NEW ZEALAND – A phone fraud of epidemic proportions the Consumer Affairs Ministry believes has sucked in 50,000 New Zealanders and cost up to $10 million is a result of parts of the US$47 billion Indian technology outsourcing industry having gone rancid. The scams are being run from call centres in India by companies posing [...]
China’s media are curbing combative reporting of a high-speed train disaster after what observers said were orders from the ruling Communist Party’s propaganda arm to stop criticism that has echoed public outrage over the tragedy. For a week, many Chinese newspapers defied censorship orders and pursued unusually aggressive reporting of the crash on July 23 [...]
WASHINGTON — Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced historic agreement Sunday night on emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default. The dramatic resolution lifted a cloud that had threatened the still-fragile economic recovery at home — and it instantly powered a rise in financial markets overseas. The agreement would slice [...]
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The USGS said the quake was recorded at 2339 GMT on Sunday evening, 130km east of the town of Wewak at a shallow depth of 16km. But [...]
British police on Sunday charged an 18-year-old man on suspicion of being a spokesman for the Lulz Security and Anonymous computer hacking groups, Scotland Yard said. Officers from a London-based cybercrime unit detained Jake Davis on Wednesday in a “pre-planned intelligence-led operation” on the Shetland Islands, off the northeast coast of Scotland, before taking him [...]
DAVIE, Fla. — Brandon Marshall made a juggling, one-handed catch during a drill, drawing a loud ovation from Miami Dolphins fans in nearby sun-baked stands. A few minutes later, another spectacular grab earned him a fist-bump from coach Tony Sparano and left Marshall clapping his hands. He seemed incredibly happy. Off the field, that isn’t [...]
A California taxidermist has earned a rare place in pop history. Sergio Vigalato preserved Lady Gaga’s now-famous raw-meat dress for display in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. The project has prompted a swarm of media interest in the 66-year-old former Southeast Alaska charter boat skipper who’s originally from Brazil. [...]
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan – A suicide attacker killed 12 Afghan policemen and a child in the southern city of Lashkar Gah Sunday when he detonated a car bomb, the country’s Ministry of Interior said. The attack in the heart of a city which was recently handed over to Afghan security forces was a reminder of [...]
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