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Charlie Hebdo cartoonists reject Texas attack comparison
Two Charlie Hebdo journalists have rejected any suggestion of similarities between a deadly attack on the French satirical magazine and a failed armed assault on a Mohammed cartoon event in Texas.
05 May 2015
Merkel defends cooperation with US spy agency
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted her country needed to work with American intelligence agencies, in the wake of claims Berlin helped the US spy on EU leaders and companies.
05 May 2015
Obama urges deeper look at race, hints at his future
President Barack Obama urged Americans to address the root causes of recent racially-tinged unrest, focusing not just on police actions.
05 May 2015
New York party of the year kowtows to China
China's march towards global ascendancy has taken another leap forward -- at least when it comes to New York high society and its most glittering fashion extravaganza, the Met Ball.
05 May 2015
Boston bomber emotional as aunt breaks down on stand
Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev showed emotion in court for the first time, wiping his eyes.
05 May 2015
Bill Clinton will keep giving speeches to 'pay our bills'
Former US president Bill Clinton said in an interview that aired he will keep giving lucrative speeches "to pay our bills" while wife Hillary Clinton runs for the White House.
05 May 2015
'Pretty Girls': Britney Spears teams up with Iggy Azalea
Britney Spears, whose career has been full of both commercial success and criticism, has recorded a song with a younger kindred spirit, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea.
05 May 2015
Kerry calls for unity to defeat terrorism
US Secretary of State John Kerry called for unity in the face of terror attacks, as he visited a memorial in Kenya to the 1998 bombing of the US embassy.
04 May 2015
Baltimore lifts curfew, National Guard begins pullout
Baltimore lifted a curfew that was imposed across the US East Coast city following widespread riots, as thousands of National Guard troops began to pull out.
04 May 2015
Kerry hails 'enormous progress' in new-look Sri Lanka
US Secretary of State John Kerry hailed Sri Lanka for making "enormous progress" since the departure of strongman Mahinda Rajapakse.
02 May 2015
Hundreds in New York demand justice for Freddie Gray
Several hundred people protested in New York demanding police reform and justice for the African-American man who died from injuries sustained in custody in Baltimore.
02 May 2015
'Stand By Me' singer Ben E. King dead at 76
Ben E. King, the soul singer whose Gospel-influenced "Stand By Me" became one of the most broadcast songs of the 20th century, has died at 76.
02 May 2015
Baltimore braces for fresh large-scale protest
National Guard troops patrolled the tense streets of Baltimore in large numbers in anticipation of a fresh large-scale protest over the death of a young African-American man in police custody.
30 April 2015
Microsoft courts app makers with dive into Windows 10
Microsoft made a new pitch to app makers, promising an audience of more than a billion people if they develop services for the upcoming Windows 10 operating system.
30 April 2015
US Supreme Court appears split on gay marriage
The US Supreme Court appeared dividedon whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed, as it weighs a potentially historic decision.
29 April 2015
From drunk to radical, how a Boston bomber was born
Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a flashy dresser who smoked pot and drank alcohol before his dreams of becoming a boxing champion were crushed.
29 April 2015
Baltimore police use smoke bombs, pepper pellets on protesters
Police in Baltimore fired smoke bombs and pepper pellets at hundreds of protesters who defied a night-time curfew that took effect across the city.
29 April 2015
Obama hosts glitzy state dinner for Japan PM
A presidential haiku, sashimi salads and a red carpet awaited Japan's Shinzo Abe at the White House, as Barack Obama offered the prime minister a grand welcome.
29 April 2015
Courtney Love sued by co-author of long-awaited memoir
A music journalist who worked on Courtney Love's long-awaited memoir has sued her, saying that the rock singer failed to compensate him.
29 April 2015
Photo exhibition dedicated to Victory Day to take place in Almaty and Astana in early May
A photo exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II will open in Almaty on May 6 and in Astana on May 7.
29 April 2015