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.
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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.
Vatican inspectors suspect key office was used for money laundering
Vatican financial investigators suspect a department of the Holy See which oversees real estate and investments was used in the past for possible money laundering ...
Mermaid school seeks students to create Singapore’s first pod
"We're all weird here," ...
China golf: Communist Party bans club membership
The Chinese Communist Party has banned all 88 million of its members from joining golf clubs, in its latest update of party discipline rules.
Amazon targets 1,114 ‘fake reviewers’ in Seattle lawsuit
Amazon is taking legal action against more than 1,000 people it says have posted fake reviews on its website.
Apple ordered to pay $234 million to university for infringing patent
A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison's patent licensing arm more than $234 million in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the company's iPhones and iPads without permission.
