Asian markets sink further on global economy fears
Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets suffered fresh selling pressure Monday, while the dollar dipped and oil hit multi-year lows, following another round of losses on Wall Street fuelled by global growth...
View ArticleDavid Beckham Has Made An Ad About Ebola Prevention To Be Shown In Africa
David Beckham is set to front an ad campaign designed to raise awareness about the spread of Ebola, according a report in The Sun on Sunday.He will star in a video that will be screened across West...
View ArticleMark Bell, electronica pioneer with Bjork, dies at 43
New York (AFP) - Mark Bell, a trailblazer in developing electronic music who helped define Bjork's sound in the 1990s, has died at age 43, his label said Monday.The British music producer died last...
View ArticleReport: Google Is About To Invest In A Technology That Competes With Oculus Rift
It's called "cinematic reality," and according to a report from Re/code, Google is about to invest in it in a big way.Specifically, they're reporting that the tech company and other investors are...
View ArticleInternet caretaker ICANN to escape US control
San Francisco (AFP) - The head of the private agency entrusted with running the Internet has said that the group is on course to break free of US oversight late next year.Internet Corporation for...
View ArticleProtesters mark six months since Nigerian schoolgirls' kidnap
Abuja (AFP) - Protesters calling for the release of 219 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants were set Tuesday to mark the six-month anniversary of their abduction with a march on the...
View ArticleNearly 7 Million Dropbox Passwords Have Been Hacked
Nearly 7 million Dropbox usernames and passwords have been hacked, apparently via third-party services that hackers were able to strip the login information from.The Next Web was the first to notice...
View ArticleChina, Russia seek 'international justice'
Moscow (AFP) - Russia and China pledged to ramp up efforts to promote a just world order as they signed dozens of deals ranging from energy to finance.Visiting Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and his...
View ArticleCoalition commanders seek plan to counter IS advance
Mursitpinar (Turkey) (AFP) - Commanders from the US-led coalition against Islamic State jihadists will meet in Washington Tuesday to discuss halting the group's advance in Iraq and Syria, as air...
View ArticleUS, UN leaders urge 'more robust' fight against Ebola
Monrovia (AFP) - The US and UN leaders called for "more robust" international efforts to tackle Ebola, after medics in Liberia demanded danger money to treat patients in what officials termed the worst...
View ArticleProsecution fails in New Zealand's largest fraud trial
Wellington (AFP) - A New Zealand judge found two financiers not guilty in the country's largest fraud trial, saying prosecutors failed to prove they deliberately misled investors before their company...
View ArticleHodgson takes aim at Rodgers over fitness
London (AFP) - England manager Roy Hodgson has risked inflaming his already simmering feud with Brendan Rodgers by criticising the Liverpool manager's method of keeping Raheem Sterling fit.Hodgson's...
View ArticleIndian sprinter fights 'cruel' gender rules
New Delhi (AFP) - A teenage Indian sprinter who was banned from international competition for failing a "gender test" is hoping her fight against rules on sexual identity will spare others the same...
View ArticleTurkey bombs Kurdish rebel targets in southeast: source
Diyarbakir (Turkey) (AFP) - Turkish jets bombed targets in the southeast where members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are based, the first strikes on the outlawed group since a 2013 ceasefire, a...
View ArticlePistorius presses bid to avoid jail at sentencing hearing
Pretoria (AFP) - Oscar Pistorius tried to show he is the ideal candidate for house arrest Tuesday, as the judge heard the final defence witnesses in the Paralympic gold medallist's sentencing hearing....
View ArticleMarkets Are Down
Another dip in European markets this morning:France's CAC 40 is down 0.37%Spain's IBEX is down 0.21%Italy's FTSE MIB is down 0.23%Britain's FTSE 100 is down 0.33%Germany's DAX is down 0.26%In Asia, the...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know In Advertising This Morning
Grab your morning coffee and settle into the day with the most important advertising news.1. Brands are rushing to advertise on WWE’s Netflix-for-Wrestling.Pepsi, Mattel and Kmart are the first...
View ArticleHere Comes Eurozone Industrial Production...
Eurozone industrial production figures for August out at 5 a.m. ET Tuesday, and economists are expecting another slump. Output is forecast to drop 0.9% from the same month last year, and 1.6% from...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning. Here's what you need to know for Tuesday.1. The EU’s top court will begin a potentially explosive legal review of the European Central Bank’s bond-buying plan. The European Court of...
View ArticleOil resumes slide after OPEC shrugs off glut worries
New York (AFP) - Oil prices slid lower Monday, with Brent hitting a four-year low, on oversupply worries heightened by OPEC signals that producers have no intention of cutting output.US benchmark West...
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