Tencent hits the road (and goes off the beaten path) to create China’s biggest ‘street view’
Started with just three areas in late 2011, Tencent’s (HKG:0700) street view imagery is now the most comprehensive in China. In a country where Google has not been permitted to roll out its iconic Street …
Former PM Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, hospital says
Sharon is suffering multiple organ failure, Prof. Zeev Rotstein says. Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, the director general of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, said Thursday morning, after the former prime minister’s medical condition had significantly deteriorated. “He has not undergone dialysis,” Prof. Zeev Rotstein said, “He is still getting the same medical treatments he […]
Read More →Africa’s Most Successful Women: Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu
Every now and then, I profile outstanding African women who’re making giant strides in business, politics, technology, entrepreneurship and leadership on the continent and elsewhere around the world. This week, I profile the spectacular Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, an Ethiopian entrepreneur and the founder of SoleRebels, a thriving eco-sensitive footwear brand that pundits hail as Africa’s answer […]
Read More →Two ‘pretty’ women from China caught for smuggling drugs at LCCT
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — The first visit to Malaysia for two “sweet young things” from China turned sour when they were detained by Customs officers at the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang…
China denounces U.S. for sending Uighur “terrorists” to Slovakia
China’s Foreign Ministry criticised the United States on Thursday for sending the last three Uighur Chinese inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre to Slovakia, saying they were “terrorists” who posed a real security danger. Yusef Abbas, Saidullah Khalik, and Hajiakbar Abdul Ghuper are the last of 22 Muslim minority Chinese nationals to be moved from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, according to the Pentagon. Slovakia’s Interior Ministry confirmed that it would take in the three. Uighurs are a Turkic-speaking Muslim people from China’s far western region of Xinjiang.
Murdoch’s Fox sells Star China TV stake
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox said Thursday it was selling its 47 percent stake in Star China TV, which operates three Mandarin-language television stations.
South Sudan government, rebels set for ceasefire talks
Fighting erupted in South Sudan 15 December, when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of attempting a coup. Sudanese citizens walk to board a Sudanese plane back to Khartoum after it brought food aid, medicine, and clothes in Juba on Tuesday (AFP PHOTO/CHARLES ATIKI) AFP- South Sudan’s warring parties were Wednesday set […]
Read More →Nine activists sentenced for two years in prison Rana Muhammad Taha
Supporters of Khaled Said and his family had gathered outside court to show solidarity in June 2013 (Photo Al-Dostour Party Handout) Sentenced activists include prominent Alexandrian activists accused of taking part in protest in solidarity with Khaled Said The Raml Misdemeanour Court sentenced on Thursday nine Alexandrians for two years in prison and an […]
Read More →Kerry renews Middle East diplomacy drive
John Kerry, US secretary of state, has met Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to push for a framework for Middle East peace talks. The two leaders met in Jerusalem on Thursday, marking the start of what is expected to be an intense fo…
Read More →Bombing in northern Iraq city kills 19
BAGHDAD (AP) — A truck packed with explosives blew up in a city north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 19 people, as security forces and allied tribesman battled to put down an uprising by al-Qaida-linked militants who overran police stations in several Sunni cities. The Shiite-led government was trying to contain the eruption of militant violence in mainly Sunni Anbar province amid mounting sectarian tensions, fueled by authorities’ moves the past week, arresting a senior Sunni politician accused of terrorism and dismantling a months-old Sunni sit-in protest. In an apparent move to raise Sunni support, security forces arrested a controversial Shiite cleric who leads an…
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