Air Canada suspends ticket sales in VenezuelaAir Canada suspended ticket sales in Venezuela on Friday, adding to a rising number of airlines protesting a government devaluation of the local currency just for travellers.
25 January 2014
Nigeria to hold presidential vote on February 14, 2015Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term.
25 January 2014
6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's JavaA 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, but local officials said there was no risk of a tsunami.
25 January 2014
Google apologizes after online services stumbleGoogle apologized Friday after the Internet giant's widely used free email and an array of other services were disrupted by apparent software woes.
25 January 2014
Apple mulling move into mobile paymentsApple is considering launching a mobile-payments service for its iPhone and iPad, which would compete with major players such as PayPal, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.
25 January 2014
Khodorkovsky associate walks free after decade in jailFormer oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev walked free from prison on Friday after Russia's Supreme Court ordered his early release.
25 January 2014
Three years before the vote, Clinton machine gears upWith the news that America's largest liberal fundraising group is to back a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016, a growing sense of inevitability is building around her prospective candidacy.
25 January 2014
China gears up for peak New Year travel periodChina was gearing up Saturday for the peak travel period of the world's largest annual human migration as the Spring Festival national holidays draws near.
25 January 2014
Urban gardens greening Berlin rooftops, airfieldTomatoes, veggies and herbs are sprouting from Berlin parks, a shopping mall rooftop and even a former airfield in community gardens that pioneer farmers say add green spice to urban life.
25 January 2014
First Changellenge Cup held in KazakhstanWinners of the 1st business case solution Changellenge Cup Kazakhstan have been awarded in Almaty-based International Academy of Business.
US kids read little on e-readers, tablets: studyTwo-thirds of young children in the United States now have access to an e-reader or tablet, but only half of them actually use the device to read.
24 January 2014
NASA launches communications satelliteNASA on Thursday launched a new satellite to boost its growing communications network between Earth and the International Space Station, allowing for nearly uninterrupted video, voice link and data transmission.
24 January 2014
Ukraine police deny responsibility for gunshot deathsUkrainian police have confirmed that two young men who died in the latest clashes with security forces were killed by gunshot wounds but denied responsibility for their deaths.
Kok Zhailyau resort to have freeride tracksKok Zhailyau mountain skiing resort near Kazakhstan's Almaty will have kinds of ski tracks and slopes for skiers of different levels.
24 January 2014
US judge suspends Chinese units of 'Big Four' auditorsA US judge has ordered Chinese units of the "Big Four" global accounting firms to be suspended from auditing US-traded companies for six months, saying they had "willfully violated" US laws.