A former president of the UN General Assembly has been arrested and charged with accepting over $1m in bribes from a billionaire Chinese property mogul and other businesspeople to pave the way for lucrative investments.

Google is dabbling with getting computers to simulate the learning process of the human brain as one of the unusual projects for researchers in its X Lab.

Ticketus remain happy to work with Paul Murray despite the former Rangers director announcing his Blue Knights consortium were taking a step back from the race to buy the club.

Peggy Gallagher thinks Oasis will get back together.

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific said today that some of its 16 air crew staying at a luxury hotel seized by pro-Chechen gunmen in Istanbul were believed to be hostages.