12 May 2013

Virtual blueprints for the world's first 3-D printable handgun found a safe harbour at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, dodging a US government attempt to pull them off the internet.

7:28AM
5 May 2013

The powerful National Rifle Association began its annual convention with a warning from its incoming president that its members are engaged in a "culture war" that stretches beyond gun rights.

5:54AM
23 Apr 2013

After the Newtown massacre at an elementary school in December, Americans rushed to buy guns. I rushed to buy US gun stocks.

3:51AM
21 Apr 2013

China is accusing the US of spying on its own citizens, discriminating against women and ethnic minorities and allowing gun crime to run out of control, in Beijing's annual rebuttal to criticism...

5:41AM
13 Apr 2013

The mother of a Newtown, Connecticut, shooting victim is making a deeply personal plea from the White House for all Americans to take action on gun violence.

4:36PM
9 Apr 2013

President Barack Obama, his voice rising with emotion, urged Americans to pile pressure on a reluctant Congress on Monday to approve new gun control legislation that is at risk of falling victim...

3:52PM

US lawmakers have dropped an effort to include a ban on assault weapons in a broader gun control package, conceding the difficulties of passing such legislation through Congress.

4:00AM

Cathay Pacific Airways releases its annual results, with the figures expected to show profits plunging by almost 90 per cent to HK$570 million. Chief executive John Slosar warned in November that...

3:00AM

The Environmental Protection Department's fluorescent lamp recycling programme provides public collection points for old fluorescent bulbs, although the container does not cater to longer tubes...

1:59AM

Two days before President Barack Obama’s first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried to settle a brewing mystery when it released a photo to back his...

10:25AM

Protesters, backed by senior officials, marched in silence for around 30 minutes along the National Mall near the US Capitol and Washington Monument, carrying white placards marked with the names...

12:32PM

The world is watching while the US divides more bitterly than ever in a national debate it has had before, and must have again, on whether to accept more control of guns in the community.

5:21AM

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