in Shenzhen
A BANK employee was released from a local detention house Sunday after spending two days in custody for scratching cars parked in a housing estate in Futian District. The man, surnamed Li, scratched...
View ArticleGood samaritan: 65yo NZ man Bruce Callister 21 bodies' worth of blood in 43 yrs
Bruce Callister is pictured with 168 litres of milk, the equivalent of the amount of blood he has donated. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery Bruce Callister says what goes around, comes around. It's one of...
View ArticleRunaway penguin in Japan named Sazanami
Previously called Humboldt penguin No. 337, the runaway will be named Sazanami, which translates as "small waves" AFP A penguin whose escape from an aquarium in Japan gained him a following around...
View ArticleUS comedian Daniel Tosh 'sorry' for abusing woman in rape jokes
US comedian Daniel Tosh has apologised for making rape jokes and threatening a woman in the audience. The 37-year-old was widely criticised for his performance on Friday night at Los Angeles comedy...
View ArticleAnnie Hawkins-Turner has 102ZZZ boobs, each weigh over 4-yr-old kid
Ample charms ... Annie Hawkins-Turner, known as Norma Stitz Outsize assets ... Annie Hawkins-Turner, known as Norma Stitz ANNIE Hawkins-Turner is used to people being unable to look her in the eye...
View Article3-year-old Xiao Xiao weighs just 2.5kg, could be the world's smallest girl
Xiao Xiao could be the world’s smallest girl after she stopped growing — at just 54 cm tall. 54cm tall Xiao Xiao Xiao Xiao with her mother A THREE-year-old girl could be the world’s smallest girl...
View ArticleChannel closed for construction of undersea gas pipelines
TONGGU Channel, the busiest waterway off western Shenzhen, will be closed today through Saturday for the construction of undersea gas pipelines. The pipelines are part of China’s second west-east...
View ArticleShenzhen company building touch-screen empire
A COMPANY in Henggang, Longgang District, has gone from working with low-end watches to producing half of the cell phone touch-screens in the world. Bern Optical (Shenzhen) Co., established in 1989 by...
View ArticleMeet Jaxon Smith, Canadian self-taught drummer who becomes pro player at age...
Child star: Jaxon Smith, 7, became a online sensation after his dad posted a YouTube video of him drumming along to the Foo Fighter's The Pretender Time for TV: With more than 400,000 online views,...
View ArticleUS man Tavares Colbert jailed after accidentally shooting his genitals
A felon was arrested in Oklahoma City for possession of a firearm after he told police he shot himself in the genitals, officials said. Tavares Donnell Colbert, 36, shot himself in the genitals...
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