BEIJING: The after affects of global recession are being well seen on the Chinese manufacturing industry. The manufacturing sector in China continued to shrink in December, bolstering expectations that the economy will weaken further before any pickup.
The Purchasing Managers Index issued Sunday by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing rose to 41.2 last month from 38.8 in November, while …
Russia halted natural gas delivery to Ukraine for the third day, sparking criticism worldwide. Ukraine warned that its gas pipeline system could experience “serious disruptions” if a worsening price dispute isn’t settled in 10 to 15 days.
Ukraine said it had enough natural gas stored to last for months. But experts had warned that the abrupt stoppage of gas to Ukraine …
Israel stepped up its operation to try to halt rocket attacks by militants Israeli ground forces are battling Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip, according to the media reports.
Israeli missiles targeted 45 Hamas locations overnight, including the Hamas intelligence headquarters, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman has confirmed the report.
Clashes were reported in Gaza City, the northern town of Beit Lahiya …
At least three persons were died in the powerful Indonesia earthquake. A series of powerful earthquakes in remote eastern Indonesia cut power lines, cracked building walls and sent panicked residents running out of their homes Sunday.
A 7.6-magnitude quake struck at 2:43 a.m. local time about 85 miles from Manokwari, Papua, at a depth of 22 miles, the U.S. Geological Agency …
BANGKOK: The Thai club death toll has reached to 62, a Thai official said. The emergency service in the country said in a statement that the 62nd victim was a woman who succumbed to her burns on Saturday.
Of the 229 people injured when the blaze engulfed the Santika club in the Thai capital, 32 are in intensive care fighting for …
CHICAGO: Actor and playwright Sam Shepard was arrested early on Saturday and charged with speeding and drunken driving, police said. The incident took place at central Illinois. His long-time partner is actress Jessica Lange, with whom he has two children.
According to the newspaper reports, he told police he was traveling to his home in Kentucky.
Shepard, 65, told police in Normal, …
Sarah Palin is a happy grand mother nowadays. The former vice-presidential candidate and governor of Alaska has issued an official statement about the birth of her first grandchild, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. Daughter Bristol Palin, 18, and Bristol’s fiancé, Levi Johnston, welcomed a son on Dec. 27.
“We are over the moon with the arrival of this healthy, beautiful baby,” …
Actor John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston are still in the shocking state, PEOPLE magazine reported. According to a Travolta family friend “He never dreamed of this – their relationship was so close.”
Family attorney Mike Ossi said “He always said ‘I’m happy as long as my kids are happy.’ He is heartbroken … To bury your son …
Kelly Rutherford has filed for divorce from her second marriage. Expecting her second child, the 40-year-old actress has filed for divorce from her husband of two years, Daniel Giersch.
The “Gossip Girl” star has a 2-year-old son, Hermes Gustaf Daniel Geirsch. Rutherford, 40, was married to Carlos Tarajano in 2001. Their marriage ended in less than seven months. She later married …
PASADENA: Scientists initially thought the remote-controlled unmanned rovers Spirit machines would last only three months in Mars’ freezing climate.
According to a report released by BBC, John Callas, rover project manager at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion laboratory in Pasadena, California said that “These rovers are incredibly resilient considering the extreme environment the hardware experiences every day.”
No one …
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