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(Reuters) – Boeing Co on Wednesday unveiled a smartphone that appears to come straight from a James Bond spy movie. In addition to encrypting calls, any attempt to open the casing of the Boeing Black Smartphone deletes all data and renders the device inoperable. The secure phone marks an extension of the communications arm of the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor, which is best known for jetliners and fighter planes. Such a phone might have […]
(Reuters) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Saturday (March 1) urged Japan to stop denying the past during an official ceremony to mark Independence Movement Day. This year commemorates the 95th year of the declaration of the nation’s independence from Japanese colonisation on March 1, 1919. Japan’s ties with South Korea are increasingly strained over a host of issues, including the territorial rows and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit late last year to the Yasukuni Shrine, where convicted war criminals are […]
(Reuters) — Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his New York apartment on February 2 with a needle in his arm, died of an accidental overdose of drugs, the New York City Chief Medical Examiner said on Friday (February 28). The cause of death was acute drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamine, according to Julie Bolcer, spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner’s Office. No other details were immediately available. A drug overdose had been suspected when Hoffman, 46, […]
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that military intervention in Ukraine would lead to “costs,” as tension with old foe President Vladimir Putin rose in a Cold War-style crisis. “We are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine,” he told reporters. Obama and European leaders would consider skipping a G8 summit this summer in the Russian city of Sochi if Moscow intervenes militarily […]
(Reuters) — Residents of Baghdad’s Sadr City neighbourhood lit candles at the scene where more than 30 people killed in a blast of motorcycle rigged with explosives on Thursday (February 27). The motorcycle was parked in a second-hand bike market in the Shi’ite Muslim neighbourhood that was filled with people, mostly young men, when it exploded late Thursday afternoon, killing 31 and wounding 51 others, Iraqi medical and police sources said. Blood covered the ground, storefront windows were […]
(Reuters) — Philippines President Benigno Aquino urged for a peaceful solution to the South China Sea dispute in accordance with the rule of law during a state visit to Malaysia on Friday (February 28). Aquino said the issue was discussed during a bilateral meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. “The prime minister and I agreed with a peaceful settlement of the dispute in the West Philippines and the South China Sea in accordance with the rule of law and the United Nations Convention of the Law […]
(Reuters) — At least 15 people were killed, mostly school students, and 40 injured in a bus accident in eastern Prachin Buri province during a school trip to the beach on Friday (February 28). A school bus, carrying female students from Baan Donlop school from northeastern Nakorn Ratchasima province bound for eastern Chonburi province. The bus collided with a truck in Prachin buri province, 135 kilometres east of Bangkok at dawn, police said. Local media reported that the bus driver lost control of the vehicle. […]
(Reuters) — Chinese police have detained 1,094 people and rescued 382 babies in a nation-wide crackdown on four online baby trafficking rings, state media reported on Friday (February 28), as criminals prey on citizens yearning to escape strict population curbs. Child trafficking is widespread in China, where population control rules have bolstered a traditional bias for sons, seen as the support of elderly parents and heirs to the family name, and led to the abortion, killing or […]
(Reuters) — Philippine President Benigno Aquino was greeted by Malaysian King Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah during a state welcoming ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (February 28). Aquino is in Malaysia for a three-day state visit, where he will hold bilateral talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and meet members of the Filipino community in the country. During his first visit to the Southeast Asian neighbour, Aquino is expected to discuss political, economic and defense cooperation with Najib, along with regional issues. Both sides […]
In Croatia, a robot that can detect autism, equipped with cameras, microphones and recorders which will help in the assessment of children.
(Reuters) — South Korean Defence Ministry said on Friday (February 28) they view the launch of North Korea’s short-range missiles as intentional. A media official at the ministry said North Korea fired four missiles over the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday (February 27), but provided no information as to the purpose of the firing. “This is the first time that North Korea has fired scud missiles since 2009. However, of all the occasions, they fired as the Key Resolve exercise was […]
Five time champion Roger Federer will face in the semi-finals of Dubai championship and the title-holder Novak Djokovic.
