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Lynx has featured a gay kiss on an Australian TV ad, and has earned praises for it.

Myanmar Deputy Finance Minister Maung Thein announced over the weekend the formation of the country's first stock market by October, the Yangon Stock Exchange.

On Tuesday, American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr lost the chance to earn a guaranteed purse of $120 million after a group of investors from the United Arab Emirates withdrew their offer made in November. The investors, which includes royals, were disappointed in Money May's lack of commitment to fight Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.

Separation from iPhone causes users to perform poorly on tests and feel disoriented.

Nico Roseburg teased his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton on social media as the latter turned 30 on Jan. 7th.

Formula One executives recently held a meeting in Geneva to discuss about the possible return of 1000hp cars in the sport.

Gogoro is a new energy infrastructure that could transform city transport in the near future.

The U.S. FDA has approved a new treatment for ovarian cancer from AstraZeneca

Genetics startup 23andMe has tied up with Genentech, a unit of Roche, to find a treatment for Parkinson's, which affects about 1 million people in the United States.

From sex slave to porn star - that is the career path that adult film company Vivid Entertainment is proposing to Virginia Roberts, the 30-year-old American woman who claims to have engaged in a sex orgy with Prince Andrew.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates drank on Wednesday water from a machine that converts the faeces into electricity, water and ash. He compared the water to as delicious as that from a bottled one.

Sports fans could kiss the dream match goodbye after the group of Abu Dhabi investors withdrew on the first week of January their $120 million offer for American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr to fight Filipino champ Manny Pacquiao.

Apple Inc (AAPL) stock is expected to rise with the growing iPhone market share. Analysts expect the new Apple Watch to be made available in luxury retailers.

Even before Indonesian officials confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that AirAsia Flight QZ8501 crashed and is on the ocean floor, the embattled air carrier's share had plummeted 13 percent on new of its disappearance on Sunday.

Because of yearend revelry wherein Australians would consume alcohol or travel to other places, many adults would misplace their wallets and bags, resulting in lost credit cards.

More Australians are giving unwanted Christmas presents that is why for 2014, the number of such gifts rose to 20.3 million from 14.2 million in 2013.

Listed shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) had been named the most traded stock among retail investors in 2014. The stock split in June allowed small investors to trade more of the company's stocks.

Air Asia Flight QZ 8501 made headlines yesterday when the aircraft went missing en route to Singapore and now rescuers believe that the plane is now on the ocean floor.

Phil Dickson videotaped a FedEx truck spilling Christmas packages along Highway 40 in Colorado. The video has gone viral on YouTube.

Keurig is recalling over 7 million of its single- MINI Plus brewers in the United States and Canada due to burn risks.

Despite a 2010 expose by Today show that revealed some retailers, including retail giants Gap, Macy's, Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom return used underwear on the shelves, another round of secret monitoring this 2014 caught three retails still engaged in the same unsanitary practice.

Apple iPhones get costlier in Russia, thanks to the falling ruble.

Westpac announced on Tuesday that it would quit its remittance business on March 31, 2015. Among the Big 4 banks in Australia, it would be the last to leave the $24.5-billion remittance sector in the country.

Leaked information from Sony hack sheds light on the Sony Xperia Z4’s design and release date.

The positive growth of Apple stock is expected to continue as analysts predict strong iPhone 6 demand to continue despite mixed forecasts on Apple Watch.

Air Canada needed to divert a flight from London to Toronto because of an unruly female South African passenger.

An elderly couple from New Zealand said they almost died after being trapped inside their new keyless car.

These new photo filters are part of the Instagram Android version 6.12.0 and Instagram iOS version 6.4.0.

The real reason behind Samsung’s falling profits is Xiaomi and not Apple.