Prime minister’s pledge comes as ex-aide Andy Coulson is arrested over phone-hacking scandal engulfing Sunday newspaper.
NASA’s final shuttle flight is expected later on Friday – with Atlantis due to lift off, although bad weather may keep it grounded a little longer. That won’t deter up to a million spectators who’re expected to watch the shuttle programme’s last-ever launch. But as RT’s Gayane Chichakyan reports, what will be an unforgettable moment [...]
Unjustifed and unfair … but with the power to determine the fate of entire countries. That’s the verdict of Germany’s Finance Minister on the world’s big three credit rating agencies after Portugal had it’s debt downgraded to junk status. The move is having a disastrous effect on the EU – ripping apart the relative calm [...]
As Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World closes following a phone hacking scandal, we ask what it means for the media industry.
The public rally for educational reform in Chile has gone viral. Plus, are corporations taking advantage of open data projects in India that are designed to protect the poor from fraud and corruption?
The tiny, isolated islands of the Pacific are in crisis; battling weak government, corruption and faltering economies. They face a health crisis – obesity. Today the Pacific is home to eight of the 10 fattest countries on earth.
They raised their voices for those who were not able to speak. Thousands from across the rebel-held east Libya gathered in Benghazi on behalf of Libyans who are still living under Gaddafi’s rule. Apart from supporting their countrymen, activists say they also organised the Benghazi demonstration as a direct response to the pro-Gaddafi rally held [...]
Nine rebel fighters have died in efforts to drive Libyan government soldiers out of the town of Qwalish. Seven of the nine fighters who died on Wednesday were from Zintan, a remote western town of Libya. The people of Zintan have always had a fearsome reputation. As rebel fighters against government forces, they have been [...]
US state of Texas has executed Humberto Leal Garcia, 38, a Mexican national, despite an unusual appeal by the US president Barack Obama. Leal Garcia was not informed of his right to consular services as a Mexican national. Monica Villareal reports.
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SpaceX, one of four private companies contracted by NASA to ferry goods and astronauts to the International Space Station, launched a manned commercial rocket this past December. SpaceX’s biggest achievement so far is successfully returning a spacecraft to earth from orbit. Experts believe transitioning from government agencies to commercial companies should allow NASA to focus [...]
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