Balinese warned over costly rituals
Authorities urge Hindus on Indonesian island to stop spending a large part of their income on lavish ceremonies. Authorities in Bali have urged Hindus to stop spending a large part of their income on ceremonies.…
Authorities urge Hindus on Indonesian island to stop spending a large part of their income on lavish ceremonies. Authorities in Bali have urged Hindus to stop spending a large part of their income on ceremonies.…
Free checking is getting harder to come by, but there are ways to keep more of your money. It’s time to add free checking to the endangered species list. No-cost access to your own money…
We examine the phenomenon of Islamophobia in the US media and the people behind it. Last week we looked at the performance of the US news media in decade following the 9/11 attacks. A big…
Scientists are hoping genetically modified cats will deepen their understanding of the AIDS virus.
King crabs – three-feet-wide red monsters that devour everything in their path – have invaded Antarctica. While it sounds a little like a horror movie, it’s actual a large scale global warming problem. According to the New…
Las Vegas — In the brutal heat, Mike Forizs ventures out of his North Las Vegas home to take out the trash. “If I go over and look at the house on the corner, there…
CNN’s Nadia Bilchik talks about Indonesia, a country with no laws regarding kids and smoking.
The European crisis that you’ve been reading about in the paper is worth watching carefully. In fact, it has now morphed into something much bigger than a European crisis – it could batter the entire…
For years, investors have turned to video game reviews to help make buy or sell decisions, moving the share prices of some video game companies higher or lower. They consult the website Metacritic, which tracks…
Meet some new Guinness World Records holders, including a woman with the longest tongue.
President Obama discusses the need for Congress to pass the American Jobs Act to put more people back to work, and more money back in the pockets of people who are working
Man alleged to have lost bank $2bn in unauthorised trading appears in UK court charged with fraud and false accounting. A UBS trader who is alleged to have lost $2bn in unauthorised trading at Swiss bank…
As gemstone reserves run low in western China, prices are spiking and miners losing their jobs. As jade reserves run low in western China, the government has now banned mining of the gemstone in parts…
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President took his American Jobs Act to Richmond, Virginia, Columbus, Ohio, and Raleigh, North Carolina, traveled…
Swiss bank UBS said it had lost around $2 billion due to rogue dealing by a London-based trader at the Swiss bank and police said they had arrested a man on suspicion of fraud. Sources…
Five central banks make more dollars available to eurozone banks as IMF chief warns of “dangerous” new economic phase. Five central banks have acted to offer three-month US dollar loans to mainly European commercial banks in order…
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