Google's shares have risen nearly 60% since Larry Page became chief executive in 2011 Google's been busy. Over recent weeks it's added photo auto-enhancement to its Google+ social network, launched air balloons to provide internet access from near-space, unveiled a subscription music service, teased a new smartphone and revamped its Maps product. But when the company reports its latest earnings, i
One of the victorious candidates in Japan's general election on Sunday appeared in front of cheering supporters holding a large fish. Why? The politician was Shinjiro Koizumi, son of the retired former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who was re-elected to represent his father's former constituency for the conservative Liberal Democratic Party.
Today's aspirational Indians want their children to go to a school where lessons are taught in English. But often the pupils leave speaking a language that would not be recognised in London or New York. Could this Hinglish be the language of India's future? Why, half a century after Indian independence, does English remain the language of higher education, national media, the upper judiciary and b
Knox Balbastro explains why she decided to set down roots in the Philippines, unlike her parents before her Knox Balbastro, a 28-year-old copywriter, has a modern lifestyle in central Manila. She was born in the Philippines, and both her parents are Filipino, yet her choice to live in this country is one that many here would say is unusual. For Knox's entire life, her parents have lived abroad. Li
Are you A, B, O or AB? It is a widespread belief in Japan that character is linked to blood type. What's behind this conventional wisdom? Blood is one thing that unites the entire human race, but most of us don't think about our blood group much, unless we need a transfusion. In Japan, however, blood type has big implications for life, work and love. Here, a person's blood type is popularly believ
7 August 2012 Last updated at 08:22 In pictures: Flooding in Manila
At least nine people have been reported dead as torrential rain caused flooding that paralysed most parts of the Philippine capital, Manila. The flooding - neck-deep in some areas - forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, closing schools, offices and the stock exchange. Nine members of one family died after a landslide hit shanty houses in Quezon City, a government report said.
A nursing career is seen as a ticket out of poverty in the Philippines If you go into an American hospital, a Japanese elderly care centre, a British hospice or even the clinics at the centre of the recent violence in Libya and Syria, you are likely to find a nurse from the Philippines working there. Filipinos' reliability and high level of English, coupled with the fact they are willing to accept
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