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Music pioneers Kraftwerk lose court fight over sampled hip-hop song
Electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk have lost a 19-year-long copyright battle against an artist who had sampled a two-second drum sequence from one of...
Delays and fifth of flights cancelled as air traffic controllers go on strike
Dozens of flights are being cancelled in and out France over the next three days because of industrial action by traffic controllers.
Former Pakistan leader heads abroad for treatment after travel ban lifted
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who faces treason charges, has left the country to receive medical treatment in Dubai.
‘They’ve picked on the wrong people’: Afghan president vows to 'bury’ ISIS
President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to “bury” the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan.
Shock as Nadal falls to Fognini in marathon five set U.S. Open clash
Rafa Nadal crashed out of the U.S. Open, throwing away a two-set lead as he lost to an inspired Fabio Fognini.
Shock as Nadal falls in five set marathon U.S. Open clash to Fognini
Rafa Nadal crashed out of the U.S. Open, throwing away a two-set lead as he lost to an inspired Fabio Fognini.
Parachutists leap to safety but seven are killed as aircraft collide in mid-air
Seven people were killed when two planes carrying civilian parachutists rehearsing for an air show collided in mid-air on Thursday in Slovakia. The...
Air traffic controllers are ‘too sleepy’, secret study shows
Air traffic controllers’ work schedules often lead to chronic fatigue, making them less alert and endangering the safety of the national air traffic...
Obama administration faces criticism over ‘watered down’ human trafficking report
Several U.S. politicians sharply criticized the Obama administration over a global report on human trafficking in response to an article chronicling how...
More than 100 suspects face Thai human trafficking charges
Thailand’s state prosecutors recommended charges against more than 100 people, including a Thai army general, in a multinational human trafficking...
New boss Benitez ‘is the ethos of this club’, insists Real Madrid chief Perez
Real Madrid unveiled Rafa Benitez as coach on Wednesday, giving him a three-year contract as the replacement for the fired Carlo Ancelotti.
Rafa Benitez appointed Real Madrid manager and given huge cash pot to spend
Real Madrid have confirmed that former Liverpool, Chelsea and Napoli manager Rafael Benitez will become the club’s new first team coach - and he...
I feel reborn: Rafaelle Sollecito’s relief at Kercher murder acquittal
Raffaele Sollecito has given a news conference in Rome after he was acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The 31-year-old began...
Heinz and Kraft to merge into $40B company
H.J. Heinz Co. is buying Kraft Foods Group Inc., creating what the companies say will be the third-largest food and beverage company in North America. The...
Mine0210: Gamer beats Beyonce and Jay Z to $70M Beverly Hills estate
The billionaire creator of Minecraft has reportedly won a bidding war for a Beverly Hills mansion which Beyonce and Jay Z had their eyes on.
China sentences state-owned firm chief to death for graft
In a rare instance of an official being condemned to die, China has sentenced the head of a state-owned company to death for corruption involving nearly...
Have you seen giraffes on a plane? Interpol want to hear from you
The search is on for the man who loaded live giraffes onto a Tanzanian military plane heading for Qatar - and other people who have carried out environmental...
A decade after Arafat: A stateless Palestine, a divided Israel
For decades, Yasser Arafat was the incarnation of the Palestinian fight for independence.
Historic, anxious handover as Afghanistan swears in new leader
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first democratic transfer...
After three-year hunt, Spanish police arrest 10 graffiti artists
Spanish police say they have arrested 10 of the country’s most active graffiti painters on suspicion of causing US$760,000 worth of damage to subway...
UK jets return from Iraq mission without firing a shot
Two RAF Tornado GR4 fighter bombers returned to their base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus at the end of a seven-hour mission without using a single weapon.
RAF jets poised to strike Jihadists in Iraq as Belgium and Denmark join fight
British jets armed with missiles are over northern Iraq on their maiden combat mission after taking off from a base in Cyprus.
Microsoft agrees to buy Minecraft maker Mojang for eye-watering $2.5bn
Microsoft is to buy the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion. The technology giant said it will buy Stockholm-based games firm Mojang.
U.S. urges Southeast Asia action against human trafficking
Southeast Asia’s regional bloc must do more to combat human trafficking after two of its member states were blacklisted for failing to act decisively...
168 U.S. children rescued during sex-trafficking operation: FBI
The victims, many of whom had never been reported missing, were rescued in the last week as part of an annual nationwide crackdown, the U.S.
Thailand, Malaysia, among worst human trafficking centres: U.S.
Failure to meet minimum standards in fighting human trafficking has landed Thailand and Malaysia on a State Department blacklist, a move that could strain...
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