The navies of the United States, Australia, India, Japan and Singapore have begun a massive naval exercise, codenamed “Malabar”, in the Bay of Bengal.
Thirty-four ships and submarines from the five countries have joined the six-day exercise, about 100 nautical miles off the Andaman archipelago.
Some analysts say the war games are an attempt by these countries […]
Infectious diseases are emerging more quickly around the globe, spreading faster and becoming increasingly difficult to treat, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.
In its annual World Health Report, the United Nations agency warned there was a good possibility that another major scourge like AIDS, SARS or Ebola fever with the potential of killing […]
First it was pet food, then toys, now the safety of Chinese made clothes is being called into question.
New Zealand’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs is investigating claims that clothes contaminated with high levels of formaldehyde are being sold in New Zealand.
The gas is commonly used in clothing manufacture, but the programme found levels up to […]
Two Chinese shoemakers and a French supermarket group have been ordered to pay Nike compensation over fake shoes, China’s state media agency has said.
Jinjiang Longzhibu Shoes, Jinjiang Kangwei Shoes and France’s Auchan, must pay a total of 350,000 yuan ($46,100; £23,300) to Nike, China’s Xinhua said.
The fake Nike trainers were found on sale in Auchan’s […]
Barely three days after the final installment of the “Harry Potter” series “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” hit the international market July 21, the book’s Chinese translations appeared online.
At least three groups of volunteers were found to have translated the book and posted the translations online for free. The most influential group calls itself […]
Nokia is offering to replace 46 million batteries for its mobile phones after reports of overheating while charging.
The problems are confined to BL-5C batteries made by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006.
More than 250 million BL-5C batteries made for Nokia by other manufacturers are not affected, the company said.
The mobile giant said there had […]
Global warming is forecast to set in with a vengeance after 2009, with at least half of the five following years expected to be hotter than 1998, the warmest year on record, scientists reported on Thursday.
Climate experts have long predicted a general warming trend over the 21st century spurred by the greenhouse effect, but this […]
It’s a crucial day for Dr Mohammed Haneef as his request for a review of the decision to cancel his Australian work visa, will be heard in a Brisbane court today (August 8).
Haneef’s visa was cancelled by the Australian government soon after he obtained bail — a move challenged by his lawyers. His lawyer Stephen […]
The Mozambique authorities have seized thousands of boxes of counterfeit toothpaste, which they fear may contain a potentially deadly chemical.
The seizures follow a ban on all sales of Colgate Maximum Cavity Protection toothpaste issued last week.
Colgate has denied any link with the products found in the capital, Maputo and around the country.
The boxes are labelled […]
China has banned crude and insensitive slogans such as ‘Raise fewer babies but more piggies’ that have stoked rural anger over the country’s strict family planning policy, state media said on Sunday.
Slogans such as ‘One more baby means one more tomb’ have been forbidden, and a list of 190 acceptable slogans were issued by the […]