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  • Cannes film fest prizes up for grabs in tight race
    Cannes film fest prizes up for grabs in tight race

    An epic lesbian love story with graphic sex, a Coen brothers musical comedy and a blood-stained critique of Chinese society rocked the 66th Cannes Film Festival but critics said no hands-down

  • Death toll in Indian Maoist attack rises to 23 AFP News
    Death toll in Indian Maoist attack rises to 23

    The death toll from an ambush by Maoist rebels in central India rose to at least 23 with senior politicians among the victims, a top police officer said Sunday, in the deadliest attack by the

  • Rocket blasts in Beirut wound 4 AFP News
    Rocket blasts in Beirut wound 4

    Four people were wounded on Sunday when two rockets exploded in the Shiite-majority Hezbollah heartland of south Beirut, a Lebanese security source said.

  • Kerry presses Egypt on economic reform, says aid depends on it Reuters
    Kerry presses Egypt on economic reform, says aid depends on it

    By Arshad Mohammed ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Egypt to act swiftly on economic reforms to secure a $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan, saying the

  • Storm brews over control of US newspaper group
    Storm brews over control of US newspaper group

    With a sale likely of a prominent group of US newspapers, the interest of a potential buyer tied to right-wing causes has galvanized opponents fearing the dailies could become political tools.

  • New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread - study

    New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread - study

    New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread - study

    By Lavinia Mo HONG KONG (Reuters) - The new H7N9 bird flu virus can be transmitted between mammals not only via direct contact but also in airborne droplets, and may be capable of spreading from person to person, Chinese and American researchers have found. A study published in the journal Science and presented at a briefing in Hong Kong on Friday found that three ferrets - an animal often used for research on flu - that were in the same cage as ferrets infected with H7N9 had contracted the disease. ...

  • Germany 'most popular country' in the world: poll

    Germany 'most popular country' in the world: poll

    Germany 'most popular country' in the world: poll

    Germany is the most popular country in the world despite well-publicised protests against its insistence on austerity measures within the European Union, an annual poll for the BBC World Service revealed on Thursday.

  • Cars torched, police attacked in new Stockholm riots

    Cars torched, police attacked in new Stockholm riots

    Cars torched, police attacked in new Stockholm riots

    Cars were torched and police faced stone-throwing youths in Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs early Sunday, but the nightly riots that have raged for a week appeared to be easing, police said.