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Facebook testing on-screen button for buying Facebook said it was testing a feature that lets users of the leading social network make purchases by simply pressing an on-screen "Buy" button.
19 July 2014
Dzhokhar Tsarnayev's dorm room. Photo ©The Boston Globe. FBI agent testifies at Tazhayakov's hearing in Boston FBI agent Sara Wood testified against Azamat Tazhayakov at a federal court hearing in Boston.
18 July 2014
©Reuters/Francois Lenoir Google profit up as chief business officer steps out Google reported that its quarterly profit rose with a jump in revenue and released word that its chief business officer was leaving the company.
18 July 2014
William Potts. ©Reuters/Desmond Boylan US hijacker sentenced to 20 years in prison A former Black Panther who hijacked an airplane in 1984 and diverted it to Cuba was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Miami.
18 July 2014
Chinese leader seeks to woo Latin America Chinese President Xi Jinping presses a charm offensive with Latin American leaders on Thursday, highlighting Beijing's growing interest in a resource-rich region traditionally considered the backyard of the United States.
17 July 2014
Honduras calls for curbing crime to fight child migration Honduras called for international efforts to fight organized crime to deter minors from leaving Central America to illegally enter the United States, where rights officials warned youths can face abuse.
17 July 2014
Syed Talha Ahsan (R). ©Reuters/Janet Hamlin US sentences British men over Taliban support A US judge sentenced two British men to a combined total of 20.5 years in prison Wednesday for conspiring to provide and for providing equipment and personnel to the Taliban.
17 July 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin . ©RIA Novosti Putin says sanctions inflict 'serious damage' to US-Russia ties Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that Washington's new biting sanctions against his country will boomerang and hit back at US national interests.
17 July 2014
Shannon Guess Richardson. Photo courtesy of delate.info Texas woman gets 18 years for Obama ricin plot A US actress who tried to blame her husband for sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, then-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and a gun control activist got 18 years in prison
17 July 2014
Prize-winning reporter freed after being held at US border Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas, who revealed in 2011 that he is an undocumented immigrant, was freed by US border agents after being held for several hours.
17 July 2014
©Reuters/Jorge Dan Lopez Mexican police find hundreds, mainly children, living in squalor Mexican authorities found nearly 600 people, most of them children, living in squalid conditions amid rats and insects in a residential facility.
16 July 2014
BRICS create development bank, 'mini-IMF' The BRICS group of emerging powers created a Shanghai-based development bank and a reserve fund seen as alternatives to Western-led institutions.
16 July 2014
Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov. Photo courtesy of inform.kz Tazhayakov did not take Tsarnayev's backpack: Wooldridge Boston Federal Court started hearings of the Azamat Tazhayakov case.
16 July 2014
Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov. Photo ©REUTERS Prosecutors 'attempt to impress the public': Kadyrbayev-Tazhayakov case American attorneys and legal experts have criticized the prosecutors for bringing overly harsh charges against Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev who are accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings case.
16 July 2014
Photo courtesy of newskaz.ru Jury selected for Tazhayakov's hearing on July 7 The Boston court will make the final decision in the case of a Kazakhstani student Azamat Tazhayakov accused of impeding the Boston bombings investigation.
15 July 2014
Canadian teacher arrested in Indonesian child sex scandal A Canadian teacher has been arrested in Indonesia for alleged child sex abuse, police said Tuesday, in a scandal that has rocked one of the country's most prestigious international schools.
15 July 2014
Phoyo courtesy of shipspotting.com North Korean freighter runs aground in Gulf of Mexico A North Korean freighter that sailed from Havana has run aground off the Mexican port of Tuxpan on the Gulf of Mexico, officials said.
15 July 2014
US conductor Lorin Maazel dies at 84 US conductor and composer Lorin Maazel -- whose celebrated international career began when he was a child and later included stints at the New York Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera -- died Sunday. He was 84.
15 July 2014
Putin inherits World Cup baton, promises 'unforgettable' 2018 Russia's President Vladimir Putin vowed "an unforgettable football feast" when his country hosts the 2018 World Cup.
15 July 2014
David Legeno. Photo courtesy of imdb.com Harry Potter' actor found dead in Death Valley British actor David Legeno, who played a werewolf in the "Harry Potter" movies, has been found dead in Death Valley, United States police said.
14 July 2014
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