German industrial giant Siemens plans to cut 4,500 jobs, or about 1% of its total global workforce, months after it announced plans to slash more than 7,000 jobs.

 Taking aspirin every day can reduce the chance of developing or dying from bowel and stomach cancers, a review of all available evidence suggests.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has required that the tax sector cut the time for enterprises to complete tax paperwork to under 300 hours a year by the end of 2014.  

Struggling airline Qantas has announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs, after reporting a heavy financial loss. 

 Italy's government approved a 2014 budget that will have "less spending, less debt and less tax" to help sustain a gradual economic recovery it hopes will start later this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Suspecting her husband as an adulterer, Bien made her husband unconscious with a narcotic and chopped off his penis to revenge him.