Police and a community group have warned homeless people in California not to sleep alone on the streets because a serial killer has already murdered three of them.

After assuring the Chinese public for weeks that a deadly outbreak of disease was under control, Premier Wen Jiabao today admitted the “overall situation remains grave” as four new deaths and dozens of new cases were reported.

The United States’ Boeing company, the world’s largest aircraft maker, today said it is to establish a new base in Dublin by opening a leasing and finance subsidiary office.