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Could Russia and West be heading for cyber-war?

ThelatestwarningofRussianintrusionsisanothersignthatcyber-spaceisbecomingoneofthefocalpointsforgrowingtensionbetweenRussiaandtheWest.Butsofar,muchofthetalkabout

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Mystery Stingray devices discovered in Washington

SpykitsthatcantrackmobilephonesandinterceptcallsandmessageshavebeendiscoveredinWashingtonandbeyond,theUSgovernmenthassaid.TheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity(DHS)sa

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Facebook finds no evidence of Russian meddling in EU referendum

FacebookhasfoundnofurtherevidenceofRussianpropagandaactivityaroundtheEUreferendum,afterbeingforcedbyMPstocarryoutamoredetailedinvestigationthanitinitiallyperfor

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Cyber attacks reportedly cost the US as much as $109 billion in 2016

Cyberattacksareincreasinglybecomingafactoflife.NorthKoreaattackedaerospaceandtelecomnetworkslastyear.Olympicsofficialsconfirmedarecentattackthattookplaceduringt

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US sees most active flu season since 2009 'swine' pandemic

FluissweepingtheUnitedStates,killingatleast37childrenandsendingthemostpeoplenationwideinsearchofmedicalcaresincethe2009"swineflu"pandemic,USofficialssaidFriday.

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Japan September services PMI growth slowest in 11 months

Japan’sservicessectorexpandedinSeptemberattheslowestratein11monthsasthepaceofneworderseased,thougharaftofotherdatasuggesttheeconomicrecoveryremainsintactevenasm

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Experts: Bali volcano "more than likely" to erupt

Everyvolcanohasitsownuniquecharacteristics,sowhilescientistscan’tpredictwhenMountAgungwillerupt-orbetotallycertainthatitwill-theysayit'smorelikelytoeruptthannot

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Owning a dog could be key to keeping older people healthy and active

Dogwalkingcouldbekeytokeepingolderpeoplemoreactive,anewstudyhasconfirmed.Olderdogownersspendlesstimeinthedaybeingsedentary,researchersfound.Theydiscoveredthatre

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Family dog helps boost activity for kids with disabilities, study finds

AnewstudyfromOregonStateUniversity(OSU)indicatesthatthefamilydogcouldserveasapartnerineffortstohelpchildrenwithdisabilitiesincorporatemorephysicalactivityintoth

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Hong Kong kids' lack of exercise could be hurting their grades, study finding suggests

Exercise boosts children’s academic prowess – that’s the consensus view of world experts, published in a leading medical journal. Yet most Hong Kong children don’t meet the minimum recommended daily exercise target

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Chinese, Malaysian military medical staff provide gratuitous treatment

Gratuitous treatment was provided here on Sunday to the local residents by the Chinese and Malaysian military medial staff during their first joint military exercise, coded "Peace and Friendship 2015."

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Housing headed for oversupply in Australia: report

​A new analysis indicates Australia' s housing market could be oversupplied within three years, according to new economic data.

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U.S. economy continues to expand in all regions: Fed survey

​The U.S. economic activities continued to expand in October and November, indicating the recovery was on a solid pace, a survey by the Federal Reserve showed Wednesday.

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S.Korea's industrial output rebounds in three months

​South Korea's industrial production rebounded for the first time in three months, but it was not big enough to justify a full-fledging recovery, a government report showed Friday.

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Physical activity enhances children's learning ability

Physical activity not only has positive effects on children's physical health, but also boosts children's cognitive prerequisites of learning, suggested researchers from University of Jyvaskyla in a latest study.

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U.S. economy continues to expand

U.S. economic activity continued to expand across most regions and sectors from late November through the end of December, driven by consumer spending and industrial production, a Fed report said on Wednesday.

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Business confidence points to surge in New Zealand economic growth

New Zealand could see an annual economic growth of 3 percent according to the results of a quarterly business confidence survey, a leading economic think- tank said Tuesday.