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Sony's PlayStation 4 sales top seven million
Sony says it has sold seven million PlayStation 4 worldwide since its launch last year and admitted it can't make them fast enough, in a welcome change of fortune for the Japanese consumer electronics giant.
18 April 2014
Brazil names 46 suspects in money-laundering, drug probe
Police in Brazil have named 46 people, including an ex-executive at oil giant Petrobras, as suspects in an alleged $4.5 billion money laundering and drug operation, officials said.
18 April 2014
Paleontologists discover land herbivores' earliest ancestor
Paleontologists unearthed the oldest ancestor of land-dwelling herbivores with the discovery of a 300-million-year-old skeleton, shedding light onto plant eaters' emergence on land, a study said.
18 April 2014
William and Kate tour town ravaged by bushfires
Survivors of last year's devastating Australian bushfires met with Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate on Thursday as the royal couple visited the Blue Mountains.
18 April 2014
Russian FSB demanded Ukraine protest group details: VKontakte founder
The founder of Russia's biggest social network VKontakte (VK) said Russia's security services demanded to know the identities of people running group pages of Ukrainian pro-EU protest last year.
18 April 2014
Japan virtual star Hatsune to join Lady Gaga tour
Hatsune Miku, a computer-generated Japanese pop star who performs as a hologram, is to support some of Lady Gaga's tour of North America next month, the US songstress has announced on Twitter.
17 April 2014
Central Bank to raise requirements to banks tenfold by 2020
Central Bank Governor elaborated that consolidation of banks is needed to ensure their competitive ability given the anticipated entry of subsidiaries of international players after 2020.
17 April 2014
Honda's new ASIMO robot, more human-like than ever
It walks and runs, even up and down stairs. It can open a bottle and serve a drink, and politely tries to shake hands with a stranger. Meet the latest ASIMO, Honda's humanoid robot.
17 April 2014
No job without medical examination in Kazakhstan
Medical examination has been proposed as a necessary condition for employment in Kazakhstan in a new amendment to the Code on People’s Health and Healthcare System of Kazakhstan.
17 April 2014
Philippine leader apologises over 'world's worst airport'
Philippine President Benigno Aquino publicly apologised on Wednesday for failures in air conditioning at Manila airport, already named by an online travel guide as the world's worst.
17 April 2014
'Shouldn't we move?' Ferry evacuation under scrutiny
National shock at a ferry disaster that may have claimed the lives of hundreds of South Korean schoolchildren was mixed with fury Thursday at growing evidence that many passengers were denied a proper chance to escape the sinking vessel.
17 April 2014
Eight drown as immigrant boat sinks off Turkey
Eight people died, including a child, and five others were missing on Wednesday after a boat carrying migrants towards Greece capsized off western Turkey, local media reported.
17 April 2014
Ford Mustang turns 50 atop Empire State Building
Ford celebrated the 50th birthday of its beloved Mustang by displaying a new model of the convertible on top of the Empire State Building in New York.
17 April 2014
Liberia's first post-war president dies
Former Liberian president Gyude Bryant, who led a peacetime government after two ruinous back-to-back civil wars, died aged 65 on Wednesday, the government said in a statement.
17 April 2014
More dead pigs found in China river
At least 170 dead pigs have been found in a Chinese river, state media reported Thursday -- the latest in a string of similar incidents that have raised fears over food safety.
17 April 2014
Goat to be cloned to treat rare genetic disorder
Scientists in Brazil have genetically modified a goat to produce milk with an enzyme to treat a rare genetic disorder, O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported.
17 April 2014
Dead star's brothers to finish 'Fast and Furious 7'
Late "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker's brothers will stand in for him to complete the seventh movie in the blockbuster franchise, after the actor's death, filmmakers said.
17 April 2014
Australian state premier quits over wine 'memory fail'
A leading Australian politician resigned Wednesday after admitting to a "massive memory fail" when he told a corruption inquiry he never received a bottle of wine worth Aus$3,000 (US$2,780).
17 April 2014
London opens 'most beautiful' show of Matisse cut-outs
London's Tate Modern will on Thursday open a blockbuster exhibition celebrating the cut-out works of French artist Henri Matisse, which made even Picasso jealous.
17 April 2014
Kazakhstan to cooperate with Bahrain in aluminum production
Kazakhstan and Bahrain have signed a memorandum on cooperation in aluminum production at the Bahrain-Kazakhstan: Strategic Partnership business forum.
16 April 2014