The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Colombian officials say a plane crashed in the country's southwestern jungle, killing 10 people on board. The director of operations for Colombia's ......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Two Australians were killed and 18 tourists hospitalized when a bus plunged into a river after a tire burst on a steep section of road in Kenya, offic......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
World number one Serena Williams won her 18th Grand Slam title at last, overpowering Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday to capture her sixth US O......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
China's trade surplus surged to a record US$49.8 billion in August, official data showed Monday, as imports surprisingly fell for a second straight mo......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Japanese government said Monday that Japan's economy, the world's third largest, shrank an annualized 7.1 percent in inflation-adjusted terms in the s......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Tokyo stocks rose 0.17 percent Monday morning following gains on Wall Street last week, despite poor Japanese growth data. The key Nikkei 225 index ......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Thirty-three people have been poisoned by ammonia gas leaked from a local chemical plant in this capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous R......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Shares in Hong Kong slipped 0.31 percent in the morning session Monday following a record close on Wall Street that came despite below-forecast US j......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Microsoft is giving its MSN news service a crisper look, new lifestyle tools and seamless syncing across devices. The company says the revamped site ......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Pineapple buns and dumplings have been pulled from the shelves in Hong Kong as authorities investigate whether they contain gutter oil from Taiwan, wh......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
A man and a woman have been found dead in a flat in Sai Wan Ho on Monday morning. Police are carrying out investigations at the scene in Hing Tung Es......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
The Alliance for Peace and Democracy has set up a hotline for teachers, parents and students to report anyone inciting student strikes at schools. Th......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
About 700 lifeguards will go on strike Tuesday in a row over staffing levels, and an increased workload caused in part by an influx of visitors from t......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to China represents an "important milestone'' in US-China relations, the top White House national security aid......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Tokyo stocks rose 0.23 percent Monday following gains on Wall Street last week, despite poor Japanese growth data. The key Nikkei 225 index at the To......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Jack the Ripper, one of the most notorious serial killers in history, has been identified through DNA traces found on a shawl, claims a sleuth in a ......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Jerome Kerviel, the French rogue trader who brought one of Europe's biggest banks to the verge of ruin with nearly five billion euros in losses, left......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Two elderly Italian nuns were murdered in their convent in the capital of Burundi, with police hunting their suspected killer, government officials s......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Europe's main stock markets were mixed at the start of trading on Monday, with London and Paris showing small losses and Frankfurt rising. London's......
The Standard - 09-Sep-2014
Harvard University has received the largest donation in its history - US$350 million from the Morningside Foundation established by the chairman of Ha......