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Economy

Americans get more bang for their buck in Europe as euro slides

Americans travelling to Europe are getting more bang for their buck, as the euro slides towards parity with the dollar.

16/03/2015

Sport

Rigin outclasses Massialas in Cuba

Russia’s Dmitry Rigin kept his composure to edge out Alexander Massialas and clinch the men’s foil Grand Prix in Havana on Sunday. The 29-year-old

16/03/2015

USA

Iran nuclear talks resume with time running out to reach framework deal

With just two weeks to go to a deadline for reaching agreement on a nuclear deal, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart

16/03/2015

Cinema

Liam Neeson returns in mean mobster B-movie 'Run All Night'

‘Run All Night’ tells the story of mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon, played by Liam Neeson, who has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie

16/03/2015

Cinema

Young Iranian-American debut feature is festival favourite

Desiree Akhavan makes her feature film debut with festival favourite ‘Appropriate Behavior’. Written and directed by Akhavan, who also stars in the

16/03/2015

USA

Robert Durst charged with murder after 'TV bathroom confession'

16/03/2015

Switzerland

US - Iran nuclear talks resume in Switzerland

Bilateral talks between the United States and Iran resume in Switzerland today over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. US Secretary of State John Kerry

16/03/2015

Syria

Kerry: US 'has to negotiate' with Syria's Assad

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he would be willing to talk to Syrian President Bashar Assad to stem that nation’s violence. In an interview

15/03/2015

USA

Screams from baby boy's siblings foil attempted abduction

A baby boy who was seen on video being abducted by a man in a park in the US state of Washington was saved thanks to his two young siblings screaming

14/03/2015

USA

47 US Senators may have undermined Iran nuclear talks, says Kerry

On the eve of fresh nuclear talks with Iran, US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concern that a letter to Iran last week from 47 Republican

14/03/2015

Cuba

US hopes talks with Cuba could restore ties by April

US-Cuban talks enter a new round next week with news that the US State Department is reportedly looking at speedy ways to remove the country from its

14/03/2015

USA

Video of vicious teenage beating as crowd looks on goes viral in US

13/03/2015

World

More than a feeling: the benefits of multisensory learning

Traditional approaches to education rely mainly on two of our senses – seeing and hearing. But new experimental methods involving all five have been

13/03/2015

Cinema

Shailene Woodley returns in Divergent Series sequel 'Insurgent'

Shailene Woodley and Theo James are back as Tris and Four in ‘Insurgent’ – the second instalment in The Divergent Series. The film is set in a

13/03/2015

USA

Ferguson: Tensions run high amid hunt for police officer attackers

Protesters have gathered outside the local police headquarters in Ferguson, Missouri, once again to demand justice. The demonstration was held on

13/03/2015

USA

Steinmeier: Minsk process no guarantee for success but without alternative

12/03/2015

USA

Ferguson shootings: Debate on race relations reignites in US

Fifty years after the historic Selma to Montgomery marches, the debate on race relations in the US has flared up once again. A few dozen

12/03/2015

USA

Ferguson: Police officers conscious, but mixed reports on location of shooter

The debate on race relations reignites: two US officers are shot in Ferguson, Missouri, as Police Chief Thomas Jackson resigns over claims of widespread racial bias within the force.

12/03/2015

USA

Writer, director of 'Still Alice', Richard Glatzer dies at 63

12/03/2015

USA

USA: two police officers shot in Ferguson, both conscious

Two police officers have been shot in Ferguson, Missouri, as protesters dispersed from a protest near a police station.

12/03/2015