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Facebook challenging Google in online ad market For years, Google has been the undisputed leader in online advertising, but Facebook is gaining quickly in the fast-evolving market.

15 October 2014

Pop star Kesha sues producer Dr. Luke for sex abuse American pop star Kesha sued her producer Dr. Luke for allegedly abusing her sexually and emotionally for years, while threatening to harm her career.

15 October 2014

Colombia arrests 17 for child prostitution, trafficking Twelve adults and five children suspected of child sex crimes and human trafficking have been arrested in Colombia in a joint operation with the United States.

15 October 2014

Kerry says Russian troops withdrawing from Ukraine US Secretary of State John Kerry said Russian troops were beginning to pull back from Ukraine but warned Moscow still needed to do more to see sanctions eased.

15 October 2014

Facebook, Apple to cover women's egg-freezing: report Facebook and Apple are covering the costs for female employees to freeze their eggs to delay childbearing which could hamper their careers.

15 October 2014

Microsoft's Skype launches video messaging app Microsoft-owned Skype unveiled a new app enabling users to send short video messages to stay "connected between calls."

15 October 2014

Kerry and Lavrov lock horns over Ukraine crisis US Secretary of State lock horns with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the crisis in Ukraine, as a week of high-stake talks get into full swing.

14 October 2014

Iggy Azalea dominates American Music Award list Hip-hop newcomer Iggy Azalea dominated the shortlist for the American Music Awards with nods in six categories just months after her debut album.

14 October 2014

Google says Amazon biggest search engine rival Google boss Eric Schmidt said his company's biggest competition as a search engine came from e-commerce giant Amazon, not from its traditional rivals.

14 October 2014

14-y.o. Kazakhstani amazes Hollywood Vanessa Bezrodnaya, a 14-year-old girl from Kazakhstan's Semey, has become the prize winner at the World Championships of Performing Arts.

14 October 2014

Golovkin might face Macklin for WBC title WBA (Super) and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin from Kazakhstan might face Matthew Macklin of Ireland once again.

13 October 2014

Kerry meets Egypt's Sisi to press democracy US Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to press the former military leader to adopt greater democratic reforms.

13 October 2014

Turkey says US can use air bases for IS fight: US official Turkey has granted the United States access to its air bases for the campaign against the Islamic State group.

13 October 2014

'Gone Girl' remains at top of N. American box office "Gone Girl" stood tall atop the North American box office for a second straight week, fighting back competition from a number of new films.

13 October 2014

Kerry calls for new Middle East peace talks John Kerry called for a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, saying both sides had to be helped to make "tough choices" for lasting stability.

13 October 2014

Nobel economics winners: Usually American, usually pro-austerity The winner of the Nobel economics prize is notoriously hard to predict, but it's usually an American male opposed to big government and big spending.

11 October 2014

Amazon's might divides opinion at world's biggest book fair US online retail giant Amazon may be absent from the stands at the world's biggest book fair but it has still been at the heart of a heated debate.

11 October 2014

White House: no bypass of Congress for Guantanamo closure The White House said it aimed to work with US lawmakers towards closing Guantanamo and was not "drafting options" for circumventing a congressional ban.

11 October 2014

Bose and Beats end beef over headphone patents Audio technology veteran Bose Corporation and Beats Electronics called a ceasefire in a lawsuit over patented technology for canceling noise in earphones.

11 October 2014

Hackers expose trove of snagged Snapchat images A huge trove of evidently intercepted Snapchat images and videos were exposed online, raising fears about what may be revealed.

11 October 2014

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