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US protesters urge Obama to act on global warming
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Washington Sunday to generate pressure on President Barack Obama to take concrete measures to fight global warming.
18 February 2013
Divers scour Russian lake after meteor strike injures 1,200
Divers scoured the bottom of a Russian lake on Saturday for fragments of a meteorite that plunged to Earth in a blinding fireball whose shockwaves injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of homes.
16 February 2013
Famous last tweets captured for posterity
Someone's famous last words are now likely to be famous last tweets.
16 February 2013
China holiday retail sales jump 15%: government
China on Saturday said retail sales jumped nearly 15 percent on-year during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, as consumers splurged on jewellery, clothes and food.
16 February 2013
Meteor strike in Russia hurts almost 1,000
A plunging meteor which exploded with a blinding flash above central Russia , set off a shockwave that shattered windows and hurt almost 1,000 people in an event unprecedented in modern times.
16 February 2013
Pioneering Finns share leftovers to cut waste
Jukka Peltonen has just come home from the shop with a bag of clementines, but he's disappointed to discover they're too acidic for his taste.
13 February 2013
Shocked world media speculates on pope's successor
The world's media Tuesday speculated on whether the next pontiff may come from the developing world, while paying mixed tributes to Pope Benedict XVI following his shock resignation announcement.
12 February 2013
22 reported dead as stampede mars India's Ganges festival
At least 22 people died in a stampede as pilgrims headed home from India's giant Kumbh Mela festival, which drew a record 30 million people to the banks of the river Ganges.
11 February 2013
Neutral in a harsh world: the history of the ICRC
Founded to care for victims of war, the International Committee of the Red Cross has faced a tough task, sometimes been found wanting, but has always known how to adapt to shifting challenges.
11 February 2013
Death toll in Bangladesh ferry sinking rises to 14
- Rescue divers on Saturday pulled out 12 more bodies from a ferry that sank near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka with around 100 people aboard, raising the death toll from the latest boat disaster to 14.
10 February 2013
Assange urges leak of US drone rules
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged US officials Friday to leak secret documents on drone strikes, saying that the broad discretion to kill citizens showed a "collapse" in the American system.
09 February 2013
Christ, Mohammed draw divisions among Bulgarian Roma
Nothing illustrates better the arrival of a new wave of Islam among Roma in Bulgaria's southern town of Pazardzhik, whose imam Ahmed Mussa is on trial for spreading radical ideology.
09 February 2013
Aid workers in DRC appeal for $900 million
Aid workers in the conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday they will need nearly $900 million (673 million euros) to meet the needs of the population this year.
08 February 2013
US immigrants' kids almost as well off as natives: study
Second-generation immigrants in the United States are far better off than their parents and almost as well-placed as the offspring of native-born Americans.
08 February 2013
Obama to hand secret drone war guidelines to lawmakers
In a reversal, President Barack Obama will allow lawmakers access to secret documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes that kill US citizens abroad who conspire with Al-Qaeda.
07 February 2013
Supporters of Venezuela's Chavez march on coup anniversary
Supporters of ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marched in Caracas on Monday marking the day 21 years ago that their leader, then a young paratrooper officer, launched a failed military coup.
05 February 2013
Spanish registered unemployed rises to 4.98 mn in January
The number of Spaniards officially registered as unemployed rose to 4.98 million in January, according to Labour Ministry data released Monday, as the country's recession deepened.
04 February 2013
Cambodians mass for cremation of beloved ex-king
Thousands of Cambodians dressed in black and white gathered Monday ahead of the cremation of revered former king Norodom Sihanouk, who steered the war-ravaged kingdom through six turbulent decades.
04 February 2013
Tens of thousands kick off Venice Carnival
Some 70,000 revellers, many wearing elaborate costumes and masks, thronged Venice's St Mark's Square on Sunday to watch the traditional "flight of the angel," a highlight of the annual Carnival.
04 February 2013
Social media stirs Super Bowl ad buzz
This Sunday, nearly 180 million Americans will settle in front of TV sets with beer and chicken wings and, over four hours, watch commercials interrupted by an American football game.
01 February 2013
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