MICROSOFT has sided with rival Nintendo in the fight to unseat video game leader Sony as the battle for supremacy in the €30 billion video games industry intensifies.

MORE than 40 surfers cruised into the record books by riding a single giant surfboard off an Australian beach over the weekend.

More than 40 surfers cruised into the record books by riding a single giant surfboard off an Australian beach, newspapers reported today.

An American accused of deserting the US Army and defecting to North Korea has arrived in Japan, despite the risk of military prosecution.

Wall Street wobbled again today, dropping sharply at the opening, stabilising on soothing words from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and then falling sharply again in late afternoon amid investors’ continuing anxiety about the market’s own dynamics.

The Dow Jones was higher midsession while the Nasdaq was down along with confidence in technology stocks ahead of most earnings reports, dealers said.

High street sales are expected to hit record highs, helped by low interest rates and fair weather.