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Japan to compile guidelines for self-driving car tests
Published on 23/10/2015
» TOKYO — The National Police Agency said Friday it plans to draw up guidelines for public road tests of self-driving vehicles in Japan by March 2017.
Malaysia to raise minimum wage to spur demand
Published on 23/10/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Amid the global uncertainty that could see Malaysia's economic growth slowing next year, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is pushing for a higher minimum wage and bigger handouts for the poor in a proposed 2016 budget announced Friday.
Smartphone lanes
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/10/2015
» Smartphone users seldom pay attention to what is going on around them. Kasetsart University has a new way of keeping them safe.
Sweden sword attacker had far-right sympathies: media reports
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» TROLLHäTTAN (SWEDEN) - A masked man armed with a sword who killed two people in a school in southwestern Sweden Thursday and injured two others before being shot by police had far-right sympathies, Swedish media reported.
Putin accuses West of playing 'double game' with Syria terrorist groups
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of playing a "double game" with terrorist groups in Syria, where a US-led coalition is conducting a bombing campaign.
Raf Simons quits as Dior creative director
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» PARIS - Raf Simons has quit as creative director at Christian Dior after more than three years, the fashion house said Thursday.
Rossi ends America's eight-year driver wait
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» AUSTIN - Alexander Rossi will become the first American Formula One driver to race on home soil for eight years when he lines up for the Manor Marussia team in this weekend's United States Grand Prix.
Britain's great first day sees Paralympics gold and records
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» DOHA - British athletes dominated the opening morning of the IPC 2015 World Championships in Qatar on Thursday, winning the first gold medal and setting its first new world record.
Big guns open up on first day of Hong Kong Open
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» HONG KONG - The big guns in the Hong Kong Open started to show their class after the first round Thursday -- with Justin Rose setting himself up for the tournament by hitting five under to sit in joint second after a "solid" performance.
New Zealand to present UN measure on Israeli-Palestinian crisis
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Deploring a failure of diplomacy, New Zealand said Thursday it will present a draft UN resolution to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts after a French measure fell flat.