Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris has admitted that he had almost sacrificed his dream of playing for Australia to forge a career in arch-rivals England. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, had Harris been tempted to join the England team, he could not have collected the wickets of three top order England batsman on the opening day of a Lord's Ashes Test with his compelling but rarely seen ...
Ex-CIA head claims telecom giant Huawei spied for China
Former head of CIA has reportedly alleged that Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei Technologies has spied for the Chinese government and supplied sensitive intelligence to the officials. According to Stuff.co.nz, Michael Hayden has said that the company is a security threat to Australia and the US' domestic phone networks and intelligence agencies have hard evidence of its ...
Sutherland says Oz team morale improved following Arthurs sacking
Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has said that the Australian team morale has improved following Mickey Arthur's sacking and the appointment of Darren Lehmann as the new coach. Arthur is suing CA for up to four million dollars after he was sacked following batsman David Warner's bar room altercation with England's Joe Root, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Stating the ...
129 on trial for telecom fraud in China
A total of 129 people, suspected of telecom swindling, stood trial in China's Jiangsu province Thursday, showcasing authorities' latest initiative to crack down on transnational fraud cases. Claiming to be staff of Chinese courts, procuratorates, police or postal authorities, these people used to make telephone calls from overseas to domestic victims and cheat them of cash, Xinhua ...
Harris says unacceptable Siddle no-ball could have cost Oz Ashes
Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris has called fellow seamer Peter Siddle's no-ball as unacceptable, saying that the team is disappointed as the no-ball that saw England's Jonny Bairstow reprieved at Lord's could have cost Australia the Ashes. Australia's performance was boosted with three late wickets by unlikely hero Steve Smith, who used his nimble fingers to spin a web for England's batsmen ...
China slaps duties on polysilicon from US South Korea
China, the world's biggest solar- module maker, has said it will impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imported solar-grade polysilicon from the US and South Korea. Polysilicon is a material consisting of small silicon crystals. Starting July 24, Chinese importers of solar-grade polysilicon from the US will be required to pay deposit rates with Chinese customs ranging between 53.3 and 57 ...
Biden US Ready to Engage with N. Korea if Talks Genuine
WASHINGTON The United States is ready to engage in dialog with North Korea, but only if Pyongyang is prepared for "genuinerdquo; negotiations and commits to giving up its nuclear ambitions, Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday. Biden, who gave a speech on U.S. policy on Asia before a visit next week to India and Singapore, also encouraged China and the 10-member Association of ...
Smiths three quick strikes put Australia on top
Ian Bell continued his impressive form as he struck his third consecutive Ashes century but leggie Steve Smith pulled back things in favour of Australia with his three quick strikes in the last hour on the first day of the second Test at the Lord's here Thursday. Australia, who were struck hard by reports of rift between Michael Clarke and Shane Watson, put up an unified show and made England ...
12000 evacuated as rain lashes China
Around 12,300 people have been forced to relocate after rainstorms pounded southwest China's Sichuan province, officials said Thursday. Heavy rain lashed most parts of Sichuan Wednesday and Thursday where floods and landslides last week killed 58 people while 175 others are still missing, Xinhua reported. Water in local rivers have exceeded warning levels. In Guangyuan city, floods triggered ...
Steam seen at reactor building in Japan n-plant
Steam has been seen rising from a reactor building at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the plant operator said Thursday. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said there was no emergency situation, and there were no signs of increased radiation in the area, BBC reported. It said it was investigating what was causing the steam at the damaged No.3 reactor building. The plant was ...
Over 1000 hopefuls hit Chinas short-term monk hunt
Feeling too much pressure at work and hoping to gain spiritual enrichment, a large number of applicants - more than 1,100 - applied for a "short-term" monks programme, forcing a Buddhist temple in China to suspend the recruitment. The secluded Ci'en Temple is situated in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, Xinhua reported. Earlier this month, the mountain monastery started inviting ...
Daughters lavish wedding leads to sacking of Chinese official
The head of a local unit of the Communist Party of China in a "poverty-stricken township" was fired Thursday after he organised an extravagant wedding for his daughter, officials said. Yue Shuwang was party secretary of Pingdingbao township in north China's Hebei province, Xinhua reported. He was sacked after an investigation showed he spent 200,000 yuan (over $32,000) on the wedding banquet ...
Seychelles foreign minister to visit China
Seychelles Foreign Minister Jean-Paul Adam will pay an official visit to China July 21-28, the Chinese foreign ministry announced Thursday. Adam was invited by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, reports ...
Harris and Khawaja in for Lords Test
Pacer Ryan Harris and left-handed batsman Usman Khawaja have been included in the playing eleven by Australia for the second Test starting here at Lord's Thursday. The Australian management has dropped fast bowler Mitchell Strac and batsman Ed Cowan, after their poor show in the first Test which Australia lost by 14 runs. Mitchell Starc took five wickets and Cowan could only manage 14 runs in ...
Cook warns Oz to stop pressurising Anderson or face downfall at Lords
England captain Alastair Cook has warned Australia against pressurising bowler James Anderson, saying that it would be a mistake to disrespect the other members of England's bowling attack. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's clear tactic in the first Test was to take down Steven Finn so Cook would have to bring Anderson back into the attack sooner than he wanted, and to force ...
Now Kim Jong-un wants North Korea to become global mushroom capital
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has developed a new hobby -mushrooms. Kim visited a mushroom farm this week as part of a grand plan to turn North Korea into a global mushroom powerhouse. Kim's grandfather, Kim II-Sung, reportedly wished of making North Korea turn into a mushroom powerhouse. According to media reports, Kim said that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the behest of ...
Todays women drinking mums under the table
A researcher is trying to determine why women in Australia are drinking more than their mothers used to. Helen Haydon, a psychologist of the Queensland University of Technology Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety, told the Daily Telegraph that there has been a major generational shift. She said that in the 1960s, women were not allowed into public bars in Australia and now bars and ...
Myanmars Mandalay airport to become logistics hub
Myanmar has invited bids for transforming the Mandalay international airport into a logistics hub that will help in transporting goods from China and India to other countries in Asia and Europe, state media reported Thursday. The winner from the private sector will be announced by the end of this month, Xinhua cited the New Light of Myanmar as saying. The tender-winning company will start ...
China police hold detained activists lawyer
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese police have detained a lawyer who sought to visit a prominent activist taken into custody this week, a Beijing-based dissident and overseas rights groups said on Friday.Liu Weiguo was taken away in the capital while trying to see his client Xu Zhiyong, a professor who had urged the release of activists seeking asset disclosure by government officials."Since the ...
PNG Australia do deal on asylum seekers
Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a new agreement that will allow the resettlement of asylum seekers in PNG under a regional ...
Australia sending new migrants to Papua New Guinea
CANBERRA, Australia -; Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says all refugees who arrive in Australia by boat will be resettled on the South Pacific island nation of Papua New ...
Will Robot Nannies Save Japans Economy
More than half of all Japanese women quit their jobs after giving birth to their first child. That's more than double the rate in the U.S., and it's a problem for Japan's economy. If more women returned to the workforce, it could give a huge boost to household income in the country, says Kathy Matsui, chief Japan strategist at Goldman Sachs. "Increasing income levels will ...
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