Mexico City - The son of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim dismissed a report that his father was interested in buying the Honda Formula One team for the symbolic price of 1 dollar, the daily newspaper Reforma reported Sunday.
Reforma said it had received a statement dismissing the story from Carlos Slim Domit, son of the billionaire and second richest man in the world.
The Italian newspaper La Stampa reported earlier Sunday that Slim would have to invest some 300 million euros (421 million dollars) to finance the team next season
New York - Five new films - about dogs, children's magic, reverse ageing, a comic book character and Tom Cruise's Nazi epic - brought Hollywood its best Christmas four-day weekend box office ever, reports said Sunday.
Theatres in Canada and the US raked in 173 million dollars, with Marley and Me - the story of a family and their willful dog - opening at number one with 51.7 million dollars, far more than expected. Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson play the parents in the neurotic dog's family.
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police have detained a Singaporean man and his wife, a Thai national, after his young stepson was found dead in his home with bruises on the body, hands, legs and head, a news report said Monday.
The victim, an 8-year old boy, was believed to have been abused before he died, said deputy district police chief Mohamad Akhir Ishak.
Neighbours called police Saturday afternoon after they heard a commotion in the boy's home in the southern Johor state, the Star daily reported.
With those words from his 2007 "Message to the Communist Youth," an ailing Fidel Castro emphasized the importance of the large sector of Cuban society that has known only the socialist system, and whose hands hold the key to the future of the island.
Judging solely by the numbers, they're doing pretty well. There are more than half a million members of the Communist Youth Union, the new generation of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Recent research has revealed that teenagers who skip breakfast as middle school students lose their virginity at earlier age as compared to those who start the day with a proper meal. Research team led by Kunio Kitamura, executive director of the Japan Family Planning Association analyzed data collected from 1,500 people aged 16 to 49.
Mexico City - The son of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim dismissed a report that his father was interested in buying the Honda Formula One team for the symbolic price of 1 dollar, the daily newspaper Reforma reported Sunday.
New York - Five new films - about dogs, children's magic, reverse ageing, a comic book character and Tom Cruise's Nazi epic - brought Hollywood its best Christmas four-day weekend box office ever, reports said Sunday.
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police have detained a Singaporean man and his wife, a Thai national, after his young stepson was found dead in his home with bruises on the body, hands, legs and head, a news report said Monday.
Havana - "I believe in you."
Tokyo - Japan's markets shed value Monday mo
Recent research has revealed that teenagers who skip breakfast as middle school students lose their virginity at earlier age as compared to those who start the day with a proper meal. Research team led by Kunio Kitamura, executive director of the Japan Family Planning Association analyzed data collected from 1,500 people aged 16 to 49.
