World Doha talks are not dead: Lamy The World Trade Organisation (WTO), was set up 20 years ago with the aim of creating a prosperous and unified global trading block. That has not 26/06/2013
World Former Cold War foes spar over Snowden Hong Kong, Moscow, Quito, Havana… The United States’ most-wanted whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has either been in these places long-associated with 26/06/2013
Belgium Scuffle as journalist challenges MEP over expenses Italian MEP Raffaele Baldassere didn’t take kindly to a reporter from Netherlands’ Geenstijl TV asking him why he had signed the attendance list – to 26/06/2013
India Indian flood victims fear epidemics as rescue operations continue The floods in Northern India, triggered by heavy monsoon rains more than 10 days ago, have killed at least 822 people in the Himalayan state of 26/06/2013
USA Historic US Supreme Court ruling, big win for gay rights The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a central portion of a federal law that restricted the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples 26/06/2013
France Gay couple sues French mayor over refusal to wed them Two men are suing the mayor of a French village for refusing to marry them, in the first reported legal action over same-sex marriage since it was 26/06/2013
USA NASA discovers 10,000th near-Earth object More than 10,000 asteroids and comets that can pass near Earth have now been discovered. The 10,000th near-Earth object, asteroid 2013 MZ5, was first 26/06/2013
world news Three Planets in Habitable Zone The habitable zone of a nearby star is filled to the brim with planets that could support alien life, scientists announced on Tuesday. An 26/06/2013
USA What do the Prop 8 and DOMA decisions mean for the future of same-sex marriage? What do the Prop 8 and DOMA decisions mean for the future of same-sex marriage? The United States Supreme Court’s decisions on Proposition 8 and 26/06/2013
Mexico Mexico: wannabe illegal immigrants for some hours Bizarre amusement park in Mexico – 100 kilometers from the US border, one can try to be an illegal immigrant according to The Washington 26/06/2013
Ukraine Facebook fires Femen for 'promoting prostitution' Ukrainian women’s rights movement Femen claims to have had its major accounts on Facebook suspended, reports the Huffington Post. On Monday 26/06/2013
World Back in the Day: JFK’s Supportive Jelly Doughnut Speech June 26, 1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, underlining American support for democratic West 26/06/2013
USA 11-hour attempt to block abortion bill ends in Texas Senate chaos Thousands around the world were glued to a live stream on Tuesday night to watch Texan Democrat Senator Wendy Davis attempt to block a controversial 26/06/2013
