World News South Korea to break up coastguard after ferry disaster South Korea plans to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which more than 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye, bbc reports. May 19 2014, 16:06 2 358 просмотрs
World News Balkans flooding threatens Serbia power plants, 37 dead Soldiers, police and villagers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday as the death toll from the Balkan region's worst rainfall in more than a century reached 37, reuters reports. May 19 2014, 11:39 2 168 просмотрs
World News Crimean Tatars commemorate Soviet deportation despite ban, demand to change status of Crimea Tatars in Crimea are commemorating 70 years since their deportation by Soviet leader Josef Stalin, rferl.org reports. May 19 2014, 11:00 1 827 просмотрs
World News Michael Jackson Hologram Rocks Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas The Michael Jackson performance on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards was the result of nearly half a year of planning, choreography and filming, not to mention the development of new technology. Producers of the Billboard Music Awards did not see even a portion of the film until eight days before the broadcast. May 19 2014, 09:59 2 797 просмотрs
World News Switzerland rejects world's highest minimum wage Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce what would have been the highest minimum wage in the world in a referendum, bbc.com reports. May 18 2014, 21:22 1 464 просмотрs
World News Moscow Region Market Shut After Killing of Spartak Fan The Moscow suburb of Pushkino has closed a market near the site of a deadly attack on a 22-year-old fan of Moscow's Spartak football club, Leonid Saffyanikov, themoscowtimes.com reports. May 16 2014, 17:08 1 453 просмотрs
World News 50,000 gallons of oil spills onto street in Los Angeles after pipe ruptures Residents in Atwater Village in northeast Los Angeles woke up Thursday morning to find crude oil flowing down their streets. A 20 inch wide, above-ground oil line ruptured around 1 a.m., sending a geyser of oil 20 feet into the air according to local reports. The oil has coated a half-square-mile area of the mostly industrial neighborhood. May 16 2014, 16:06 1 629 просмотрs
World News Thousands strike over Turkish mine disaster: 283 people dead Protests erupt across country over explosion in coal mine that has left at least 283 people dead and scores trapped, aljazeera.com reports. May 16 2014, 14:47 1 758 просмотрs
World News Bosnia, Serbia hit by worst flooding in 120 years; five die The heaviest rains and floods in the past 120 years hit Bosnia and Serbia this week, killing five people, cutting off electricity and leaving several towns and villages isolated, reuters.com reports. May 16 2014, 12:01 2 614 просмотрs
World News Arrested Iranian-British millionaire had a girl from Kazakhstan in his slave ‘harem’ A wealthy Briton has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of holding a harem of women against their will and fathering at least seven children with them, typicallyspanish.com reports. May 16 2014, 11:10 3 368 просмотрs
World News Brazilian anti-World Cup protests hit Sao Paulo and Rio Riot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cup, bbc reports. May 16 2014, 10:00 1 700 просмотрs
World News Factories burnt in Vietnam anti-China protest Several factories have been set on fire amid anti-China protests at an industrial park in southern Vietnam, amid tensions over the South China Sea. May 14 2014, 15:43 1 542 просмотрs
World News Turkey mine blast kills at least 201, hundreds trapped At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey May 14 2014, 11:26 1 561 просмотрs
World News Moscow could replace Rio as host of 2016 Olympics The Russian capital is being considered as a possible replacement host for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games amid doubts that facilities in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro will be completed on time May 13 2014, 11:25 1 315 просмотрs
World News Ukraine crisis: Germany launches fresh diplomatic bid Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is due in Kiev amid fresh attempts to find a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. May 13 2014, 11:21 1 288 просмотрs
World News Rebels declare victory in east Ukraine self-rule vote Ukrainian leader Oleksander Turchinov accused Russia of working to overthrow legitimate state power in Ukraine on Monday after pro-Russian rebels declared a resounding victory in a rebel referendum on self-rule in eastern regions, reuters reports. May 12 2014, 16:00 2 664 просмотрs
World News Early results show landslide support in Donetsk and Lugansk regions for self-rule Election commissions in Donetsk and Lugansk are still counting the ballots, but preliminary results show the majority of eastern Ukrainians supported self-rule, despite intensified military operation by Kiev which resulted in several deaths, rt.com reports. May 12 2014, 09:57 1 264 просмотрs
World News 400 US mercenaries 'deployed on ground' in Ukraine military op About 400 elite mercenaries from the notorious US private security firm Academi (formerly Blackwater) are taking part in the Ukrainian military operation against anti-government protesters in southeastern regions of the country, German media reports. May 12 2014, 09:38 2 233 просмотрs
World News 'Noah' banned in Arab world, China Three Arab countries have banned the Hollywood film Noah on religious grounds even before its worldwide premier and several others are expected to follow suit, a representative of Paramount Pictures told Reuters on Saturday, ewn.co.za reports. May 11 2014, 18:04 1 609 просмотрs
World News Right Wing British MEP Blames UK Government for Ukraine Crisis The leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip), Nigel Farage MEP, has told RIA Novosti he believes the EU and British Government have “provoked” the crisis in Ukraine, ria.ru reports. May 11 2014, 16:06 1 594 просмотрs
World News East Ukraine’s Donetsk republic plans to hold sovereignty referendum jointly with Luhansk The leadership of the recently self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic plans to hold a referendum simultaneously with east Ukraine’s Luhansk region, co-chairman of the Donetsk People’s Republic presidium Denis Pushilin told itar-tass. May 11 2014, 11:09 1 714 просмотрs
World News Eurovision 2014: Bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst wins Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with a score of 290 after a grandiose ballad Rise Like a Phoenix, before a TV audience of around 180 million people in 45 countries, azh.kz reports citing dailymail.com. May 11 2014, 09:20 3 583 просмотрs
World News Ukraine Kherson region governor called Hitler 'liberator' Addressing the public on a Victory Day, the governor of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region trampled on the feelings of many veterans and desecrated the memory of all those who perished during the war against Nazi Germany by calling Hitler a “liberator,” azh.kz reports citing world media. May 10 2014, 14:14 2 263 просмотрs
World News Vietnam Squares Off With China in Disputed Seas Tensions in the South China Sea intensified Wednesday as Vietnamese vessels confronted Chinese ships that were working to place an oil rig off Vietnam’s coast, and Vietnamese officials claimed that their ships had been rammed by the Chinese vessels three days earlier, nytimes.com reports. May 8 2014, 18:11 2 799 просмотрs
World News Kiev cancels May 9 celebrations Kyiv will not celebrate may 9 and will replace George ribbon with a red poppy, news2night.com reports. May 8 2014, 17:54 1 659 просмотрs