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Dumex: Danone baby food unit accused of bribery in China
Dumex - Danone baby food unit - said it is investigating claims the company bribed hospital staff in China to use its products. According to...
Australia: Tony Abbott unveils new cabinet
Australia's newly elected Prime Minister Tony Abbott has unveiled his new cabinet, calling it a highly experienced line-up. The appointments broadly followed the line up...
Kaesong industrial park reopened in North Korea after five months
South Korean workers have crossed the North Korean border to return to the Kaesong industrial park, five months after work was halted amid high...
Canada Dry Hot Ginger Ale: Coca-Cola launches first ever hot carbonated beverage
Coca-Cola is offering the first ever hot carbonated beverage with warmed-in-the-can Canada Dry ginger ale. The company hopes to profit from the popularity of spicy...
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner criticizes Argentine elite
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has criticized her country's elite for trying to create a negative image of her government. "These small sectors have...
Poland: Mass anti-government rally against labor law changes
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through Warsaw in the last of four days of Polish protests against proposed labor law changes. The protesters...
Twitter plans to join stock market
Twitter plans to join the stock market in the most hotly anticipated flotation since Facebook's last year. Referring to the official paperwork needed to join...
Alexei Navalny launches election fraud lawsuits against Sergei Sobyanin
Alexei Navalny has launched hundreds of lawsuits contesting Sergei Sobyanin’s victory in Moscow mayoral election. Alexei Navalny delivered boxes full of complaints of fraud to...
Tina Brown to leave The Daily Beast at the end of 2013
Tina Brown has announced she is leaving the online news magazine The Daily Beast. Former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, who founded the site in...
Apple shares drop more than 5% after iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C launches
Apple shares fell more than 5% as investors worried that its latest iPhone models may not help it increase its share in emerging markets. Apple...
Russia hands Syria chemical weapon plans to US
Russia has handed over to the US its plans for making Syria's chemical weapons safe, Russian media say. Russia announced its plans for placing Syria's...
North Korea and South Korea agree to reopen Kaesong industrial complex
North Korea and South Korea have agreed to restart operations at the shuttered Kaesong industrial zone, Seoul has announced. The two sides set a date...
Toyota recalls 780,584 vehicles in US on suspension worries
Toyota has decided to recall 780,584 vehicles in the US for a second time to address a suspension defect that may not have been...
Muhammad Yunus: Bangladeshi Nobel laureate faces tax probe
Bangladeshi government has said it will take legal action against Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus over what it says are tax irregularities. The allegations date back...
Sergei Sobyanin wins Moscow mayor election
Vladimir Putin's ally Sergei Sobyanin has won the election for mayor of Moscow, Russian election officials have announced. Sergei Sobyanin secured 51.3% - just above...
Australia elections: Opposition coalition ahead of ruling Labor party in opinion polls
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have hit the Australian election campaign trail in a final push for votes ahead of Saturday's poll. Opinion polls place...
Indian rupee and stocks jump as Raghuram Rajan boosts confidence
Indian rupee and stocks have jumped a day after the country's new central bank chief Raghuram Rajan took charge and promised tough action to...
US car sales close to six-year high in August 2013
US car sales jump to near six-year high in August as consumers grew more confident about an economic recovery. Sales jumped 17% from a year...
Australia economic growth beats forecast in Q2 2013
Australia has reported better-than-forecast growth numbers for Q2 2013, boosted by gains in consumer spending. Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 2.6% during the quarter,...
John McCain caught playing poker on iPhone during Senate hearing on Syria action
Arizona Republican Senator John McCain was caught playing poker on his iPhone while America's most senior foreign policy and military officials made President Barack...
Microsoft buys Nokia mobile phone business for $7.2 billion
Microsoft has agreed a deal to buy Nokia's mobile phone unit for 5.4 billion euros ($7.2 billion). Nokia will also license its patents and mapping...
Vodafone sells its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless for $130 billion
Vodafone has sold its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications group in one of the biggest deals in corporate history. The $130 billion...
Jiang Jiemin under investigation over corruption in China
China has announced a corruption investigation into Jiang Jiemin, the head of the commission that oversees state-owned companies. The supervision ministry said Jiang Jiemin was...
German election: Angela Merkel faces rival Peer Steinbrueck in TV debate
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her poll rival, centre-left Peer Steinbrueck, are due to take part in their only televised election debate. The event is...
Cronut craze: Dunkin’ Donuts South Korea launches their version of crispy layered pastry New York Pie Donut
New York City food phenomenon cronut is now taking over Asia. South Koreans are the latest to catch the cronut-bug with incarnations of Dominique Ansel's...
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