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New apps could boost citizen journalism
AFP, Published on 29/03/2015
» WASHINGTON - When three buildings collapsed and ignited a blaze in New York, a smartphone app brought the live video feed to anyone online wanting to watch.
N.Korea may have 100 atomic arms by 2020: US experts
AFP, Published on 25/02/2015
» WASHINGTON - North Korea appears poised to expand its nuclear program over the next five years and in a worst case scenario could possess 100 atomic arms by 2020, US researchers warned Tuesday.
Japan Post to buy Toll Holdings
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/02/2015
» SYDNEY —Japan Post Holdings Co agreed to buy Australia’s Toll Holdings Ltd for A$6.49 billion ($5.07 billion), gaining a transport network in the faster-growing Asian region what could be among the world's biggest IPOs later this year.
Netflix eyes empire as Internet TV battle heats up
AFP, Published on 22/01/2015
» Netflix is ramping up efforts to conquer the world with its streaming video service, even as competition is heating up in the growing market for Internet television.
China extends high-speed rail network to Xinjiang
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» China tied the restive far-western region of Xinjiang closer to the rest of the country Friday, opening a high-speed rail line between its remote capital and a city nearly 1,800 kilometres away.
IS downs warplane over Syria, claims capture of Jordan pilot
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» The Islamic State group on Wednesday shot down a warplane from the US-led coalition over northern Syria, a monitoring group said, with the jihadists claiming to have captured a Jordanian pilot.
Netflix to launch in Australia, New Zealand in March
AFP, Published on 19/11/2014
» US online entertainment powerhouse Netflix said Wednesday it would move into the Australian and New Zealand markets as it expands further internationally before the launch of a new rival.
India's Modi expands cabinet to speed up economic reforms
AFP, Published on 09/11/2014
» Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strengthened his government on Sunday, appointing 21 new ministers in an attempt to speed up promised economic reforms after storming to power five months ago.
Modi set to expand cabinet to speed up economic reforms
AFP, Published on 09/11/2014
» NEW DELHI - Indian premier Narendra Modi is set to appoint a new defence minister Sunday in a major cabinet expansion aimed at speeding up promised economic reforms, after storming to power in May.
US-led Syria strikes hit Qaeda, Islamist rebels
AFP, Published on 07/11/2014
» BEIRUT - US-led air strikes in Syria hit Al-Qaeda-linked militants and an Islamist rebel brigade in a rare expansion of weeks-long raids targeting the Islamic State group, a monitor said Thursday.