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Assange can’t leave embassy as UK wants to arrest him, no matter what

Assange can’t leave embassy as UK wants to arrest him, no matter what

With Swedish prosecutors dropping some of the sex crime allegations against Julian Assange and one more allegation expiring August 18, the WikiLeaks founder still cannot leave the embassy because he will be arrested “no matter what… because of the US," Assange's attorney tells RT. August 14 2015, 11:13 2 523 views

San Francisco Implements Surprising Solution to Public Urination Epidemic

San Francisco Implements Surprising Solution to Public Urination Epidemic

Faced with a rabid public urination problem, the city of San Francisco has developed a novel solution: paint that pees back. August 14 2015, 10:25 2 281 views

China's yuan plunges nearly 2pc again, sparking fears of currency war in region

China's yuan plunges nearly 2pc again, sparking fears of currency war in region

China's yuan weakened further at the open today, after the central bank startled markets on Tuesday by pushing the yuan down nearly 2 per cent through an aggressively weaker guidance rate. August 13 2015, 15:33 2 372 views

China blasts death toll rises to 44, with more than 500 injured

China blasts death toll rises to 44, with more than 500 injured

Chinese state media says the death toll in huge explosions that hit the port city of Tianjin has more than doubled to 44, with over 500 other people injured. August 13 2015, 12:54 2 235 views

India sues Nestle for nearly $100m over food safety

India sues Nestle for nearly $100m over food safety

Government seeks damages from Swiss food giant after banning Maggi noodles for containing unsafe levels of lead. August 12 2015, 16:38 2 542 views

The day the Kursk sank: 15 years on, Russia remembers one of worst-ever submarine tragedies (PHOTOS)

The day the Kursk sank: 15 years on, Russia remembers one of worst-ever submarine tragedies (PHOTOS)

The nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea during a maritime exercise on this day in 2000. All 118 crew members died after international efforts to save them frustratingly failed. August 12 2015, 11:17 3 738 views

Tonight year’s best meteor show: Perseid to light up skies

Tonight year’s best meteor show: Perseid to light up skies

August's annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak on Wednesday, with a special weather permit and perfect lunar conditions, coming just one day before the new moon. August 12 2015, 10:49 2 545 views

Iran says can transit Qatar gas to Europe

Iran says can transit Qatar gas to Europe

Iran has raised a new option to export natural gas to Europe which it says involves extra supplies from Qatar. August 12 2015, 10:24 2 210 views

Clinton hands personal email server over to US Justice Department

Clinton hands personal email server over to US Justice Department

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has instructed her lawyer to hand her private email server to the US Justice Department. Clinton's use of a private email server has drawn fire from political opponents. August 12 2015, 09:50 2 291 views

Google to change its name to ‘Alphabet’ (but the search engine is still called Google)

Google to change its name to ‘Alphabet’ (but the search engine is still called Google)

Google is to become a new company called Alphabet, but don't worry, you won't have to start 'alphabeting' things to look them up on the internet. August 11 2015, 17:00 2 633 views

U.N. Predicts Earth’s Population to Reach 10 Billion by 2100

U.N. Predicts Earth’s Population to Reach 10 Billion by 2100

The world's population will increase from today's 7.3 billion people to 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion at century's end, John R. Wilmoth, the director of the United Nations (UN) Population Division, told a session focused on demographic forecasting at the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2015) today in Seattle. August 11 2015, 10:00 4 901 views

Farewell Union Jack? New Zealand Unfurls New Flag Design Finalists

Farewell Union Jack? New Zealand Unfurls New Flag Design Finalists

The New Zealand government-appointed Flag Consideration Panel, charged with looking at over 10,000 publically submitted proposals for a new national flag, has whittled down the list of submissions to a shortlist of 40 designs. August 10 2015, 18:24 2 911 views

Man shot in Ferguson identified as black 18yo Tyrone Harris, 'friend of Michael Brown'

Man shot in Ferguson identified as black 18yo Tyrone Harris, 'friend of Michael Brown'

The person shot in Ferguson by a police officer after a day of commemorating the first anniversary of Michael Brown's death has been identified by his father as 18-year-old Tyrone Harris Jr., of St. Louis, who was “real close" to Brown, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. August 10 2015, 16:10 2 166 views

Explosion, fire at Istanbul suburb police station injures 7 (PHOTOS)

Explosion, fire at Istanbul suburb police station injures 7 (PHOTOS)

Five officers and two civilians have reportedly been injured following a “bomb attack" which targeted a police station in Istanbul's suburb of Sultanbeyli. The explosion also reportedly damaged neighboring buildings and cars parked nearby. August 10 2015, 09:55 2 177 views

10 killed, over 400 wounded as blast rocks Afghan capital

10 killed, over 400 wounded as blast rocks Afghan capital

Security officials in Afghanistan say at least 10 people have been killed and more than 400 others sustained injuries when a massive explosion rocked the country's capital city of Kabul. August 7 2015, 15:33 2 277 views

Donald Trump dominates US debate

Donald Trump dominates US debate

Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate. August 7 2015, 12:39 2 331 views

Egypt Opens New £6bn Suez Canal Waterway

Egypt Opens New £6bn Suez Canal Waterway

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday inaugurates a "new" Suez Canal in a lavish and heavily secured ceremony, as Egypt seeks to boost its economy and international standing, AFP reports. August 6 2015, 17:37 2 388 views

Hollande, Putin agree compensation deal over Mistral ships

Hollande, Putin agree compensation deal over Mistral ships

French President Francois Hollande agreed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the terms of a compensation deal over two Mistral helicopter carriers which France had suspended due to the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, his office announced Wednesday. August 6 2015, 17:27 2 705 views

Obama: Abandoning Iran nuclear deal could mean war

Obama: Abandoning Iran nuclear deal could mean war

US president defends historic nuclear agreement after Israel attempts to mobilise the US Congress to thwart it. August 6 2015, 12:36 2 750 views

Kyrgyzstan joins Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union as Kazakhstan ratifies accession

Kyrgyzstan joins Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union as Kazakhstan ratifies accession

Kazakhstan was the last member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) to adopt the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the bloc. Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a corresponding law on Tuesday. August 5 2015, 17:43 2 827 views

Robert Downey Jr. Ranked World's Top-earning Actor by Forbes

Robert Downey Jr. Ranked World's Top-earning Actor by Forbes

"Iron Man" star Robert Downey Jr. has been named the world's top-earning actor by Forbes. August 5 2015, 16:20 2 311 views

Six Reportedly Wounded By Gunfire In Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Violence

Six Reportedly Wounded By Gunfire In Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Violence

Six people were wounded by gunfire and several were injured by stones as cross-border violence between villages in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan persisted for a second day. August 5 2015, 15:50 2 704 views

Japan's Abe asks Biden for investigation of possible U.S. spying

Japan's Abe asks Biden for investigation of possible U.S. spying

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday for an investigation into possible spying on high-level Japanese government and corporate officials following WikiLeaks' release last week of a list of spying targets, Japan's top government spokesman said on Wednesday. August 5 2015, 12:06 2 180 views

In blow, U.S.-trained Syrian rebels captured by al Qaeda wing

In blow, U.S.-trained Syrian rebels captured by al Qaeda wing

The United States said on Tuesday it had indications that Syrian rebels trained by the U.S. military were captured by fighters from al Qaeda's Syria wing, Nusra Front, in the latest blow to a fledgling program at the center of America's war strategy. August 5 2015, 11:16 2 097 views

Netanyahu implores US Jews to oppose Iran deal

Netanyahu implores US Jews to oppose Iran deal

Benjamin Netanyahu personally called on US Jewish groups to thwart a White House-backed Iran nuclear deal Tuesday, while hitting out at "disinformation" over Israel's trenchant stance against it. August 5 2015, 10:05 2 536 views