It’s all about the brides.

If you thought find a job was competitive, try finding a bride in China. As most people know, China implemented a one-child policy many many years ago that allowed families to have one-one child. Many Chinese parents as a result choose to have a male to carry on the family name instead of a female, who they believed was a liability. However, this has resulted into 122 females every 100 males in China.

The $499 (U.S.) iPad coming in 60 days, including to Canada

As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage in San Francisco today and unveiled the iPad. The tablet device is “more intimate than a laptop, and it’s so much more capable than a smartphone,” according to Jobs. What it looks like is enlarged iPhone.

Mahinda Rajapakse declared sixth executive president of Sri Lanka

Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake declared Wednesday evening that President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been elected sixth executive president in Tuesday’s presidential election. President Rajapaksa polled 6,015,934 (57.88 %) per cent of the vote against the 4,173,185 (40.15 %) secured by opposition common candidate Sarath Fonseka.

Dublin verdict: Sri Lanka guilty of War Crimes

Dublin war-crimes tribunal, conducted by Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) based in Milan, which held hearings on Thursday and Friday on war-crime charges on Sri Lanka from eye-witnesses and other material evidence, in the preliminary findings issued Saturday said, Sri Lanka Government is “guilty of War-Crimes” .

Drivers should brace for insurance crunch

The cost of Ontario auto insurance is continuing to rise as insurers and motorists wait for changes the government promised last November. Twenty two insurers won approval in the final quarter of 2009 to raise their premium rates – one by a whopping average of 15 per cent starting in March.

Man dies after watching Avatar in 3D

A 42-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke, likely to have been triggered by over-excitement from watching the blockbuster “Avatar” in 3D, a doctor said on Tuesday.

Haiti quake: survivor search on Facebook

Thousands of pictures of missing people in Haiti have been uploaded to Facebook, as friends and relatives search for information on their loved ones.

A solar eclipse that reduced the sun to a blazing ring surrounding a black disk has entered the record books as the longest “annular” eclipse for 1000 years.

A solar eclipse that reduced the sun to a blazing ring surrounding a black disk has entered the record books as the longest “annular” eclipse for 1000 years. The phenomenon which lasted eleven minutes and eight seconds, set a record that will not be beaten for another millennium.