More than 2.2 billion people 'poor or near-poor': UN reportMore than 2.2 billion people are "poor or near-poor", with financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts threatening to exacerbate the problem, a United Nations report said.
24 July 2014
Almost 7 million need aid in Sudan: UNWorsening conflict in Darfur and an influx of people fleeing war in South Sudan helped push to almost seven million the number needing aid in Sudan, the UN said.
17 July 2014
Google hit by 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requestsMore than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling, with some of the world biggest news sites the first to be hit.
04 July 2014
Rinehart still Australia's richest despite losing Aus$2 bnMining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$2.01 billion (US$1.89 billion) wiped off her fortune in the past year but remains Australia's wealthiest person, an annual rich list showed.
27 June 2014
Churchill's last surviving child dies aged 91Lady Mary Soames, the last surviving child of Britain's World War II prime minister Winston Churchill, has died at the age of 91, her family announced.
Twin Nigeria car bombs kill at least 118Twin car bombings in central Nigeria killed at least 118 people and brought entire buildings down Tuesday, in the latest affront to the government's internationally-backed security crackdown.
Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas splitPrince Harry and his girlfriend of nearly two years, Cressida Bonas, have split up, Britain's Daily Telegraph and US magazine People reported.
Oscar winner Nyong'o named People's most beautifulOscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o was named Most Beautiful person of 2014 by People magazine Wednesday, following in the footsteps of stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise.
24 April 2014
Fear of flying? Not Kim Jong-UnA new photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un disembarking from a plane suggests he doesn't share his father Kim Jong-Il's near-obsessive fear of flying.
South Sudan war displaced in 'acute' need: UNWar-torn South Sudan is in a "spiralling humanitarian crisis", the UN warned Monday, as top aid chiefs visited the young nation, where more than a million people have fled months of conflict.