European aircraft manufacturer EADS issued a profits warning on Thursday following a crisis over Airbus production problems, but said that net profit in the first half had risen by 5%. The group also said that the results of a study into the overall implications of problems in A380 production might reveal further extra costs.
Real-time strategy games are usually the preserve of PC owners who have the mouse, keyboard and patience to effectively manipulate the miniature armies at their disposal. But <i>Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2</i> bucks the trend by releasing on the Xbox 360, complete with high-definition support.
Diplomats hailed the "toilet diplomacy" of an impromptu chat in the washroom between the foreign ministers of feuding neighbours China and Japan at security talks in Kuala Lumpur. The two regional powers, whose relations are strained by historical enmities and territorial disputes, have held only a handful of high-level meetings in recent times.
This first-person shoot-’em-up suffered from one of the most protracted development periods in videogame history, but was keenly anticipated. Sadly, although <i>Prey</i> stands out from the first-person shooter crowd, it fails to satisfy. It contains interesting ideas — a native American sub-plot that sees you shooting wraiths with arrows when you die.
Zimbabwe’s junior information minister, Bright Matonga, and a co-accused were granted bail of Z-million () on Wednesday following their arrest for corruption. Police detained Matonga as well as Charles Nherera, chairperson of the state-owned Zimbabwe United Passenger Company, late on Tuesday in the capital.
All 16 people including two Dutch soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, a military coalition spokesperson announced on Thursday. The civilian MI8 helicopter crashed into mountains for unknown reasons near south-eastern Paktia province on Wednesday.
Key internet freedoms are under threat in a legal battle between online search leader Google and pornography publisher Perfect 10, a prominent internet rights foundation said on Wednesday. At issue is whether Google infringed on copyrights by creating links to Perfect 10 pictures copied from its website and posted elsewhere on the internet.
Get real, Mann. Director Michael Mann ushers Miami Vice into theatres on Friday promising a reality-based movie with the sort of raw grit and steamy sex that never would have played on the hit 1980s television show of the same name he helped create.
New Zealand, with one eye on the grand prize of next year’s rugby World Cup, are switching game plans to keep rival teams off the scent, assistant coach Wayne Smith said in Brisbane on Thursday. The All Blacks take on the Wallabies on Saturday, but rugby’s top-rated team is keen not to show too much in the countdown to the World Cup in France.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa on Wednesday night dissolved the country’s Parliament and his Cabinet and named September 28 as the date for the country’s next round of national elections. Earlier in the day, the country’s high court refused to forbid Mwanawasa from unilaterally deciding an election date.