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Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel lead the way with 9 Oscar nominations
Show business satire “Birdman” and colourful caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” led the Academy Awards nominees on Thursday with...
Facebook takes on LinkedIn by testing workplace version of social network
Facebook has revealed it is taking on LinkedIn and testing a version of its leading social network tailored for getting jobs done in workplaces instead...
The Apple Watch may be just two months away
The Apple Watch may be coming to your local store sooner than you think. According to 9to5Mac, the highly anticipated wearable could arrive in the United...
Combination treatment halves death rate in prostate cancer patients
Researchers have found older men with prostate cancer may live longer if they receive a combination of radiation and hormone therapy – but many men do...
Road to justice: Boston Marathon bombing trial begins with jury selection
Some 1,200 potential jurors are due to report to federal court in Boston beginning on Monday as selection begins for the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged...
Hotly anticipated Apple Watch poses challenge for advertisers
Apple’s eagerly anticipated smartwatch poses a conundrum for advertisers: How to tap the enticing possibilities of the tiny gadget without overwhelming...
Jury selection starting in Boston Marathon trial
Jury selection for the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused in the Boston Marathon attacks, begins Monday.
Suicide boat: Four dead as Pakistan vessel blows itself up while being chased
The crew of a Pakistani fishing boat blew up and sank their vessel after trying to evade capture at the hands of the Indian navy in a high-speed chase...
Seek muscular male with quality rump? Try online dating for bulls
Described as blond, muscular and from a good family, Bariton’s online profile has caught the eye of Sylvain Frobert, who is thinking of hooking him...
Stowaways raise fears of more deaths in Adriatic ferry disaster
Two Albanian seamen were among 13 people confirmed killed in a ferry disaster in the Adriatic Sea, as officials warned the discovery of stowaways on board...
Great White Shark attack blamed for teenager’s death in Australia
A teenager has been killed in a suspected attack by a Great White Shark while spear fishing in southwest Australia.
Four bodies recovered from burning Greek ferry as 140 still await rescue
Four bodies have been recovered from a burning ferry off the coast of Corfu, Greek authorities have said.
About 400 rescued from stricken ferry but 10 die and many more missing
Rescue teams evacuated more than 400 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece’s Adriatic coast in a 36-hour operation on roiling seas,...
Latvia to grapple with Russia as EU president
Latvia takes over as European Union president on Thursday, putting it on the front line of negotiations with neighbouring Russia over the deadly crisis...
Gamers, rejoice: Sony’s PlayStation back online after Christmas hack
Sony’s PlayStation reported that its network was back online and claimed that it had been attacked, three days after it and Microsoft’s Xbox...
Croatians elect new president under cloud of economic crisis
Croatians go to the polls Sunday to elect a president under the cloud of a deep economic crisis, with incumbent Ivo Josipovic seen as the frontrunner.
In Nevada, goats help eat and recycle Christmas trees
You know that goats eat just about anything. But did you know that the menu might include Christmas trees? “They’ll eat the pine needles and...
Chinese police nab cat kidnappers with more than 1,000 stolen pets
More than 1,000 stolen cats have been freed in northeast China after local police arrested a group suspected of stealing the cats and planning to sell...
Activists react to move to ease ban on blood donations from gay men
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials are closer to overturning a 31-year-old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, but activists...
Farewell to arms: Global weapons treaty enters into force on Wednesday
A treaty laying down international rules for the global arms trade goes into force on Wednesday with campaigners vowing to make sure it is strictly implemented.
Australian bushfire survivors win record class action
Survivors of a devastating 2009 bushfire in Australia won final court approval Tuesday for a US$407 million payout — the biggest class action settlement...
Sex slavery pushes Islamic State victims to suicide: Amnesty
Women and girls from Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State jihadist group have committed suicide or tried...
Blatter vows to ‘restore football’s credibility’ in fifth term as FIFA chief
Sepp Blatter has confirmed his intention to stand for a fifth term as FIFA President.
Jordan hangs 11 after lifting execution ban
Jordan executed 11 men convicted of murder by hanging on Sunday, the interior ministry said, as it ended an informal eight-year moratorium on the death...
Yazidis cheer Kurds on Iraqi mountain for breaking Islamic State siege
Iraqi Kurdish fighters flashed victory signs as they swept across the northern side of Sinjar mountain on Saturday, two days after breaking through to...
IS executes 100 foreign fighters for trying to quit
The Islamic State extremist group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee their headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Financial...
Let nature play a role in climate adaptation, experts urge
When the rainy season comes and floods the fields, poor families in northwest Bangladesh once cut trees to survive or went hungry.
Fingers pointed as climate talks deadlock
Accusations flew at deadlocked UN climate talks in Lima on Saturday, as the United States warned that failure to compromise could doom the 22-year-old...
Back in business: Britain’s Heathrow recovers after flight chaos
Heathrow Airport cancelled 38 flights on Saturday as it recovered from a computer glitch that wreaked havoc with the London airport system, the world’s...
U.S. Congress passes $584 billion defence bill, expands campaign against IS
The U.S. Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a massive U.S. defence policy bill that endorses his stepped-up military campaign of air strikes...
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