Soccer schools and boardroom deals: China’s play for World Cup glory
Wang Shijie, 11, is a rising star among the nearly 3,000 students at Guangzhou Evergrande's huge soccer academy in south China.
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‘Mein Kampf’ to be republished in Germany 70 years after Hitler’s death
There may be no taboo greater in Germany than to republish Adolf Hitler manifesto's, "Mein Kampf."
U.S. government reveals breadth of requests for Internet records
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has used a secretive authority to compel Internet and telecommunications firms to hand over customer data including an individual’s complete web browsing history and records of all online purchases
Google could be your next mortgage broker
Shopping for a mortgage? Google is now a licensed mortgage broker.
On China’s fringes, cyber spies raise their game
Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere.
Saudi Arabia ‘to execute more than 50 convicted of terrorism’
Amnesty International has expressed alarm at reports that the authorities in Saudi Arabia are planning to execute dozens of people in a single day.
Canada refugee plan revives concerns over porous U.S. border
Standing two feet from Canada on windswept Montana prairie land, U.S. Border Patrol agent Andrew Herdina looks out over a line of crooked old fence posts with no wire between them -- the international border.
Yahoo stops some users accessing emails in ad-blockers row
Yahoo has confirmed that it is preventing some people from accessing their email if they are using ad-blocking software in their browser.
Hong Kong goes to the polls in first vote since democracy protests
Hong Kong went to the polls on Sunday (Nov 22) for the first time since huge pro-democracy protests gripped the city, in a key test of public sentiment.
Hong Kong bookstore disappearances shock publishing industry
In a frenetic commercial district of Hong Kong, sandwiched between shops selling vitamins and clothing to tourists, the Causeway Bay Bookstore touts itself as the authority on Chinese politics.
