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Sun-powered plane returns home after historic flight The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse landed back home in Switzerland late Tuesday after completing the final leg of its historic transcontinental flight.
26 July 2012
Olympics: London boasts most expensive medals The eight tons of gold, silver and copper unearthed from mines in Mongolia and Utah and now under guard at the Tower of London is the largest ever haul used to make Olympic medals.
26 July 2012
©REUTERS Olympics kick off but flag error sparks protest Britain's women footballers kicked off the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony, but controversy erupted later over a mistake with the North Korean flag.
26 July 2012
Mobile phones help bolster Uganda's fight against HIV Stella Nayiga clutches her mobile phone as she describes the messages that she received punctually every morning and evening for over a year, reminding her to take her antiretroviral (ARV) drugs regularly.
26 July 2012
Muhammad Ali. Photo courtesy of tout-sur-la-boxe.net Stars out in London to honour great Ali Stars of sport and screen gathered in London on Wednesday to honour legendary heavyweight boxer and Olympic champion Muhammad Ali as the countdown to the 2012 Games neared its finale.
26 July 2012
Photo courtesy of iforexnews.com Euro inches off multi-year lows in Asian trade The euro inched higher in Asian trade on Wednesday after hitting new multi-year lows against the dollar and yen amid worries over the European debt crisis.
25 July 2012
A man on the sunbed. ©REUTERS/David Moir Sunbed tanning kills 800 in Europe every year: study Sunbed users run a 20 percent higher risk than non-users of developing skin cancer, according to a report that blamed some 800 melanoma deaths in Europe every year on indoor tanning.
25 July 2012
Olympics: London drafts in more soldiers for Games Britain has drafted in another 1,200 troops to plug a security gap at the London Olympics left by the failure of a private security firm to provide enough guards.
25 July 2012
Olympics: World leaders, VIPS flock to London for ceremony Thousands of VIPs including some 120 national leaders will jet into London for Friday's Olympic opening ceremony, with guests ranging from Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama to the king of Swaziland.
25 July 2012
Markets panic as eurozone faces turbulent summer The world market panic that started the week looked all too familiar: an alarming reminder of last summer's financial storm brought on by the eurozone debt crisis.
24 July 2012
Moody's cuts Germany outlook Moody's took the first step toward stripping Germany of its coveted AAA credit rating on Monday, cutting the outlook for Europe's largest and most pivotal economy to "negative."
24 July 2012
Nursultan Nazarbayev. Photo by  Danial Okassov© Nazarbayev discussed drought with Agriculture Minister This agricultural year is spent amid drought conditions. This is happening not only in our country, but also in Russia, U.S. and Europe: Nazarbayev.
24 July 2012
Olympics: London 2012 in numbers From the 10,490 athletes heading to London, to the flock of 70 sheep taking part in the opening ceremony on July 27, AFP takes a look at the 2012 Olympic Games in numbers.
24 July 2012
Volunteers join firefighters battling Spain blaze Chugging along on tractors, brigades of volunteers rode to the aid of regular firefighters battling a deadly blaze in northeastern Spain on Monday.
24 July 2012
Norway marks anniversary of Breivik massacre Some 50,000 people attended a concert in Oslo to mark the first anniversary of the gun and bomb rampage by Norwegian right-wing extremist Breivik, which claimed 77 lives.
23 July 2012
Kazakhstan police. Photo by Danial Okassov© Kazakhstan mulls entering International Police Association A foundation conference of Kazakhstan section of the International Police Association (IPA) was held in Astana on July 20.
23 July 2012
Three dead as wildfire sweeps northeast Spain A wildfire whipped up by strong winds in northeast Spain has left three people dead and more than 20 injured, closing roads and trapping thousands of residents indoors.
23 July 2012
©REUTERS/Eric Gaillard Olympics: London prostitutes 'cleaned from the streets' The London Olympics are not big business for everyone -- sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games.
23 July 2012
Photo courtesy of theaustralian.com Euro falls to lowest against yen in over a decade The euro tumbled below 95 yen for the first time in almost 12 years on Monday as dealers rushed to the safe-haven Japanese unit owing to growing fears about Spain's debt crisis.
23 July 2012
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed. Photo courtesy of lexpress.fr A Frenchman's union of Islam and homosexuality A newlywed homosexual Frenchman is on a mission to prove that "being gay and Muslim is possible" after feeling forced for years to choose between his religion and sexuality.
23 July 2012
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