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Facebook under fire over 'creepy' secret study Facebook secretly manipulated the feelings of 700,000 users to understand "emotional contagion" in a study that prompted anger and forced the social network giant on the defensive.

30 June 2014

NASA's 'flying saucer' tests new Mars-landing technology NASA sent a saucer-like vehicle high into the sky to test technology for a future Mars landing, but its parachute tangled when deployed and the spacecraft splashed into the Pacific Ocean.

30 June 2014

NY homeless angry at China tycoon's 'publicity stunt' A three-course lunch hosted by an eccentric Chinese millionaire for 250 homeless New Yorkers in a posh restaurant degenerated into fury Wednesday when guests were denied $300 cash handouts.

30 June 2014

Golden Gate Bridge to get anti-suicide netting Transportation authorities agreed to fund anti-suicide netting beneath the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent people jumping to their death from the iconic landmark, an official said.

28 June 2014

US says Mexican chopper crosses border, shoots twice A Mexican military helicopter ventured around 100 yards (meters) into the United States and fired two shots, the US border security agency said Friday in a claim quickly denied by Mexico.

28 June 2014

Tributes to soul legend Bobby Womack, dead at 70 Legendary US soul artist Bobby Womack, who influenced and wrote for generations of musicians, died Friday aged 70, a spokeswoman said, triggering a surge of tributes.

28 June 2014

Nyong'o, Pharrell Williams among new Academy members Kenyan Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, Somalia's Barkhad Abdi, "Happy" songster Pharrell Williams and Irish-German star Michael Fassbender are among 271 actors newly invited to join Hollywood's Oscar-bestowing Academy, organizers said.

28 June 2014

Art superstar Koons unveils life work in New York Jeff Koons, one of world's highest paid artists, unveils his life work in New York on Friday, a chance to understand why his art is so celebrated, so loathed and so expensive.

28 June 2014

Suarez kicked out of World Cup for biting opponent Uruguay star Luis Suarez exited the World Cup in shame after being hit with the heaviest suspension in the tournament's history for biting an Italian opponent.

28 June 2014

Mexican police attacked in ambush One policeman died and three were wounded in an ambush in a Mexican state along the US border that is ravaged by drug cartel violence, officials said.

27 June 2014

Mass gay wedding in Toronto for 115 couples Australians Richard Laslett and Collin Gunther waited 37 years to say "I do" to one another.

27 June 2014

Obama seeks $500 mn to train, equip Syrian rebels The White House has asked lawmakers for $500 million to train and equip vetted Syrian rebels, in what would be a significant escalation of US involvement in a conflict that has spilled into Iraq.

27 June 2014

'Great Conciliator' Howard Baker dies in US Howard Baker, a former United States Senate majority leader and presidential contender known for his ability to achieve compromise across the political aisle, died on Thursday. He was 88.

27 June 2014

France attacks ICANN as unfit for internet governance France strongly attacked the US-based body that assigns internet addresses, saying it was not a fit venue for internet governance and that alternatives should be sought.

27 June 2014

Nepal PM diagnosed with tuberculosis: party spokesman US doctors treating Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala have ruled out lung cancer and diagnosed the 75-year-old with tuberculosis, a spokesman for the premier's Nepali Congress party said.

26 June 2014

Jackson fans, doctor recall icon, five years on Michael Jackson fans laid flowers at the pop icon's mausoleum to mark the fifth anniversary of his death, as the singer's doctor recalled his patient's final hours.

26 June 2014

Out of touch? Hillary Clinton hits back after wealth gaffe Hillary Clinton sought to nuance her remark that she and ex-president husband Bill were "dead broke" when they left the White House, insisting she was not out of touch.

26 June 2014

Gary Oldman slammed for 'anti-Semitic' comments Jewish groups blasted British actor Gary Oldman on Tuesday for alleged anti-Semitic remarks defending Mel Gibson and suggesting that Hollywood is run by Jews.

26 June 2014

800 Taliban fight Afghan troops in five-day battle: officials More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain territory recently vacated by US troops, officials said Wednesday, with 40 civilians killed in five days of fighting.

25 June 2014

US actor Eli Wallach dead at 98: report The prolific American actor Eli Wallach, known by many for his role in the western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" as part of a career spanning six decades, has died at the age of 98, US media reports said.

25 June 2014

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