Water-resistant sunscreen products work much less well after they have been worn in the sea, a consumer group has warned ahead of the summer holiday season.

 China is using fake LinkedIn profiles to gather information on German officials and politicians, the German intelligence agency (BfV) has said.

 Bitcoin crossed $14,000 (£10,460; €11,870) on Thursday, surging $2,000 in less than 24 hours.

The Ukrainian central bank said on Friday it had warned state-owned and private lenders of the appearance of new malware as security services said Ukraine faced cyber attacks like those that knocked out global systems in June.

China's environment ministry on Thursday warned northern regions to get ready for emergency action to tackle another bout of heavy smog expected over the New Year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recently the State Bank of Viet Nam told credit institutions to restrict loans to real estate projects to reduce risks and credit concentration in a single sector.

 Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it will begin warning users of its consumer services including Outlook.com email when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts.

 Twitter Inc issued an alert to some users warning them that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive data from their accounts, the company said, the first such warning by the micro blogging site.

Vietnamese women are seeking platelet-rich plasma treatment technology that uses ingredients in an individual’s blood to allegedly regenerate their skin, even though the treatment has not been licenced by the Ministry of Health.

 She is the chief executive of Easyjet who has spent five days battling to fly home tourists stranded at Sharm el-Sheikh airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has warned about the risk of diphtheria outbreaks spreading from Laos through the border area into Viet Nam.

 The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned global growth is likely to be weaker this year than last.

 A Volkswagen engineer warned the company about cheating over its emission tests as early as 2011, a German newspaper reports.

 A French health watchdog has recommended that children under the age of six should not be allowed access to 3D content.

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the government that accelerating house prices and low productivity pose the greatest threat to the UK's economic recovery.