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China's Consumer Inflation Hits 5-Year Low
Marcel Woo | | Feb 10, 2015 03:06 AM EST |
China's consumer prices grew less than expected in January to hit its lowest pace in more than five years, latest government data released on Tuesday showed.

Beck Gives Gracious Response To Kanye West's Grammy Award Outburst
Cybelle Go | | Feb 10, 2015 03:00 AM EST |
Bek David Campbell, best known by the stage name Beck Hansen, garnered several awards at the Grammys including Album of The Year and Best Rock Album last Sunday. For Beck, he didn't expect to win at all. When rapper Kanye West suddenly went onstage to interrupt Beck and jokingly steal the Grammy award at the same time, the singer was very much surprised, E! online reports.

Hong Kong Baby Born Pregnant With Twins
Geann Pineda | | Feb 10, 2015 02:58 AM EST |
In an extremely rare situation, a baby from Hong Kong was born, carrying twin fetuses in her abdomen.
11-Year-Old Girl in Ohio Faces Murder Raps Over Baby’s Death
Raymond Legaspi | | Feb 10, 2015 02:36 AM EST |
Police have charged an eleven-year-old girl from Ohio with murder after apparently beating to death a two-month-old baby who was in the care of the suspect's mother.

Card Game ‘Exploding Kittens’ Collects $5.7 Million on Kickstarter
Andrian Darylle Torralba | | Feb 10, 2015 02:02 AM EST |
In just a couple of days, Lee and Small collected around US$5.7 million.
Is it Really Possible? Does Facebook Knows Us Better than Our Own Family?
Andrian Darylle Torralba | | Feb 10, 2015 01:54 AM EST |
Given enough data, the algorithm can predict the correct personality traits better than any human.

Nigeria To Destroy Boko Haram Camps In Six Weeks After Rebels Strike Neighbors
Geann Pineda | | Feb 10, 2015 01:47 AM EST |
Six weeks --- that is the deadline set by the Nigerian government to "take out" all Boko Haram camps. This comes as the Nigerian rebel group intensified its insurgency, spreading terror into neighboring countries Monday.

Afghanistan Drone Attack Kills ISIS Deputy Head, Five Others
Kat De Guzman | | Feb 10, 2015 01:42 AM EST |
Afghan forces have launched drone strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants on Monday, killing a senior IS commander, his brother-in-law and four other Pakistani jihadists, officials said.

How Virtual Reality will Revolutionize the NBA Game Experience
Cory Doyle | | Feb 10, 2015 01:41 AM EST |
"This could let fans experience what it's like to stand on the free throw line with two seconds left in a tie game and 19,000 people screaming at you," Silver said.

Zimbabwe Defends Plan To Export Elephants To China
Kat De Guzman | | Feb 10, 2015 01:30 AM EST |
Zimbabwe defended its plan to export 27 elephants to zoos in China after it attracted international criticism, saying they will send expert to the zoos to make sure the animals will have suitable living conditions.

Man Convicted of 1996 Crime For Which Another Man Was Wrongfully Executed
Kat De Guzman | | Feb 10, 2015 01:19 AM EST |
A man has been charged and convicted on Monday as according to Xinhua News Agency, a court in Inner Mongolia has found Zhao Zhihong guilty of raping and killing a woman back in 1996 but another man was executed back then for the said crime.
Search Continues for Killer Shark Off Australian Coast
Geann Pineda | | Feb 10, 2015 01:06 AM EST |
Authorities are keeping a close watch on beaches along Australia's east coast, following a shark attack that killed a Japanese surfer Monday.

Qualcomm To Pay Record US$975M Fine To China
Dino Lirios | | Feb 10, 2015 12:50 AM EST |
Qualcomm Inc. announced on Monday that it agrees to pay a record US$975 million fine to China, to finally put a more than year long standoff it has had with the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC), its anti-trust authority.

McDonald's January Sales Drop, Dragged by China, Japan
Geann Pineda | | Feb 10, 2015 12:38 AM EST |
McDonald's has reported a worse-than-expected drop in January sales, dragged down by its Asian restaurants.

Call To Ban ‘Western Values’ From Chinese Education Sparks Debate
Christl Leong | | Feb 10, 2015 12:25 AM EST |
China's Education Minister Yuan Guiren's call to ban textbooks promoting Western values from Chinese universities have sparked intense debate among members of the academe, most of whom reject the notion that foreign pedagogy poses a threat to the Communist Party's survival.
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