A thin but energetic Steve Jobs made a surprise return to the spotlight on Wednesday, taking the stage to unveil Apple’s new iPad.
Actor Charlie Sheen’s public meltdown has made international headlines. Better yet, it provided cannon fodder for the idle minds on the internet.
International forces admitted on Wednesday that they accidentally killed nine Afghan civilians in an air strike.
American hunters are emerging as a threat to the survival of African lions, with demand for trophy rugs driving the animals towards extinction.
A painting of a penis on a bridge in Russia’s second city St Petersburg has been dropped from the shortlist for an art prize, the organisers said.
Start-up SocialEyes on Monday introduced a service that lets people have one-on-one or group video chats with friends from Facebook.
Hollywood siren shot to fame in Howard Hughes’s film <em>The Outlaw</em>.
The Hollywood siren, who shot to fame in Howard Hughes’s film <em>The Outlaw</em>, died at her home in California.
Funding gap could force president to order a two-year delay in Environmental Protection Agency action, conference hears.
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/ 28 February 2011
Frank Buckles, believed to be the last surviving United States veteran of World War I, has died at age 110, according to media reports on Monday.
<em>The King’s Speech</em> was crowned the big winner with four Oscars on Sunday, including best film and best actor for its star, Colin Firth
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/ 27 February 2011
Texas case will contest the right of Tolkien’s literary estate to block fictional use of the <i>Lord of the Rings</i> author’s name.
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/ 26 February 2011
When the curtain comes up on the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, the show’s producers hope to reconnect movie fans with Hollywood history.
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/ 25 February 2011
"Gossip," the grande dame of rumourmongers, Liz Smith, once noted, "is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress."
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/ 25 February 2011
<i>Discovery</i> blasted off for the last time on Thursday, carrying six astronauts and carting a load of supplies and a robot for the space station.
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/ 24 February 2011
The US’s distrust of China is playing itself out in the most unlikely of battlefields — including mobile telephony.
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/ 24 February 2011
NASA delayed the launch of the Glory Earth observation satellite until Friday, due to a glitch, less than 15 minutes before it was to be launched,
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/ 24 February 2011
US retailer Walmart’s acquisition of a controlling share in Massmart has attracted more attention than expected, Massmart’s CEO said on Thursday.
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/ 23 February 2011
Spending 50 minutes with a cellphone plastered to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna.
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/ 23 February 2011
A New York mafia don will be dressed to kill when his long delayed death-penalty murder trial starts — thanks to a sartorially sympathetic judge.
United States President Barack Obama’s ex-enforcer Rahm Emanuel was crowned mayor of Chicago on Tuesday.
United States top seed Andy Roddick captured his 30th career ATP title on Sunday, outlasting Milos Raonic to deny the Canadian his second title.
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/ 19 February 2011
The United States on Friday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell has asked why CIA failed to warn him over Iraqi defector who admitted fabricating Iraq bioweapons evidence.
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/ 16 February 2011
CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan suffered a "brutal" sexual assault at the hands of a mob in Egypt while covering the downfall of Hosni Mubarak.
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/ 16 February 2011
People who eat a lot of fibre may be less likely to die prematurely from illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and infection, a US study says.
Do the old tenets of White House campaigns apply to someone who has broken virtually every rule in modern-day American politicking?
George Shearing, who was born blind in Britain only to achieve world renown as a pianist and a composer in the US, died on February 15.
George Shearing, who was born blind in Britain only to achieve world renown as a pianist and a composer in the US, died on Monday aged 91.
A federal judge hears arguments on Tuesday on an order directing Twitter to hand over information on the accounts of people connected to WikiLeaks.
US President Barack Obama unveiled a $3,73-trillion spending plan for 2012 on Monday, proposing a raft of spending cuts and tax hikes.
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/ 14 February 2011
Volunteers will step out for a "space walk" on Mars on Monday, as the experiment to study the effects of a mission to the planet reaches its climax.