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Tests with ships to begin on new Panama Canal locks in mid-2015

Tests with ships will begin in mid-2015 on a new set of locks that are a key component of an expansion of the Panama Canal, the waterway's chief said on Sunday.


State support for job cuts boosts prospects of latest Malaysia Airlines plan

The plan to save Malaysia Airlines (MAS) (MASM.KL) could succeed where past endeavours have failed because the government has finally put politics aside by agreeing to sweeping job cuts, people briefed on the restructuring told Reuters.

'Avatar 2' to feature life forms other than the Na’vi? Zoe Saldana compares her how she plays her alien characters in 'Avatar' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

Reports are going around that the sequel to the box office hit, ‘Avatar’ is currently underway, and in an interview, Zoe Saldana reveals that she’s clueless about the ‘Avatar’ sequels.

WeChat helps Apple rack up bonus points in China

Apple Inc has a lot for which to thank people like Deng. Apple Inc has a lot for which to thank people like Deng. A Beijing-based quality analyst, she gave only her surname as she's embarrassed by how much money she spends playing mobile games on WeChat, a hugely popular messaging app developed by Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd.


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Apple has been prominent on sending high spirits to all its consumers after the company scheduled a grand special event to be held this Tuesday, September 9. The biggest revelation for Apple is highly anticipated after the successes of Android phones' and Google phones' releases earlier this year.
The release date of George R.R. Martin's highly anticipated novel "Winds of Winter", an installment on his "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the basis of HBO's award winning show "Game of Thrones", might not be out this year or the next.
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa's most wanted criminal in the eyes of justice for Reeva Steenkamp's death, is on his dark hours as the final judgment would be held anytime soon on Thursday or Friday at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa.
A Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday to put a commercial communications satellite into orbit.
Peru's gold output will likely drop by 20 percent this year and keep falling through 2016 as aging mines churn out less of the precious metal and a government crackdown curbs informal production, a ministry official said on Friday.
When Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding revealed plans earlier this year to go public on a U.S. stock exchange, financial advisers like Bob Mecca in Hoffman Estate, Illinois braced themselves for a wave of frantic calls from retail investors wanting to get in on the action.
The euro zone's struggle to avoid another recession will take center stage in the coming week in the absence of major U.S. data, as investors mull whether the ECB's new asset-buying plan is a prelude to even more radical steps.
To make vacationing in a country still under martial law a little more attractive, Thailand’s military junta is offering tourists from China free visas.
A U.S. court ruling that dramatically ramped up BP Plc's potential penalties for the 2010 Gulf oil spill could create new liability risks not just for deep water drillers but also for other industries like mining and nuclear power generation.
Apple Inc has invited top fashion editors and bloggers in unprecedented numbers to its Tuesday launch gala, further evidence that the iPhone maker is preparing to take the wraps off a smartwatch.