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China relaxes one-child policy
China has decided to relax its policy of restricting most couples to having only a single child, state media announces. In future, families will be...
European Commission warns Italy and Spain over 2014 draft budgets
The European Commission has warned Italy and Spain that their draft budgets for 2014 may not comply with new eurozone debt and deficit rules. The...
Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises to 3,621 in Philippines
According to Philippine officials, the number of people confirmed dead from Typhoon Haiyan now stands at 3,621. UN and local agencies have issued conflicting tolls,...
Gambia cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan
Gambia has announced that it has severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan. President Yahya Jammeh's office said the move was for reasons of "national strategic interest". Gambia...
Seized ivory crushed at National Wildlife Property Repository in Colorado
More than 6 tons of seized ivory including tusks, carvings and jewellery have been crushed in Colorado. Thousands of items accumulated over the past 25...
Nicolas Maduro nears special powers as Venezuela’s president
Venezuela's National Assembly has helped President Nicolas Maduro to move closer to decree powers. Under the new measures Venezuela’s president would be able to govern...
James “Whitey” Bulger gets two life sentences
James "Whitey" Bulger has been handed two life sentences plus five years by a court in Boston. Whitey Bulger, who led Boston's Winter Hill gang...
ObamaCare: Barack Obama announces changes to his healthcare law
President Barack Obama has announced a one-year reprieve for millions of Americans facing cancellation of their health insurance policies under his embattled healthcare law. The...
Ireland to exit bailout in December, without seeking precautionary funding
Ireland is to make a clean break from its 3-year 85 billion euro bailout programme in December, without seeking precautionary funding. Irish PM Enda Kenny...
Europe to allow electronics use during take-off and landing
Europe has decided to relax rules about the use of electronics during flights, paving the way for devices to be used during take-off and...
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova found in Siberia prison hospital
Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has been found in a prison hospital in western Siberia, her husband announced. Pyotr Verzilov has spoken to his wife for...
Eurozone economy grew by just 0.1% in Q3 2013
Eurozone’s economy grew by just 0.1% in Q3 2013, down from 0.3% growth in the previous quarter. The figure marks just the second quarter of...
Christian Wulff goes on trial over receiving and granting favors in office
Former German President Christian Wulff will go on trial today over receiving and granting favors in office. Christian Wulff, 54, is alleged to have accepted...
ObamaCare: Only 27,000 Americans enrolled for health insurance in first month
Only 27,000 Americans enrolled for health insurance through its troubled federal website in the first month, the Obama administration has said. About 106,000 people were...
Monica Lewinsky today 2013
Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern whose affair with President Bill Clinton nearly got him kicked out of office, has made a point of...
Typhoon Haiyan affected 11 million people in Philippines
Philippines’ government says it is facing its biggest ever logistical challenge after Typhoon Haiyan, which affected as many as 11 million people. Cabinet Secretary Rene...
Domnica Cemortan reveals how she used to sneak into Francesco Schettino’s cabin before Costa Concordia disaster
Francesco Schettino’s former lover Domnica Cemortan has revealed how she used to sneak into the Costa Concordia captain’s cabin. Captain Francesco Schettino, 53, is on...
Batman bin Suparman arrested in Singapore
Batman bin Suparman has been jailed in Singapore on theft and drugs charges. His double-barrelled superhero name has given him something of cult following on...
Joao Goulart’s remains to be exhumed in Brazil
Former Brazilian President Joao Goulart’s remains will be exhumed on Wednesday to establish whether he died of natural causes or was poisoned. Joao Goulart, widely...
Monica Lewinsky biography. Where is she now?
Monica Samille Lewinsky was born in San Francisco, California, on July 23, 1973. Monica Lewinsky, now 40, was raised in the affluent neighborhoods of Brentwood...
Boko Haram to be named as terrorist organization by US
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is to be named as a foreign terrorist organization by the US state department. The move, expected to take...
Tropical Cyclone 03A kills at least 140 people in north-eastern Somalia
Tropical Cyclone 03A that hit Somalia's north-eastern Puntland region at the weekend has killed at least 140 people, and the number could rise to...
Ukraine’s bill allowing Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad fails
The Ukraine's parliament vote, on which hangs the fate of both jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and the country's EU hopes, looks like it...
China Third Plenum unveils key reforms
China has unveiled a series of reforms aimed at overhauling its economy over the next decade. In a statement issued after a closed-door summit, the...
One World Trade Center declared tallest building in US
New York City's newly erected One World Trade Center has been declared the tallest building in the US, at 1,776 ft (541 m). The Height...
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