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- Customers now have a way to know how many calories are contained in the food they're ordering. Some fast food companies plan to place product calorie information on menu boards.
- A China Airlines passenger plane from Taiwan lost control and experienced a steep drop over Thai airspace when approaching Bangkok's Suvarnab humi Airport on Thursday, injuring more than 30 people on board.
- According to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, or AQSIQ, an additional 31 batches of milk powder have been found to contain melamine but most products of this kind on the market are now believed to be safe.
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Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers look ready to run the shaky Chicago Cubs out of the playoffs early and extend their championship drought to 100 years.
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Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays appeared perfectly at home in the playoffs with a Game 1 victory over Chicago. The rookie said looks can be deceiving, though.
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With one more loss to the Phillies, CC Sabathia and the Milwaukee Brewers will have all winter to rest.
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The NBA released the results of a review of the league's embattled officiating program Thursday in the wake of the Tim Donaghy scandal.
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Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki inched closer to her third title this year, overpowering seventh seed Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, 6-4, 6-1 Friday in the quarterfinals of the $175,000 Japan Open Tennis Championships.
At Home or On the Road?
With easier transportation available, holiday no longer means just some time off at home, more people choose to diversify their holiday plans. When we are given the multiple options for holiday break, which way do you prefer spending your days off? Do you enjoy the feeling of being away from the crowds or rather joining them? Share with us your favourite ways of spending the holiday?
Oktoberfest
Her Life as a Person with a Disability
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- Silicon Valley companies are increasing the pressure on the House of Representatives to pass a $700 billion dollar bailout bill, which lawmakers rejected on Monday, in a bid to rescue the U.S. financial system.
- The Netherlands is calling on all European Union members to put aside 3 percent of their gross national products in a joint response to the financial crisis.
- Asian stocks fell while the yen rose to a two-year high against the euro on Friday on fears the $700 billion financial rescue bill, still needing final U.S. government approval, may not be enough to keep the global economy from falling into recession.
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Financial Compensation For Civil Servants Who Take Voluntary Redundancies
Recently, the Kunming municipal government announced that staff who resign to run their own businesses will have their old jobs kept open for three years, and will still be paid for the first year after they leave. In addition, civil servants who resign voluntarily will be awarded a maximum 200,000 yuan as financial compensation.
- Hong Kong actress-singer Kelly Chen married her longtime boyfriend, Alex Lau, on Thursday after 16 years of courtship.
- James Earl Jones is tipped to receive this year's life achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.
- The thirteenth Pusan International Film Festival opened on Thursday night in South Korea with more than a hundred top stars from South Korea and overseas in attendance.
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