NASA's New Horizons takes 'best close-ups' of Pluto

The US space agency has released a series of sharp Pluto snapshots, billing them as the best close-ups of the dwarf planet we may see for decades.

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Global alliance to take on Uber

Four cab-via-app providers on Friday formed a cross-continent alliance to take on their common global rival Uber Technologies Inc.

IDC sees 9.8% growth in 2015 shipments of smartphones

Sluggish smartphone demand in China is bringing down year-on-year worldwide shipment growth rate to 9.8 percent this year, the first single-digit performance on record, research company International Data Corp warned on Friday.

Tencent, 20th Century Fox form reel venture

Technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd and United States-based film studio 20th Century Fox Film Corp have decided to join hands to explore new ways of film marketing in China.

Losses rise for Chinese steelmakers as demand continues to wane

Losses continued to mount for steelmakers in China during October, as the sector, once the mainstay of economic growth, reeled from overcapacity and waning demand.

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Electric airplane gets green light

Circuit breaker set to start in 2016

China will implement the circuit-breaker mechanism in its bourses from next year as part of its efforts to check abnormal price swings in the capital market.

Company begins major refit of cruise ship in Shanghai

A privately owned Chinese cruise company is making Shanghai the home port of its first luxury liner, which will make its maiden voyage in March after a major refit.

Fishermen find a market for waste plastic

At sunrise in the fishing port of Villajoyosa in eastern Spain, a fleet of traditional fishing boats sets out on the Mediterranean to hunt for cuttlefish, prawns - and plastic bottles.

Court convicts Pistorius of greater murder charge

Oscar Pistorius was convicted of murder on Thursday by South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal, which threw out his earlier conviction on a lesser charge for shooting dead his girlfriend in 2013.

California massacre differs from lone-wolf shootings

Wednesday's mass shooting at a Southern California center for the developmentally disabled came on the heels of other US massacres but differed from most in key ways, including the involvement of multiple people, including a woman, and an apparently well-planned escape route.