South Australia Power Networks said Thursday that it would pay more than 15 million U.S. dollars in compensation to customers who were subject to unnecessary lengthy blackouts late last year.
Around 1.5 million devotees have turned out for a huge annual Roman Catholic procession in Manila.
From smartphones and tablets to drones and self-driving cars, tens of thousands of new tech products are about to make their debut this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017, one of the world's biggest tech events.
The Middle East has rarely been a region for optimists. The year 2016, if anything, only made the pessimists more pessimistic.
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday (Dec 27) warned against the "urge to demonise those who are different" as he hosted the leader of foe-turned-ally Japan for a solemn visit to Pearl Harbour.
When it comes to surgical procedures to enhance beauty, Chinese women are twice as generous than their global peers, according a report based on a survey by Insight Engineers, a market research consultancy in the United Kingdom.
A Weibo account registered to a Chinese urologist is stirring up hot debate online after the doctor published a post of him buying a new down coat worth more than 10,000 yuan (around 1,453 USD).
Movie biographies always wrestle with the balance between finding the essence of the subject and replicating his or her look and manner. Natalie Portman devotes so much energy to the latter as to partially sacrifice the former in "Jackie," an intriguing look at Jacqueline Kennedy in the wake of her husband's assassination that plays more like a series of monologues than a wholly realized movie.
Some women say it's too hard to find help; private investors reluctant to enter the market
The yuan was trading slightly stronger on Friday morning than on Thursday, although it remains near record lows as the People’s Bank of China continues to bring down the reference rate.
Brexit will spark an economic slowdown and ravage public finances, forcing a multi-billion-pound spike in state borrowing over the next five years, a gloomy mini-budget revealed Wednesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday (Nov 23) that a vote by the European Parliament on whether to halt EU membership talks with Ankara "has no value in our eyes" and again accused Europe of siding with terrorist organisations.
Turkey on Tuesday (Nov 22) dismissed close to 15,000 more civil servants, military officials, police and others and shut down more than 500 institutions and news outlets in investigations over a failed coup in July, the authorities said in two official decrees.
Dow futures tumbled more than 700 points on Tuesday night as the U.S. presidential election remained much tighter than expected, with Republican candidate Donald Trump showing strength in crucial battleground states.
More than half of married people in their 30s and 40s are unsure how much their spouses earn, a study suggests.
Teenagers should sleep for more than eight hours a night to lower the risks of depression and anxiety, according to a recent study.
China's economy is better than expected so far this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Tuesday, citing the increase of new jobs and contribution of consumption and service industry to overall economic growth.
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