The contract that launched the Beatles as one of the most successful bands of all time has been sold for £365,000 at auction in London. Signed almost 53 years ago to the day, just before the release of their first single Love Me Do, it was the only...
Rosetta’s duck-shaped comet formed from twin bodies
Sports car company accused of wrongful death
Sombreros banned for freshers
A Palestinian national security officer prevents a boy from throwing stones at Israeli troops during clashes over tension in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron yesterday.
Micro-blogging website operator Twitter Inc is working on a product that will allow users to share content longer than 140 characters, technology website Re/code reported. It's unclear what the product will look like, Re/code said. The company's...
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro held talks today on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. In his speech to the assembly yesterday, Castro said Cuba and the United States could normalize ties only after Washington ended its...
Volkswagen has announced plans to refit up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its namesake brand following the scandal over its rigging of emissions tests. New Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said the German carmaker would ask customers "in the next...
A 20-year-old Iraqi migrant who was apparently trying to sneak across the English Channel to Britain has been found crushed to death in a truck, French authorities have said. Officials for the Pas de Calais region said the man's body was discovered by...
Have you ever had a fit of laughter that you just could not control? Olympia Madonia took it to the next level during a live transmission yesterday of the popular Italian TV quiz show Avanti un Altro, on Canale 5. Olympia, 39, debuts in the four-minute...
The US military has carried out an air strike on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after it was captured by the Taliban. US Army Colonel Brian Tribus, spokesman for the US and Nato missions in Afghanistan, said the strike early on Tuesday was...
Russia and the US disagreed sharply over the chaos in Syria, with Barack Obama urging a political transition to replace its president but Vladimir Putin warning it would be a mistake to abandon Bashar Assad. After both speaking at the United Nations...
An extreme sports star skydiving for the opening ceremony of a golf event in California died when he struck a tree. Placer County sheriff's Captain Dennis Walsh said Erik Roner, of Tahoe City, died on Monday during a skydiving accident at a golf course...
Pope Francis said yesterday government officials have a “human right” to refuse to discharge a duty, such as issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, if they feel it violates their conscience. Speaking to reporters as he returned home from a 10-day...
Separatists who on Sunday won a clear majority of seats in Catalonia’s Parliament are setting the region on a collision course with Spain’s government over independence. “Catalans have voted yes to independence,” acting regional government head Artur...
Briny water flows during the summer months on Mars, raising the possibility that the planet long thought to be arid could support life today, scientists analysing data from a Nasa spacecraft said yesterday. Although the source and the chemistry of the...
The United States said yesterday it was willing to work with Russia, as well as Iran, to try to end the Syrian civil war but the two big powers clashed over whether or not Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be included. Speaking at the annual...
Germany’s President warned yesterday that there are limits to how many refugees his country can absorb as it prepares for as many as 800,000 arrivals this year, showing growing concern even at the highest level over how to look after so many...
About 1,000 pro-democracy activists rallied outside Hong Kong government headquarters yesterday to mark the first anniversary of protests that crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city for weeks but failed to secure electoral reforms. The...
Starbucks, Amazon and Google all in party’s sights in tough conference vow
German prosecutors launched an investigation yesterday into former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn over the rigging of vehicle emissions tests, as the carmaker suspended three top engineers in an attempt to tackle the crisis. The investigation into...
Joan Collins opens up about sister Jackie in emotional tribute
Bobbi Kristina Brown at the opening night of docuseries The Houstons: On Our Own in New York in October 2012. Photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters The cause of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death has been determined, but the medical examiner’s office says it will not...
‘Microsnail’ discovered in China
Social media giant Facebook apologised this evening after its second outage in a week and third in a month. Millions of users were greeted with a message reading "sorry something went wrong" just after 9pm. The site, which claims to have 1.23 billion...
US President Barack Obama said today Washington is prepared to work with Russia and Iran to try to end the more than four-year war in Syria that has spawned Islamic State militants. "The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including...
Flowing liquid water is almost certainly responsible for mysterious features on Mars that change with the seasons, scientists believe. Satellite images have identified narrow streaks, typically less than five metres wide, that appear on slopes during...
Apple sold more than 13 million new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus devices just three days after hitting retail channels last Friday in the U.S. and 11 other countries. The company’s marketing spiel for the new devices claimed that “The only thing...
A fire destroyed more than 10 boats anchored at a Hong Kong typhoon shelter and five people suffered minor injuries. Broadcaster ATV said a fishing boat that first caught fire drifted to the other boats and spread the blaze. Television footage showed...
Separatists have won a clear majority of seats in Catalonia's parliament in an election that sets the region on a collision course with Spain's central government over independence. "Catalans have voted yes to independence," acting regional government...
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