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American, Georgian and Lithuanian get key jobs in Ukraine’s new government

American, Georgian and Lithuanian get key jobs in Ukraine’s new government

The natives of the US, Georgia and Lithuania were hastily granted Ukrainian citizenship in order to become key ministers in the new government of Ukraine, which was approved by the country’s parliament on Tuesday. December 3 2014, 09:30 1 529 просмотрs

S. Korea ship sinks in Bering Sea; over 50 missing

S. Korea ship sinks in Bering Sea; over 50 missing

South Korean officials expressed fear Tuesday of a huge death toll after rescuers failed to find any of the more than 50 fishermen missing after their ship sank amid high waves in the freezing waters of the western Bering Sea on Monday. December 2 2014, 15:43 2 231 просмотрs

Lebanon detains Islamic State leader Baghdadi's wife

Lebanon detains Islamic State leader Baghdadi's wife

Lebanese security forces have detained a wife and son of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi near the border with Syria, the army says. December 2 2014, 15:34 2 402 просмотрs

Pope Francis fails to find common ground in Turkey

Pope Francis fails to find common ground in Turkey

Francis said the rise of the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria is a threat to the region's Christian minority. Turkey's President Erdogan said the fault lies with the West. December 2 2014, 12:57 2 772 просмотрs

Putin: Russia forced to withdraw from S. Stream project due to EU stance

Putin: Russia forced to withdraw from S. Stream project due to EU stance

Russia is forced to withdraw from the South Stream project due to the EU’s unwillingness to support the pipeline, and gas flows will be redirected to other customers, Vladimir Putin said after talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. December 2 2014, 10:14 2 284 просмотрs

Australia sweats over extreme hot weather

Australia sweats over extreme hot weather

Australia has always suffered from bouts of extreme hot weather but the number and intensity of heatwaves is on the rise, prompting a rethink of how the country lives, works and plays in the sun. December 1 2014, 12:25 1 251 просмотрs

Black Friday mayhem (+Video)

Black Friday mayhem (+Video)

Scenes of violence and chaos broke out across the UK as millions of customers flooded shops and supermarkets to try and get their hands on cut-price goods during the Black Friday sales. November 28 2014, 17:10 4 235 просмотрs

New Ukrainian Parliament Elects PM, Speaker

New Ukrainian Parliament Elects PM, Speaker

Ukraine's new parliament has elected Arseniy Yatsenyuk for a new term as prime minister. November 28 2014, 16:58 1 446 просмотрs

Why science needs imagination and beauty

Why science needs imagination and beauty

How do the best scientists solve life’s greatest mysteries? A Nobel Prize winner takes you inside his mind and explains why the key is imaginative play. November 28 2014, 12:16 2 847 просмотрs

European Parliament votes for Google breakup

European Parliament votes for Google breakup

In a vote on Thursday, European Parliament members voted 384 to 174 in favor of a resolution that calls for the unbundling of search engines from other commercial services to ensure competition among online companies. Although Google is not named specifically in the resolution, it's clearly targeted at the dominant search engine. November 28 2014, 11:54 1 763 просмотрs

Oil prices plunge after Opec meeting

Oil prices plunge after Opec meeting

The price of oil slumped after the Opec oil producers' cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. November 28 2014, 11:30 2 627 просмотрs

3D map of Antarctic sea ice to shed light on climate change

3D map of Antarctic sea ice to shed light on climate change

Scientists have now used an underwater robot to create 3D images of Antarctic sea ice. November 27 2014, 19:02 1 754 просмотрs

Lack of coal may bring Ukraine to its knees this winter

Lack of coal may bring Ukraine to its knees this winter

A shortage of coal, rather than gas, is likely to plunge Ukraine into freezing darkness this winter as conflict in its east seals off supplies that used to make it self sufficient. November 27 2014, 16:16 1 274 просмотрs

London brothers who admitted going to Syrian terror training camp jailed

London brothers who admitted going to Syrian terror training camp jailed

Two brothers have become the first Britons to be jailed for terrorist offences upon returning from Syria after they secretly left their London home to fight President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. November 27 2014, 15:22 1 699 просмотрs

Tony Blair on Putin, extremists and Kazakhstan

Tony Blair on Putin, extremists and Kazakhstan

The former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair said the West should work with Vladimir Putin on issues like Islamist extremism, despite standing firm against Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory, and said he was more worried about the Israel-Palestinian situation than at any time since he took over as special Middle East envoy in 2007, he told Wall Street Journal in an interview in Brussels on Tuesday. November 27 2014, 13:54 3 279 просмотрs

Pope Francis slams ‘haggard’ EU

Pope Francis slams ‘haggard’ EU

After another record low turnout at the European elections earlier this year, Pope Francis delivered an address on Tuesday which was scathing in its criticism of the EU. November 26 2014, 18:10 1 926 просмотрs

–52C in Siberia: Over 70 passengers push frozen plane to runway (VIDEO)

–52C in Siberia: Over 70 passengers push frozen plane to runway (VIDEO)

Freezing temperatures didn’t stop intrepid passengers from helping out a Russian plane that couldn’t move, because its wheels were frozen to the ground. However, brute force won the day in a remote Siberian town beyond the Arctic Circle. November 26 2014, 16:53 1 443 просмотрs

National Guard, police curb Ferguson unrest as protests swell across U.S.

National Guard, police curb Ferguson unrest as protests swell across U.S.

Some 2,000 National Guard troops helped ward off a second night of rampant arson and looting in suburban St. Louis after a grand jury declined to indict a white policeman in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, and sympathy protests spread to several U.S. cities. November 26 2014, 14:48 2 259 просмотрs

US defence secretary Chuck Hagel resigns

US defence secretary Chuck Hagel resigns

US President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, who he said requested last month to leave Pentagon's top post. November 25 2014, 14:21 2 589 просмотрs

$60 oil after OPEC meeting is not possible: BRG's Grossman

$60 oil after OPEC meeting is not possible: BRG's Grossman

It's not possible for oil to fall to $60 a barrel after OPEC meets this week to discuss output policy, Jeff Grossman, president of BRG Brokerage, told CNBC on Monday. November 25 2014, 10:48 1 634 просмотрs

Ferguson reacts to grand jury decision

Ferguson reacts to grand jury decision

A Ferguson grand jury decided it will not bring criminal charges against officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. The city is bracing for potentially huge demonstrations in the wake of the decision. November 25 2014, 10:32 1 216 просмотрs

Turkey president Erdogan: Women are not equal to men

Turkey president Erdogan: Women are not equal to men

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said women cannot be treated as equal to men, and has accused feminists of rejecting motherhood. November 25 2014, 10:01 2 297 просмотрs

World powers, Iran discuss extending nuclear deal deadline: US

World powers, Iran discuss extending nuclear deal deadline: US

Iran and world powers are now discussing a possible extension of their deadline for a nuclear deal, a senior US State Department official said Sunday for the first time, AFP reports. November 24 2014, 15:41 2 560 просмотрs

Italy's first female astronaut heads to ISS in Russian craft

Italy's first female astronaut heads to ISS in Russian craft

Italy's first female astronaut is heading to the International Space Station. The Soyuz capsule carrying Samantha Cristoforetti blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome. November 24 2014, 11:44 2 017 просмотрs

Edward Snowden Receives Stuttgart Peace Prize 2014

Edward Snowden Receives Stuttgart Peace Prize 2014

Edward Snowden has been awarded Stuttgart Peace Prize 2014, but could not attend the ceremony and sent a message via a video, urging to fight for the observation of human rights. November 24 2014, 09:47 2 317 просмотрs