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CYBER crime costs the British economy some 27 billion pounds a year and appears to be ‘endemic’, according to the first official government estimate of the issue published on Thursday. The study by the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance concluded digital crime is a growing, widespread problem, and attempts to address it have […]

An Iraqi man whose testimony the United States used as a key evidence to build a case for war in Iraq says he is proud that he lied about his country developing mobile biological warfare labs. The Guardian newspaper published an interview Wednesday with Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, who has been identified as the informer […]

The environment, the futuristic Joint Strike Fighter and even Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Elmo are in the firing line of a political shoot-out between Democrats and Republicans over US debt. They each face cutbacks as the parties scrap over plans aimed at curbing the nation’s budget deficit, which is tipped to pass $US1 trillion […]

PRINCE Harry has been confirmed as Prince William’s choice for best man at his April 29 wedding to Kate Middleton. Philippa Middleton – the sister of 29-year-old bride-to-be Kate – will act as maid of honor at the wedding, Clarence House confirmed. The roles were announced Monday via Clarence House’s Twitter page. “Prince William and […]

A GROUP of volunteers will step out for a ‘space walk’ on Mars on Monday, as an unprecedented one-and-a-half year experiment to study the effects of a mission to the Red Planet reaches its climax. Two volunteers from Italy and Russia will step onto a sandy mock-up of the Martian surface, at around 1pm (1000 […]

Terming US attempts to woo India and other neighbours of China as “unbearable,” an article in a Communist party magazine has said that Beijing must send a “clear signal” to these countries that it is ready to go to war to safeguard its national interests. The article published in the Qiushi Journal, the official publication […]

GETTING less than six hours sleep almost doubles your risk of heart disease, UK researchers have found. They found that those skimping on sleep and having a restless night were 48 per cent more likely to die from or develop heart disease. Professor Francesco Cappuccio from the University of Warwick Medical School in the United […]

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for a six-year, $53 billion spending plan for high-speed rail, as he seeks to use U.S. infrastructure spending to jumpstart job creation. An initial $8 billion in spending will be part of the budget plan Obama is set to release next Monday. If Congress approves the plan, the money […]

BRITISH scientists have invented an “artificial” petrol that could spell an end to soaring prices at the pumps. The new hydrogen-based fuel costs only 90 pence per gallon and could even run in existing cars. The environment-friendly fuel has been developed in secret at a laboratory in Oxford and could be available in as little […]

Companies are more likely to retain their staff for long if they offer more flexible options, such as working from home, according to a new report. A survey of almost 700 employees by recruitment firm Hays found that majority of people think that flexible working improved work-life balance, often taking it into account when choosing […]