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Merkel tops Forbes 'powerful women' list German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped Forbes's list of the world's most powerful women for the fourth consecutive year, followed by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, the magazine said.

29 May 2014 10:46

Hundreds of migrants breach Morocco-Spain border About 400 migrants stormed across a towering, triple-layer border fence from Morocco into the tiny Spanish territory of Melilla on Wednesday, one of the biggest crossings in nearly a decade, an official said.

29 May 2014 00:41

Krakow drops bid for Winter Olympics 2022; Lviv, Beijing, Oslo and Almaty still in Polish Krakow has withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games after a referendum held this weekend.

28 May 2014 18:41

Australian paper shows Kate's bare bottom One of Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers on Wednesday published a picture showing the bare bottom of Prince William's wife Kate, refusing to follow a "ridiculous" ban imposed by the British media.

28 May 2014 12:03

Accor buys 97 hotels in Europe for 900 mn euros Hotel group Accor on Tuesday announced the purchase of 97 hotels in Europe through its HotelInvest business for a total of 900 million euros ($1 billion).

28 May 2014 10:01

Kazakh Khan through the eyes of a British traveler An English translation of historically significant John Castle’s diary about his travels to the Kazakh Steppe is in preparation in the UK.

27 May 2014 11:44

Astana Opera's Sundet Baigozhin to perform at Arena di Verdi The lead singer of the Astana Opera Sundet Baigozhin has won the audition at Arena di Verdi.

26 May 2014 20:28

Kazakhstan to provide humanitarian aid to Serbia Kazakhstan will render humanitarian aid to Serbia.

26 May 2014 20:26

Epic Turkish drama 'Winter Sleep' wins Cannes top prize Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday for "Winter Sleep" and dedicated the honour to victims of his country's political strife.

26 May 2014 13:28

Ice Hockey: Putin watches as Russia win fifth world title Russia's ice hockey team avenged their defeat at the Sochi Olympics as watched by President Vladimir Putin they overpowered Finland 5-2 to take gold at the world championships in Minsk.

26 May 2014 12:34

Merkel conservatives win EU vote, neo-Nazis gain seat German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives came out ahead in European Parliament elections, official results showed Monday, but a neo-Nazi party also won a seat in Brussels, echoing far-right gains elsewhere.

26 May 2014 12:09

Chocolate king claims victory in Ukraine presidential vote Chocolate baron Petro Poroshenko claimed a resounding victory on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential election and immediately vowed to end a bloody pro-Russian uprising that thwarted voting across swathes of the separatist east.

26 May 2014 10:32

Dogs triumph in Cannes as canine thriller wins prestigious prize Dogs triumphed in Cannes Friday as Hungarian canine thriller "White God" won the film festival's prestigious prize for innovative work, just hours after its four-legged stars scooped up the unofficial Palm Dog award for pooch talent.

24 May 2014 14:18

India wins Italy appeal over helicopter deal India on Friday partially won an appeal against an Italian court order rejecting its request to recover bank guarantees over a scrapped helicopter deal at the centre of a bribery scandal.

24 May 2014 11:25

Fire engulfs historic Scottish art school A blaze ripped through one of the world's top art schools in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday, damaging a historic building designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

24 May 2014 11:00

Pope begins Middle East 'pilgrimage' in Jordan Pope Francis arrives in Jordan Saturday at the start of a Middle East tour aiming to boost ties with Muslims and Jews as well as easing an age-old rift within Christianity itself.

24 May 2014 10:38

US locates missing British yacht in Atlantic, but no crew A US Navy warship helicopter has spotted a missing yacht in the Atlantic but found no trace of its four-man British crew now feared dead, American officials said.

24 May 2014 10:15

McCartney to make full recovery from virus in Tokyo Music legend Paul McCartney has been treated in a Tokyo hospital for an illness that forced him to cancel a tour of Japan but is expected to make a full recovery, his representatives said.

24 May 2014 03:59

ICC sentences Congolese warlord Katanga to 12 years The International Criminal Court on Friday sentenced Congolese warlord Germain "Simba" Katanga to 12 years in jail for arming an ethnic militia that carried out a "particularly cruel" 2003 village massacre.

23 May 2014 21:12

Disgraced Galliano reappears at Russian cosmetics chain Disgraced British fashion designer John Galliano, little-seen since being sacked by Dior in 2011 for making drunken racist tirades, reappeared in Moscow Thursday as creative director of a Russian cosmetics chain.

23 May 2014 13:40

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