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World stocks sank for an eighth straight session of losses on Friday, with investors racked by worries about the slowing global economy and the dangerous spread of euro zone debt anguish into Italy and Spain.

China has kicked four-times Olympic gold medalist Wang Meng out of the national short track speed skating team and disqualified her from competitions for her part in a brawl with her team manager last month.

China and Japan called for global cooperation on Friday after a financial market rout signaled fear that Europe's debt crisis could spin out of control and the U.S. economy may slide into another recession.

A scary drop in stocks and commodities threatens to squeeze life out of an already faltering U.S. economy, with deal-making, investment in plants and equipment, and capital raising at risk of slowing down or freezing up.

Shanghai and parts of eastern China are preparing to face one of the biggest typhoons in recent years called Muifa, which is expected to bring torrential rains and heavy winds as it passes by.

Hermit North Korea is trying a new pitch to attract foreign investors into one of the world's most closed, and impoverished, economies. This time it might even work.

China's top official newspaper on Friday dismissed as irresponsible suggestions Beijing was the state actor behind massive Internet hacking of governments and companies that security company McAfee this week said it had discovered.

Humanity has come to terms with being alone in the wilderness of the universe with every single speculation on spotting intelligent extra terrestrial life yielding no result. Aliens thus exist only in our imagination fueled by colorful fictitious characters.

China's top official newspaper on Friday dismissed as irresponsible suggestions that Beijing was the state actor that security company McAfee said this week was likely behind massive Internet hacking of government and companies.

They are a rag-tag bunch, often working from home or tiny offices scattered round the world, from rural Texas to Beverly Hills and a suburb near Australia's Bondi Beach.

China should let the yuan float as soon as possible to halt a further build-up of China's foreign exchange reserves and avoid destructive losses in its dollar investments, a former central bank adviser said in comments published on Friday.

Automobile production in Brazil rose 3.9 percent BRAOPM=ECI and sales increased 0.6 percent BRASLM=ECI in July from June, the national automakers' association said on Thursday.

Disney studios will go ahead with an updated live action Snow White film. This, according to The Hollywood Reporter, will be a warrior-focused version of the tale under the title The Order of the Seven.

A five-year campaign 'Operation Shady RAT' that compromised networks in 72 major organizations around the world, including several governments, ASEAN, IOC and the world anti-doping agency, made news Tuesday. Government agencies in India, South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S. were attacked, plus high-profile targets like the International Olympic Committee.

China's bigger telecom provider could be offering the iPhone 5 and represent $30 billion of revenue opportunity for Apple.

Security experts have discovered an unprecedented series of cyber attacks on the networks of 72 organizations globally, including the United Nations, governments and corporations, over a five-year period.

Thousands of civilians were fleeing the city, a bastion of protest surrounded by a ring of steel of troops with tanks and heavy weapons

General Motors' profit topped estimates as revenue jumped 19 percent.

Sony ruled out dumping its television business or dissolving a TV panel partnership with Samsung Electronics Co even as it looks to overhaul its lossmaking TV unit.

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Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up. Over the past 50 years the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded history and experts think the trend is accelerating.