On a given signal the groups of four young men, each holding onto the ends of a bamboo sedan chair carrying an image of a local deity, leapt in turn into the chilly winter waters of a northern Taiwanese port. Making their way back to land they then carried the sedan chairs barefoot across a

The European Commission is launching an action plan aimed at giving every child a better start in life and at laying the foundations for successful lifelong learning, social integration, personal development and employability later in life. European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Androulla Vassiliou, said that “investing in early education and care is

    Google Inc launched a service to make it easy for publishers to sell digital versions of newspapers and magazines, undercutting a similar plan launched by Apple Inc, as both tech titans battle to dominate smartphones and tablet computers. Google announced in a blog post on Wednesday its plan to woo newspapers and magazines,

There was none of the drama of last February, when Sotheby's sold a Giacometti statue for a new world record auction price, but art sales this month in London banished immediate concerns about a boom-and-bust cycle. Comparisons were imperfect, especially at Sotheby's which held a special single-owner sale on Feb. 10 that was comfortably the

Europe, with its history of war and authoritarianism not long in the past, is often quick to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law as the values it wants to see other states adopt. But the unrest sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, bringing down authoritarian rulers in Egypt and Tunisia, has

Need a condom? There's an app lication for that. The New York City Health Department on Monday unveiled a smartphone application that will help users locate the nearest place in the area giving out free condoms.

Cyber crime costs the British economy some 27 billion pounds ($43.5 billion) a year and appears to be "endemic", according to the first official government estimate of the issue published on Thursday. The study by Britain's Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance concluded digital crime is a growing, widespread problem, and attempts to address

According to a new report by Bloomberg, Apple is currently working on a new iPhone for more budget-conscious users. The new smartphone is expected to increase the company’s market share in the mobile communications industry, giving users a less expensive alternative to the iPhone. A source at Bloomberg stated that the new device is just