Vittorio Hernandez

Even if there was global condemnation of the burning of a woman in Papua New Guinea over accusations of sorcery, mob rule continues to reign supreme in the Pacific island. Reports on Monday said that another woman was killed last week in South Bougainville for allegedly practicing sorcery.

Britain and the world are mourning the loss of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday morning at the age of 87. Her children, Mark and Carol Thatcher, said the former PM died of stroke.

Specs of the Samsung Galaxy S4 set for release in Australia in the later part of April are becoming clearer. A statement from the South Korean tech giant confirmed that the much-awaited device would not have a quad-core Exynos 5 Octa processor.

Despite predictions of a flat to moderately lower day on the Australian share market, local stocks received a boost in afternoon trade on the back of gains on Japan's Nikkei Index. The Nikkei rose a further 3% today, after hitting five year highs on Friday, in response to aggressive stimulus announced late last week by the Bank of Japan.

Pissed people often express their anger by flashing the dirty finger sign or using terms such as "up your ass." A 28-year-old Russian man who became jealous of his male friend literally just did the latter.

Local stocks are flat to slightly firmer at lunchtime in the East, with mining players providing most of the support.

The HTC First phone, the first to feature the Facebook Home launcher, has gotten mixed reviews just days after the device was launched by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday.

Ahead of its official release in the third or fourth quarter of 2013, images of the BlackBerry Curve were released over the weekend.

Thin is in seems to be the mantra of tablet manufacturers are new models of tablet computers are released on the market.

Apple has delayed the start of construction work for its spaceship-inspired second campus because of the escalating cost. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the cost has ballooned to $5 billion.

To change the wrong notion that many people have about lovemaking, often caused by first exposure to sex through pornographic movies, a start-up company in New York is attempting to educate the public about what real love making is.

A legal battle between Samsung and Apple over a copyright infringement dispute covering Apple's text-selection patent could lead to the ban on the older Samsung devices in the United States.

The Vatican receives about 600 claims yearly against abusive priests. Some of the charges go all the way back to the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Under the previous popes, most of the accusations were swept under the rug and the Roman Catholic Church imposed silence both on the victims and perpetrators.

Will the Walt Disney employees who are the people behind the well-loved cartoon characters Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck be joining the ranks of the unemployed?

Almost 10 per cent of 3,500 of 36,000 dining establishments in New South Wales failed the state's hygiene test. Among their violations are preparation of food in dirty kitchens and failure to control the spread of bugs.

In the past few days, photos of female celebrities and even porn stars became viral in the Internet. The latest female caught sans her make-up is Barbie doll and the photo shown below has gone viral.

The Australian share market was unable to ride on Wall Street's coattails today, finishing lower for yet another session, and losing 1.6% over the course of the week. That's reduced the yearly gains for the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) to just over 5%. It was the fourth consecutive week the Australian share market finished in the red.

On the eve of her second trip to China, Prime Minister Julia Gillard blamed on Thursday the former Howard coalition government that lost to Labor in 2007 for squandering the nation's resources by spending government income on quick fixes instead of investing it into the future.

Local stocks are once again in the red, despite gains on Wall Street overnight and the Nikkei rising more than 4% on open following aggressive stimulus announced yesterday by the Bank of Japan.

Beginning July 2014, Australians who earn more than $100,000 on their superannuation pensions and annuities will be taxed at 15 per cent. The change is part of the amendments to the country's superannuation system announced on Friday.

Pope Francis's popularity continues to soar. Barely one month from his election and resuming the use of the @Pontifex handle, his nine Twitter accounts in different languages have reached more than 5 million followers.

The Click Frenzy online sale in Australia is making a comeback. Organisers assured Aussie consumers that the crash would not happen again.

By June 2, 2013, BBM Music will be silenced forever. BlackBerry announced on Thursday that all paying customers will be billed for the last time for the device's music service in April, ZDNET reports.

For Australia to reach its goal of having a 40 million population by 2050, it recognises the vital role that skilled migrants will play to fill in the gap that natural births could hardly meet.

Facebook did not roll out a new smartphone on Thursday. Instead, the company unveiled the Facebook Home, a launcher for Android phones. The smartphone that has the launcher is HTC First, which will be sold by AT&T for $99.99 on a new two-year contact. Shipment on this AT&T exclusive begins April 12, but the U.S. carrier started taking pre-order on April 4, Thursday.

As techies await the shipment and availability of Samsung's Galaxy S4 in retail outlets, the South Korean tech giant is ensuring that more consumers could lay their hands on the device. To match Apple stores, Samsung will open retail boutiques in 1,400 Best Buy locations.

Local stocks followed Wall Street and European markets into the red today, as political jitters over North Korea and weak global economic data weighed on sentiment. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) closed near its lows of the day, down almost 1%.

Besides the Roman Catholic Church that elected a new leader in March with Argentinean Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerging as Pope Francis, another Christian religion just picked a new leader. Anglican bishops enthroned Archbishop Justin Welby as the Archbishop of Canterbury on March 21.

The decades-old scandal that had influenced even the recent election of Pope Francis as leader of the 1.2-billion strong Roman Catholic Church will soon be seen in cinemas around the world.