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Smartphone sales exceed feature phone sales for first time
According to research firm Gartner, smartphone sales exceeded feature phone sales for the first time in the April-to-June period. Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 435...
Eurozone emerges from recession after 18 months of economic contraction
Eurozone has emerged from recession after a record 18 months of economic contraction. According to the Eurostat agency, eurozone’s GDP grew by 0.3% in the...
North Korea and South Korea reach agreement on re-opening Kaesong industrial zone
North Korea and South Korea have reached an agreement about re-opening the Kaesong joint industrial zone, officials from Seoul say. Operations there have been suspended...
Brazil: Public prosecutors begin legal action against Samsung over labor laws violation
Public prosecutors in Brazil have begun legal action against Samsung, alleging that it has been violating labor laws at its factory in the Amazon...
American Airlines and US Airways challenged by Department of Justice
The Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust case to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways. The $11 billion deal, which would...
Mali election: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wins presidential poll in second round
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Mali's presidential election after his rival Soumaila Cisse admitted defeat in the second round. Ex-Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse said he...
Blackberry explores company sale
Blackberry is exploring options for its business, which could see the company sold off. Timothy Dattels, a Blackberry board member, will head a new committee...
Bribes routinely paid by major foreign pharmaceutical companies operating in China
According to new reports, bribes are routinely paid by major foreign pharmaceutical companies operating in China. Five sales representatives for foreign companies told the BBC...
Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe attacks MDC rivals in his Heroes’ Day speech
Zimbabwe’s presidential election winner Robert Mugabe has launched a stinging attack on his opposition rivals in his first public speech since he won the...
Taxi Stoltenberg: Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver
Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo, he has revealed. Jens Stoltenberg said he had wanted...
Australia election 2013: Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott hold first debate
Australia's Labor PM Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Tony Abbott are due to meet in the first televised debate of the election campaign. The candidates...
Mali begins voting in presidential election run-off
Mali is set to begin voting in a presidential election run-off. Many expect Former PM Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who won 40% of the vote in...
Matt Damon disappointed by Barack Obama
Movie star Matt Damon says he no longer has a crush on President Barack Obama. “He broke up with me,” Matt Damon said in an...
Stephanie Banister withdraws her candidacy after Islam gaffe
Australian election candidate Stephanie Banister, who was widely mocked after she mistook Islam for a country in a TV interview, has withdrawn her candidacy. Stephanie...
Stephanie Banister’s Islam gaffe goes viral
Australian election candidate Stephanie Banister has made the wrong kind of headlines after a gaffe-strewn interview in which she mistook Islam for a country. Stephanie...
Barack Obama vows greater surveillance transparency
President Barack Obama has vowed "appropriate reforms" to guarantee greater oversight of controversial US surveillance programmes. At a White House news conference, Barack Obama proposed...
Zimbabwe election: MDC files legal challenge to Robert Mugabe’s victory
Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe has filed a legal challenge to Robert Mugabe's victory in last week's presidential elections. The electoral...
IRS still targeting Tea Party groups
A current Internal Revenue Service employee revealed during a closed-door interview with congressional staffers that the agency is still subjecting Tea Party groups with...
Zimbabwe election: 305,000 voters turned away
Nearly 305,000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away during last week's elections, which the opposition has said were rigged. These are the first such official figures...
Joe & Seph’s launches Gin & Tonic popcorn
Joe & Seph's launched Gin & Tonic popcorn, a genius snack that combines the best of the current trend for gourmet popcorn with one...
Pope Francis tightens financial supervision at Vatican bank
Pope Francis has stepped up the fight against corruption at the Vatican by strengthening supervision of financial transactions at its internal bank. The Pope issued...
Venezuela’s Supreme Court rejects Henrique Capriles’ election appeal
Venezuela's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by opposition leader Henrique Capriles against April's contested presidential election result. The Supreme Court of Justice described the...
Barack Obama on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for sixth time
Barack Obama made his first comments about Edward Snowden since Russia granted him a temporary asylum last week during an interview with NBC's The...
Bank of America sued by US government over mortgage securities
The US government filed two lawsuits against Bank of America relating to fraud on $850 million of mortgage-backed securities. The Justice Department and the Securities...
Australia’s central bank cuts its benchmark interest rate to a new record low
The central bank of Australia has cut its benchmark interest rate to a new record low, in an attempt to spur a fresh wave...
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