When you are in a restaurant, take a look around you. You will see that the majority of people are bent forward towards the glow of their smartphones. Whatever is streaming on their phones is so engrossing that they seem to be in some sort of hypnotic trance, ignoring the people around them. Conversations at dinner table are limited to ...

A phenomenon is sweeping through the US, China, Taiwan and many other parts of the world. It is called Linsanity. It all started with  Jeremy Lin. He now boasts more than 1.5 million followers on on Weibo and hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter and other social media sites.

A calico cat named Willow that disappeared from her Colorado home five years ago has been found nearly 3,000km away from its home on a Manhattan  street on Wednesday. A man found Willow wandering down East 20th Street and sent her to the Animal Care & Control (ACC) – an animal rescue and shelter in New York City.  A scanner ...