A member of the central China "AIDS demolition team" said he regretted being used to intimidate residents into vacating their homes.

A key chapter in Internet history is coming to a close.

The minimalist-chic Scrooser, an electric-powered, fat-tired conveyance designed for urban cruising, is, as its maker succinctly describes it, a “mini Harley-Davidson for the sidewalk”.

Having been seen — unfairly — as an issue mainly of interest to conservationists, 2014 saw deforestation become firmly established as a business priority.

Google Inc's Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world's biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame.

China's disciplinary watchdog will launch a mobile application on Jan 1, part of its efforts to reach to a broader audience amid China's anti-corruption campaign.

The University of Oxford gives out more first and upper-second class degrees than the norm.

South Korea's nuclear power operator said on Sunday that cyberattacks on non-critical operations at the company's headquarters are continuing but the country's nuclear power plants are operating safely and are secure from attack.

Sony said Sunday its PlayStation Network for online gaming is back after a multi-day outage on some of the busiest days of the year.

An "X-ray eye" designed to study distant galaxies and black holes has turned its attention to our own star and snapped a remarkable portrait.