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Swiss parliament blocks bill on easing bank secrecy The Swiss parliament has effectively killed off a bill designed to sidestep secrecy laws to allow banks to release clients’ details. The lower house voted… 20/06/2013
Obama trip to Berlin: style over substance? Barack Obama’s first trip to Berlin as president was portrayed as a visit between friends. Both country’s leading families appeared to get along well – even… 20/06/2013
Syria war gives US-Jordan war games a sharp edge The US and Jordan have ended annual joint military exercises in the Arab country, with the drills taking on heightened significance due to the war raging in… 19/06/2013
Fed to keep buying bonds The Federal Reserve has confirmed that it is to keep buying bonds to stimulate the US economy and gave no explicit indication that it is close to scaling back… 19/06/2013
Afghan President Karzai to boycott US-Taliban talks Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government would not participate in US peace talks with the Taliban, explaining that all such negotiations should be… 19/06/2013
LeAnn Rimes releases new ‘divorce album’ LeAnn Rimes’s 11th studio album – ‘Spitfire’ – looks to set the record straight on her infidelity with Eddie Cibrian. Rimes became a tabloid staple after… 19/06/2013
Security is tight as Berlin prepares for Obama What a difference 5 years makes. US President Barack Obama has returned to a more sober welcome in Berlin than in 2008, when as a candidate, he drew a crowd… 19/06/2013
Fed seen keeping options open on stimulus Economists say the Federal Reserve is almost certain to keep buying 85 billion dollars worth of bonds each month to stimulate the US economy and to bring down… 19/06/2013
Obama calls for US-Russia nuclear arms cutsDelivering his speech under a sunny sky at Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate, US President Barack Obama began in a light-hearted tone and joked with the crowd… 19/06/2013
There’s nobody in the cockpitToday we started to film a report on drones – remote-controlled planes. It is a booming sector that sees European producers in fierce competition against the… 18/06/2013
US to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban The United States is to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban in an effort to end the 12-year-old conflict in Afghanistan. The first meeting is set to… 18/06/2013
NSA data programs ‘helped foil’ bomb plotThe surveillance of telephone and internet communications by the US government has helped to deter plots, including a planned bomb attack on the New York… 18/06/2013
Fed’s next move anxiously anticipated Investors worldwide are nervously waiting for the Federal Reserve to reveal its next quantitative easing move. As the Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and his… 18/06/2013
US presidents and their famous Berlin speeches Berlin has been getting ready for Obama. The second-term US president will give a speech in the symbolic city on Wednesday. Barack Obama is still popular… 18/06/2013
Driven to distraction The latest in hand-free technology might make it physically easier to text, talk or operate Facebook whilst at the wheel, but new research outlines the marked… 17/06/2013
Reed breaks through in Miami Seven weight categories were in action on the second and final day of the Judo Grand Prix in Miami. Britain’s Tom Reed highlighted his World Judo Tour… 17/06/2013
British government accused of spying at G20 summitsThe UK’s Guardian newspaper revealed on Monday that foreign politicians and officials had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted by … 17/06/2013
Putin: ‘The Super Bowl ring was a gift’Vladimir Putin’s opponents have frequently branded him a “thief” during their street protests. Now the Kremlin is dismissing a US football team owner’s… 17/06/2013
Singing the praises of the unheard ‘20 Feet From Stardom’ is a compelling new documentary by the award-winning director, Morgan Neville. A fascinating delve into the careers of numerous… 17/06/2013
Grand Prix Judo floors Miami The Russians dominated the men’s 66kg category at the Judo Grand Prix in Miami. Abdula Abdulzalilov took on Yakub Shamilov. Abdulzalilov claimed the win… 17/06/2013
US considers talks with North Korea The United States has responded to North Korea’s offer of high level talks to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. A senior US administration official… 16/06/2013
North Korea offers chance for talks with United States North Korea has said it wants to have high-level talks with the United States in a bid to ease tension in the region. The move comes just days after the… 16/06/2013
Internet companies in deal with US government What information which you post online is safe from prying eyes? Facebook and Microsoft have announced they have struck agreements with the US government to… 15/06/2013
French cinema to be protected in EU-US trade deal France’s film and TV industry is breathing a sigh of relief after the EU decided the sector would be kept out of any free trade agreement with the US. Talks… 15/06/2013
France lifts block on EU-US trade negotiations France has lifted it’s objection to trade talks between the European Union and the United States, clearing the way for the world’s most ambitious free trade… 15/06/2013
Syria: red lines but few solutions, US no-fly zone idea shot down America has been quick to act when game changing ‘red lines’ were crossed in Syria. Confirmation that chemical weapons had been used by Damascus, saw the… 14/06/2013
IMF warns the US on growth The economic growth outlook for the US has been cut by the International Monetary Fund. The government has made spending cuts, but consumers seem still to… 14/06/2013
USA: Hanger crash A passenger jet has struck a hanger at Chino Airport, California. The plane with three engineers on board was taxiing when it collided with the hanger… 14/06/2013
US considers no-fly zone in Syria The US is considering a no-fly zone over Syria. With its confirmation that chemical weapons have been used, the White House is planning to arm rebel groups… 14/06/2013
A beast of a time: Monsters University film opens in July “Monsters University” is the latest release by Disney/Pixar. It follows the runaway success of the 2001 movie “Monsters, Inc.” but this time the story goes… 14/06/2013
Four dead in St Louis shooting Four people, two men and two women, are dead after a shooting in St Louis, Missouri, in what police believe was a murder-suicide. A local police captain… 14/06/2013
Syria has crossed ‘red line’ with chemical weapons use – US The United States confirmed on June 14 that it believed Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s forces had used chemical weapons against rebel… 14/06/2013
NSA leaks: US taking ‘all necessary steps’, says FBI FBI Director Robert Mueller appeared before a US House Judiciary Committee on June 14, after a whistle-blower claimed that the National Security Agency… 14/06/2013
Iranians in US lament lack of liberty in Iran Far from the land she was born in, Mahboob Navab sings folk music in Washington and at other festivals. She has lived in the United States for 38 years, one… 13/06/2013
Human DNA cannot be patented US supreme court rules In a unanimous ruling, the US supreme court says that human genes cannot be patented, as DNA is a product of nature. But the court said synthetically produced… 13/06/2013
Beatle Ringo Starr exhibition opens in Los Angeles Former Beatle Ringo Starr has an exhibition at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles – “Ringo: Peace & Love” is the first major exhibit dedicated to a drummer… 13/06/2013
Colorado fires force thousands to fleeLarge clouds of smoke from a wildfire burning in the Black Forest blacken the horizon threatening homes north east of Colorado Springs, Colorado… 13/06/2013
China says US surveillance has ‘stained’ Washington’s image As American National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden remains hidden in Hong Kong, Beijing says it has no information on his… 13/06/2013
Colorado burns in “out of control” wildfire Firefighters in Colorado say a wind-driven wildfire is burning out of control in and around the state’s second city, Colorado Springs. Dubbed the Black… 13/06/2013
Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Cleveland abduction case A jobless bus driver in the US has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnap and rape over the decade-long abduction of three young women in Ohio. Ariel… 12/06/2013
‘I’m neither traitor nor hero’ says NSA whistleblowerEdward Snowden, who revealed details of the US government’s top secret domestic surveillance programme earlier this month, has been speaking about the leaks… 12/06/2013
Construction begins on new African American History Museum It has been a century in the making. After numerous ideas, concepts and models, the foundations of the National Museum of African American History and Culture… 12/06/2013
‘Man of Steel’ premieres in New YorkIf Christopher Reeve’s Superman circa 1978 was a jaunty self-parody of the worshiped warrior in primary colored armor, this latest incarnation of the last son… 11/06/2013
Support for death penalty stable in US as Texas approaches 500th executionTexas is moving closer to an unflattering jubilee: the 500th execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 – barring any last-minute stays or… 11/06/2013
Iran: world ‘can only hope for compromise’ The ways of Iran’s rulers have changed a lot over the years. The last monarch of Iran – the Shah – held absolute power, embracing and embraced by the West… 11/06/2013
US data whistleblower mulls fate in Hong Kong Edward Snowden, the man behind the latest massive leak of US intelligence, continues to divide opinion over his fate. After copying top secret documents from… 10/06/2013
‘This Is The End’ hits cinemas ‘This Is The End’ promises to be the most spiritually uplifting, drug-and-chocolate-bar-drenched, end-of-the-world movie of all time. Directed by Seth Rogen… 10/06/2013
Whistleblower revealed behind massive US security leak Former CIA employee Edward Snowden has admitted he is the source of leaks about US surveillance programmes which have rocked the country’s National Security… 10/06/2013
US and Jordan hold joint military exercises close to the Syrian border American F-16 jets are set to tear across Jordanian skies as part of joint military exercises involving troops from the US, Britain and several Arab… 10/06/2013
Obama and Xi end ‘positive’ summit President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping ended their two-day summit with one Chinese leader saying the leaders had, “blazed a new trail”. On… 09/06/2013
Jason Collins participates in Boston’s Gay Pride ParadeThe NBA player who publicly announced he was gay took part win Boston’s Gay Pride Parade on Saturday. Jason Collins joined his Stanford University… 09/06/2013
Mars rover Opportunity finds ‘drinkable’ waterA Martian rock analyzed by NASA’s rover Opportunity contains clays formed in non-acidic water, an environment potentially suitable for the chemistry of… 09/06/2013
Serena beats Sharapova for French Open titleAmerica’s Serena Williams kept her composure to outclass defending champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets in the final of the French Open in Paris on… 08/06/2013
Four NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan Two soldiers and a civilian, all American, have been killed in a so- called ‘insider attack’ following an argument with a man in Afghan army uniform. The… 08/06/2013
Internet spying tops the agenda at Sino/American talks Cyber security was the major topic of talks between President Obama and China’s Xi Jinping. A two day summit is being held at a luxury estate in southern… 08/06/2013
Texan actress arrested in ricin letters case An actress living in Texas has been arrested and charged with sending letters laced with the deadly poison ricin to, among others, President Obama and New… 08/06/2013
Xi Jinping meets Obama for two-day summit Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama the leaders of the world’s largest economies have begun a two-day summit, the first meeting between… 08/06/2013
Gunman goes on the rampage in California In California five people including the gunman have been killed and several injured in a string of shootings. Police have confirmed a man dressed in black… 08/06/2013
Obama defends ‘privacy trade-off’ for security US President Barack Obama has attemped to silence his critics over what has been labelled ‘Big Brother’ style snooping into private lives. He said that the… 07/06/2013
Obama: spying on Americans As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama announced: “I will provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take… 07/06/2013
US hunger ‘dishonouring democracy’ Hungry politicians in the US capital are hard to find. There is hunger, in one of the most affluent areas in the country, almost unaffected by the worst… 07/06/2013
North Korea focus for US-China summit The leaders of the world’s top two economies – US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jingping – are due to meet in California. Far from the… 07/06/2013
Modest US jobs growth, more Americans looking for work US employers stepped up hiring in May in a sign the world’s largest economy is growing though modestly. A total of 175,000 jobs were added last month, and… 07/06/2013
Comedy duo go Google gaga ‘The Interns’ sees comedy couplet Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play a pair of unemployed techno-phobes, who follow a well-trod path and head out west, to the… 07/06/2013
The Pill tied to lower ovarian cancer riskWomen who use birth control pills are less likely to develop ovarian cancer later in life, a new analysis of past studies suggests. Researchers pooled data… 07/06/2013
Hollywood’s ‘million dollar mermaid’, Esther Williams dies at 91 Hollywood legend and champion swimmer, Esther Williams has died in Los Angeles aged 91. According to her spokesman she passed away peacefully in her… 07/06/2013
US intelligence chief responds to internet tapping claims According to a report in the Washington Post, the US National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading … 07/06/2013
US: NSA ‘collecting millions of Verizon customers’ phone records According to a top secret court order, the National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting millions of phone records from Verizon customers in the… 06/06/2013
Adrenaline junkie 102-year-old takes a birthday base jump Not everyone would celebrate their birthday by base jumping off a bridge, but thrill-seeking American pensioner, Dorothy Custer did exactly that. At 102 years… 06/06/2013
Giant lizard fossil named after Jim MorrisonJim Morrison has been commemorated in film, on T-shirts and with at least a thousand blacklight posters from Spencer’s Gifts, but finally he gets a fitting… 06/06/2013
Paris Jackson in apparent “suicide attempt” The 15-year-old daughter of late pop star Michael Jackson is in hospital near Los Angeles after an apparent suicide attempt. Perry Sanders, an attorney for… 06/06/2013
Bales’ guilty plea to avoid death penalty in US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales’ guilty plea to the premeditated murder of 16 Afghan civilians last year was accepted by a U.S. military judge. Bales’ deal… 06/06/2013
Mind-controlled helicopter takes offA team of neuroscience researchers performed the first flight of a mind-controlled helicopter. Using only their thoughts, they managed to fly and manoeuvre… 05/06/2013
Samsung wins US patent battle with Apple The hi-tech giant Apple has lost a battle in its long running war with Samsung electronics. A US trade panel has banned its older but still-popular Apple… 05/06/2013
Alleged Fort Hood gunman can represent himself in court A judge at a US military court has ruled that alleged Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan can defend himself in court. Hasan faces the death penalty if found… 04/06/2013
Free Bradley Manning activists defend his actions as trial opens Private Bradley Manning has faced his first day in the dock in Fort Meade, Maryland. He stands accused of publishing the biggest leak of classified… 03/06/2013
German football continues to growBayern Munich defeated Stuttgart 3-2 in a thrilling German Cup final in Berlin on Saturday to wrap up a historic treble, a feat which capped off an… 02/06/2013
US: 14 feared dead after tornadoes devastate Midwest Up to fourteen people are feared dead in the wake of a string of tornadoes in the Midwest of America. Nine fatalities have been confirmed, including two… 02/06/2013
US Defence Secretary fires warning to China over cybercrime The US and China spat over American missiles in the Pacific is nothing new. But this time, they’ve entered a new war of words – over cybercrime. US Defence… 01/06/2013
More victims and damage as new tornadoes strike Oklahoma In the US more tornadoes have struck Oklahoma City including the same suburb that was devastated just ten days ago. Casualties have been reported. A mother… 01/06/2013
Giant pork deal moves closer China’s Shuanghui International has moved a step closer to buying US firm Smithfield Foods – the world’s biggest pork producer. On Friday it confirmed it… 31/05/2013
Qusair battle rages, as US-Russia relations sour over Syria The international fallout continues over Syria after President Bashar al-Assad claimed a Russian contract to supply anti-aircraft missiles was being… 31/05/2013
Chinese firm poised to purchase US pork giant SmithfieldSmithfield Foods, the world’s number one pork producer, is set to to be bought out by China’s Shuanghui International in a 3.6 billion euro deal. Shuanhui has… 31/05/2013
Smiths come back down to Earth Henry and Peter Fonda, Walter and John Huston, Kirk and Michael Douglas, Donald and Keifer Sutherland, Martin and Charlie Sheen – Hollywood has provided us… 31/05/2013
Letter sent to Obama ‘similar’ to New York ‘poison’ envelopes US intelligence officials say a suspicious letter sent to President Obama was similar to two others containing poison that were sent to the mayor of New… 31/05/2013
Boston bomb suspect Tsarnaev ‘walking’ again, says mother The mother of the surviving Boston bombings suspect says he is walking again in a prison hospital, following his injuries sustained at the time of his… 31/05/2013
Bechtel bites off more than it can chew with Transylvanian highway It is a road to nowhere, being abandoned only 13% complete and at great cost to the Romanian government. The Romanians hired America’s Bechtel 10 years ago… 30/05/2013
US regains top competition spot Hong Kong has been knocked off the top of the world competitiveness rankings. It was bumped down to third place – with Switzerland at number two – as the… 30/05/2013
US GDP revised slightly lower as austerity bites Economic growth in the United States was slightly weaker than originally thought in the first three months of the year. Revised figures from the Commerce… 30/05/2013
US soldier Bales pleads guilty A US soldier is to plead guilty to killing 16 Afghans to avoid the death penalty. The killings in 2012 remain one of the worst atrocities of the Afghan war… 30/05/2013
Drone kills senior figure in Pakistani Taliban Security officials say a drone strike has killed the second-in-command of the Pakistani Taliban. Wali-ur-Rehman is thought to be among seven who died. If… 30/05/2013
Michele Bachman’s spectacular fall – Tea Party firebrand retiresIn an e-mail message to supporters and a video posted online early Wednesday morning former presidential candidate and Republican Congresswoman Michele… 29/05/2013
Oil giant Total is fined 307 million euros over bribes in Iran French oil giant Total has been fined 307 million euros to settle charges of bribery brought by the US government. It is alleged the company paid Iranian… 29/05/2013
Nasdaq pays $10 million to SEC over Facebook snafuThe Nasdaq stock exchange is to pay $10 million in penalties to the US Securities and Exchange Commission over the botched initial public offering of shares… 29/05/2013
Syria: June conference in jeopardy Dismay and disarray have reigned over the meeting between members of Syria’s opposition groups in Turkey. Representatives of the National Coalition could not… 29/05/2013
Gay soccer player starts first match since coming outFor Major League Soccer’s Robbie Rogers, breaking another barrier for gay athletes by becoming the first openly gay male to compete in a major US professional… 29/05/2013
Digital currency exchange Liberty Reserve accused of massive money-laundering US prosecutors are calling digital currency exchange Liberty Reserve “the bank of choice for the criminal underworld” after the arrest of the company owner on… 29/05/2013
Cargo train derailment damages buildings in MarylandA cargo train derailment has caused chaos in the US state of Maryland. Authorities in Baltimore County were forced to shut down an entire block of Lake… 28/05/2013
Lovato back on track Former Disney alumnus, Demi Lovato is back with her self-titled fourth album. With the fiercely supportive backing of the ‘Lovatics’, her amassed legion of… 28/05/2013
UN rights chief warns against anti-terror measures Limiting personal freedoms and mistreating suspects may worsen the problem of terrorism, according to the United Nations human rights chief. Speaking as the… 27/05/2013
