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Anti-tobacco conference struggles to stub out lobbyists A major conference aimed at cutting global smoking rates in Moscow found itself grappling with another issue.

18 October 2014

DiCaprio teams with Netflix on gorilla documentary Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has teamed up with online streaming service Netflix for a documentary about endangered mountain gorillas in east Africa.

18 October 2014

Russia under fire over MH17 crash probe Australian Foreign Minister delivered a diplomatic version of the "shirt front" promised by Prime Minister as Russia came under fire over the fate of flight MH17.

18 October 2014

Hurricane Gonzalo arrives in Bermuda: US forecasters Hurricane Gonzalo struck Bermuda Friday as a strong category two storm, the US National Hurricane Center said.

18 October 2014

Mexico arrests chief of gang in missing students case Mexican authorities have captured the suspected leader of the Guerreros Unidos gang, which was allegedly involved with corrupt police in the disappearance of 43 students.

18 October 2014

Putin calls on Europe to help Ukraine pay gas debts Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Europe to help Kiev cover its gas debts with Moscow following talks with his Ukrainian counterpart.

18 October 2014

Russia to launch Europe's largest prison Russia will launch Europe's biggest prison in 2015 to replace one of its most notorious jails that once held revolutionary Leon Trotsky and Soviet-era dissidents.

18 October 2014

Stock market plunge an 'over-reaction': IMF's Lagarde International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said the plunge in global stock exchanges this week was due to a market "over-reaction".

18 October 2014

Twitpic to shutter service after all Twitpic put out word that the service is shutting down after all, apologizing for a "false alarm" that a merger would be its salvation.

18 October 2014

Russia's Rosneft takes EU to court over sanctions Russian oil giant Rosneft and a close associate of President Vladimir Putin are fighting the EU in court over sanctions imposed on some of Russia's biggest companies.

18 October 2014

Russian nationalist arrested over Ablyazov embezzlement case; Ablyazov hearings commence in France Russian police arrests Alexander Potkin, a well-known nationalist, in connection with the BTA Bank embezzlement case worth $5 billion. French court restarts Ablyazov extradition hearings.

17 October 2014

Gay smooch ad creators lose in court; situation of sexual minorities in Kazakhstan in spotlight Creators of the scandalous poster depicting a smooch between Kazakh composer and Russian poet of 19 century have lost the appeal in court on grounds of "acceptable morality and behaviour". What is for sexual minorities in Kazakhstan?

17 October 2014

Jimmy Choo steps out on London stock market Shoemaker to the stars Jimmy Choo stepped out Friday on the London stock market in a float valuing the business at £545.6 million.

17 October 2014

Travel ban may not help prevent Ebola spread: Obama US President Barack Obama said that closing US borders to citizens of three West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic would be counter-productive.

17 October 2014

Twitter tweets start to sing Twitter began letting people instantly listen to music and other audio by clicking on tweets from the popular messaging service.

17 October 2014

London pays homage to immortal myth of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes never existed but his fictional address of 221B Baker Street still receives a steady flow of letters addressed to the famously intuitive detective.

17 October 2014

Belgium's new government survives confidence vote Belgium's right-wing coalition government won a vote of confidence just days after taking office.

17 October 2014

Emir Baigazins Wounded Angel receives Hubert Bals Fund Emir Baigazin, the Kazakh director of Harmony Lessons, has been chosen one of the 11 winners of the Hubert Bals Fund.

17 October 2014

Apple starts iPhone 6 sales in key China market Apple began selling its latest iPhone in China Friday, nearly a month after other major territories due to a licence delay by regulators.

17 October 2014

Kazakhstan's Emir Baigazin among jury at Sao Paolo Film Festival Emir Baigazin from Kazakhstan has been chosen as a jury at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival.

17 October 2014