"The Dark Knight Rises" may be the year’s most talked about movie, but it is unlikely to be in the running for major awards come Oscars season.
Thousands of hipsters deliberately risked appearing dangerously sincere when their ironic competition suddenly turned competitive.
The musician has told the International Aids conference the epidemic has been ‘fuelled by stigma, violence and indifference’.
What has been called the worst rains in 60 years has left China asking questions about its basic infrastructure after 37 die in Beijing flood.
Condemnation of Syria has increased after it issued a veiled threat to use chemical or biological weapons if it was attacked by outside forces.
Melting ice caps, the influx of trawlers, and Shell’s $4-billion investment to drill for fossil fuels in the Chukchi Sea all raise fears.
As the US came to terms with another gun massacre on Saturday, new details emerged of the victims of the cinema shooting in Aurora, Colorado.
The UN has launched a campaign against illegal trade, which it says is worth more than six times the global aid budget and has a high human cost.
Industrial policy is only one of many signs that signify the recent shifts in the debate on development policy, especially in relation to Africa.
Jerry del Missier, who resigned from Barclays Bank, will face a select committee as the US considers launching a criminal inquiry into the scandal.