Cargo volume and air traffic movements at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) rose 21.2 percent and 4.4 percent year on year, to 334,000 tonnes and 30,290 in January, official figures released Sunday indicated.
China's railways will be tested Friday, when passenger flows peak at the end of the Spring Festival holiday.
The death toll in Australia's Queensland flood has risen to six after another body was found in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, on Wednesday, local media reported.
Australia would provide 10 million (almost 10.4 million U.S.dollars) in assistance to Mali to support peace, security and humanitarian needs, Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Defense Minister Stephen Smith announced in a joint statement on Wednesday.
Apple Inc on Wednesday reported flat earnings in its most recent fiscal quarter. The result disappoints analysts' expectations and cast doubts on the company's growth momentum.
The horrific Connecticut elementary school shooting has reignited the debate over gun control in the United States but at the same time gun sales have increased dramatically in the country.
China has fined South Korean makers of LCD screens Samsung and LG - along with several Taiwanese manufacturers - nearly 23 million US dollars...
Thailand's northern city of Chiang Mai is expected to attract an increasing number of Chinese tourists in the foreseeable future now that a Chinese comedy shot on location in Chiang Mai has become a blockbuster in China.
Apple's flagship store in the famous Opera district of Paris was hit and looted by four gunmen on the New Year's Eve, with million-euro-worth gadgets being robbed away, local media reported Wednesday.
Peter Jackson's latest fantasy epic "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," buoyed by a buzzing holiday season and an excellent word of mouth, was able to remain atop the North America weekend box office for the third consecutive weekend and fended off an onslaught from a trio of new releases during the course.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" has expectantly struck a chord with audience in North America, as it debuted for a weekend of 141.3 million dollar worth of tickets, the eighth biggest premiere in all time in Hollywood.
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