New Greece leader offers 'hope' |
- New Greece leader offers 'hope'
- Egyptian election result delayed
- 'Slow' progress on Earth problems
- Syria 'truce' to evacuate Homs
- Toulouse hostage gunman arrested
- US economy growth forecast is cut
- First test tube baby mother dies
- Assange faces arrest, say police
- Afghan suicide attack kills many
- Turkey hits Kurdish sites in Iraq
- No charge for US killer of rapist
- New window into earliest Universe
- VIDEO: Vigilantes threaten to 'kneecap criminals'
- VIDEO: Meet Emily - the robot lifeguard
- VIDEO: US teen survives spear gun accident
- VIDEO: Sydney's secret undersea scrapheap
- VIDEO: Mass protest by South Korea taxi drivers
- VIDEO: Three killed by Iraq car bomb
- VIDEO: The lost caves of the Amazon
- P&G issues second profits warning
- Bond yields fall after G20 summit
- Windows Phone 8 system announced
- Habbo unmutes to hear from users
- Johnny Depp announces separation
- National delays Monte Cristo play
- Turtles fossilised in sex embrace
- Telescope to probe dark universe
- Odd drink 'no developmental risk'
- FA is fined for fans' behaviour
- Alonso & Vettel ‘could co-exist’
- Pope calls for peace in Nigeria
- Pakistan meeting on new PM ends
- Ministers to boycott England game
- El Salvador gang truce 'working'
- Egypt's Mubarak 'health worsens'
- Obama seals Fast and Furious file
- Last-ditch plea over NHS action
- Carr 'morally wrong' on tax - PM
- UK unemployment falls by 51,000
- Row over UK's new European judge
- How those annoying online security tests evolved
- Not the President's Men
- Mubarak in hospital: Voices from Cairo
- Day in pictures: 20 June 2012
- Rio+20: What's changed since the Earth Summit?
- Assange's ties with Ecuador
- If Obamacare falls, what then?
- MIT + Harvard = edX
| New Greece leader offers 'hope' Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:15 AM PDT Antonis Samaras is sworn in as Greece's new PM, vowing to "give hope" to Greek people after political turmoil threatened to spill over to the eurozone. |
| Egyptian election result delayed Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:43 PM PDT The announcement of the result of Egypt's presidential election is delayed to investigate complaints, with no new timetable set. |
| 'Slow' progress on Earth problems Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:27 AM PDT The UN sustainable development summit in Rio formally opens with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow. |
| Syria 'truce' to evacuate Homs Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:21 AM PDT The Red Cross says the Syrian government and rebel fighters have agreed a temporary truce to allow civilians to be evacuated from the city of Homs. |
| Toulouse hostage gunman arrested Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:35 AM PDT French police detain a gunman who held four people hostage at a bank in the southern city of Toulouse for almost seven hours. |
| US economy growth forecast is cut Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:52 AM PDT The US central bank cuts its forecast for economic growth in 2012 and takes steps to reduce long-term borrowing costs. |
| First test tube baby mother dies Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:45 AM PDT The woman who gave birth to the world's first test tube baby in 1978 after pioneering treatment has died, it is announced. |
| Assange faces arrest, say police Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:02 AM PDT Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is seeking asylum at Ecuador's London embassy, faces arrest for breaching his bail, police say. |
| Afghan suicide attack kills many Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:41 AM PDT A suicide bomber kills at least 21 people, including three Nato soldiers and a local interpreter, in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, officials say. |
| Turkey hits Kurdish sites in Iraq Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:04 AM PDT The Turkish military said it has carried out strikes on Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq, a day after 18 people died in fighting in south-east Turkey. |
| No charge for US killer of rapist Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:09 AM PDT A father who found his five-year-old daughter being raped in rural Texas, then beat the attacker to death will not be charged, prosecutors say. |
| New window into earliest Universe Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:54 AM PDT Researchers suggest a way to get a look at the Universe in its infancy, thanks to a quirk of light from those early days caused by dark matter. |
| VIDEO: Vigilantes threaten to 'kneecap criminals' Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:23 AM PDT A group of armed vigilantes in Northern Ireland is persuading parents to hand over their children to be shot as a punishment, if they have been involved in drug-dealing or anti-social behaviour. |
| VIDEO: Meet Emily - the robot lifeguard Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:51 AM PDT Machines have been replacing people for years - but could a robot really replace a lifeguard? |
| VIDEO: US teen survives spear gun accident Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:12 AM PDT Yasser Lopez, 16, is recovering after he was accidentally shot with a spear gun by a friend during a fishing trip in Florida. |
| VIDEO: Sydney's secret undersea scrapheap Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:57 PM PDT Sydney's seafront and harbour is well-known for its pristine tidiness, but delve under the water and it is a different picture. |
| VIDEO: Mass protest by South Korea taxi drivers Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:18 AM PDT Tens of thousands of taxi drivers in South Korea stage a rare one day strike across the country, to protest against rising fuel prices. |
| VIDEO: Three killed by Iraq car bomb Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:19 AM PDT Three civilians are killed and nine wounded in a car bomb attack in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk. |
| VIDEO: The lost caves of the Amazon Posted: 19 Jun 2012 01:56 AM PDT Beneath the Amazon rainforest, scientists have recently discovered hundreds of massive caverns in the rich deposits of iron ore. |
| P&G issues second profits warning Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:02 AM PDT Procter and Gamble, the maker of Pampers nappies and Duracell batteries, has cut its sales and profit forecasts for the second time in two months. |
| Bond yields fall after G20 summit Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:39 AM PDT Spanish and Italian bond yields fall, on hopes that the G20 summit saw eurozone nations move closer to a deal on lowering euro-area borrowing costs. |
| Windows Phone 8 system announced Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:55 AM PDT Microsoft details new features it will include in the next version of its smartphone operating system. |
| Habbo unmutes to hear from users Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:17 AM PDT Troubled social network Habbo Hotel is creating a new temporary website to allow users to post views about its future. |
| Johnny Depp announces separation Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:18 AM PDT The Hollywood actor splits from partner Vanessa Paradis after 14 years together. |
| National delays Monte Cristo play Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:57 AM PDT Scripting problems are blamed for the cancellation of the National Theatre's Christmas production of The Count of Monte Cristo, due to be written by Richard Bean. |
| Turtles fossilised in sex embrace Posted: 19 Jun 2012 06:20 PM PDT Scientists reporting in Biology Letters describe turtles killed and fossilised 47 million years ago - caught in the act of copulation. |
| Telescope to probe dark universe Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:00 AM PDT Europe has given the go-ahead to a space mission to investigate the two great cosmic unknowns - dark matter and dark energy. |
| Odd drink 'no developmental risk' Posted: 19 Jun 2012 06:03 PM PDT Drinking a low or moderate level of alcohol in early pregnancy is not linked to developmental problems in five-year-old children, researchers say. |
| FA is fined for fans' behaviour Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT The Football Association is fined 5,000 euros by Uefa for England fans' attempted pitch invasion in the Euro 2012 win over Sweden. |
| Alonso & Vettel ‘could co-exist’ Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:29 AM PDT Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali believes Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel could drive for the same team without problems. |
| Pope calls for peace in Nigeria Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:35 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI calls for peace in Nigeria as reprisal attacks between Muslims and Christians continue. |
| Pakistan meeting on new PM ends Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:07 AM PDT A Pakistan People's Party meeting to discuss a new PM ends without any announcement, a day after Yousuf Raza Gilani was disqualified by the top court. |
| Ministers to boycott England game Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:31 AM PDT UK ministers will not attend England's Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy because of continuing concerns about selective justice in Ukraine. |
| El Salvador gang truce 'working' Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:41 AM PDT Murders in El Salvador drop from an average of 14 a day to five, police figures show, as a street gang truce passes three months. |
| Egypt's Mubarak 'health worsens' Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:27 AM PDT Egypt's jailed ex-President Hosni Mubarak remains in a critical condition in an army hospital following a sudden deterioration of his health. |
| Obama seals Fast and Furious file Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:29 AM PDT President Obama takes the rare step of claiming executive privilege to withhold documents sought by lawmakers probing a botched sting operation. |
| Last-ditch plea over NHS action Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:07 AM PDT Ministers and NHS leaders make last-ditch pleas to persuade doctors to call off a day of industrial action. |
| Carr 'morally wrong' on tax - PM Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:25 AM PDT Prime Minister David Cameron says the legal but aggressive tax avoidance scheme reportedly used by comedian Jimmy Carr is "not morally right". |
| UK unemployment falls by 51,000 Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:24 AM PDT Unemployment in the UK fell by 51,000 to 2.61 million in the three months to April, official figures show. |
| Row over UK's new European judge Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:26 AM PDT The UK is to get a new judge at the European Court of Human Rights, but some Tory MPs are unhappy with the candidates put forward. |
| How those annoying online security tests evolved Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT How those annoying online security tests evolved |
| Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:14 AM PDT Women, Watergate and changing times |
| Mubarak in hospital: Voices from Cairo Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:58 AM PDT Egyptians' muted response to 'ailing' Mubarak |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:08 AM PDT 24 hours of news photos from around the world |
| Rio+20: What's changed since the Earth Summit? Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:41 AM PDT How has the world changed since the Earth Summit of 1992? |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:08 AM PDT Warm words between Wikileaks founder and Ecuador's leader |
| If Obamacare falls, what then? Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:57 AM PDT Mardell: What if Supreme Court pulls plug on Obama's health law? |
| Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:42 AM PDT Is this the formula for a university revolution? |
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