Edvard Munch collection to be housed in huge glass museum
Munch Museum designed by Herreros Arquitectos will take pride of place in redevelopment plan for Oslo's Bjørvika waterfrontA spectacular 12,00sq ft (1,100sq metre) glass covered museum to house the...
View ArticleCountry awaits Erdogan's return
Prime minister is due to return from north Africa visit to face demands for apology over fierce police crackdown on protestersTurkish police clashed with demonstrators overnight before the return of...
View ArticleSyrian fighting over Golan crossing prompts Israeli military action
Austrians account for about 380 of the 1,000-strong UN force monitoring a ceasefire between Syria and IsraelAustria has announced it will withdraw its peacekeepers from the UN monitoring force on the...
View ArticleRevealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama• Read the Verizon court order in full hereThe National Security Agency is...
View ArticleWhat does the Prism logo mean?
The freaky Dark Side of the Moon-style design looks like something a Bond villain would use – but it does sum up the surveillance program pretty neatlyWhat does a top secret surveillance program need,...
View ArticleTropical storm Andrea moves up Carolina coast after hitting Florida
Storm 'moving at a pretty brisk pace' after losing intensity over land as it brings heavy rain to south-eastern US statesAfter bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida,...
View ArticlePakistani men sentenced to death for policeman son's murder
Sentencing of pair from wealthy families seen as victory for justice against Karachi's super-rich and landowning classTwo men from wealthy Pakistani families have been sentenced to death for the...
View ArticleKenya overhauls wildlife laws following rise in elephant and rhino deaths |...
Cabinet sends strong message to Kenyans that things are changing fast, the wildlife sector will thrive and who seek to destroy the wildlife asset will not be toleratedKenya's Cabinet has approved a...
View ArticleUS economy adds 175,000 jobs in May but unemployment rises slightly
Figures show steady hiring as Labor Department says jobless rate rose to 7.6% because more people began looking for workUS employers added 175,000 jobs in May, a figure that shows steady hiring but is...
View ArticleIndigenous Peruvians protest state oil company taking over their land | David...
Members of the Achuar people say they won't allow Petroperu to enter their territory, but the company has other ideasMembers of the Achuar indigenous people in the northern Peruvian Amazon have been...
View ArticleJosé Manuel Barroso should apologise to the Greek people | Jorgo Chatzimarkakis
As European commission president, Barroso's failure to deal with the eurozone crisis has left the EU on life supportAs a member of the European parliament with a Greek and German background, I have...
View ArticleWorld divorce rates Putin perspective
The announcement of the Putins' divorce is the first of its kind in Russia for over 300 years. Heads of state aside, how does Russia compare to the rest of the world? • Get the dataVladimir and...
View ArticleNSA taps in to user data of Facebook, Google and others, secret files reveal
• Top secret PRISM program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Facebook and Apple• Companies deny any knowledge of program in operation since 2007The National Security Agency has...
View ArticleManchester Sound: the Massacre – a new play talks raves and revolutions
What do acid-house raves and a century-old bloodbath have in common? Quite a lot, according to Manchester's Library TheatreIn an empty industrial building to the north of Manchester, the 19th-century...
View ArticleChina v the US: how the superpowers compare
As Barack Obama prepares for the 'no-necktie summit' with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in California, we decided to look at the two superpowers and compare data such as health, wealth and...
View ArticleFrench student's fatal beating sparks calls for far-right ban
Clément Méric had row with skinheads before attack which comes amid rise in violence linked to gay marriage protestsA brilliant young student and leftwing activist who was beaten up by skinheads in...
View ArticleRise in Chinese students shunning state exams for A-levels
Growing numbers are taking the British qualification at Chinese schools. while entries fall for fearsome gaokao college entrance examsWith furrowed brows, bleary eyes and overtaxed brains, more than 9...
View ArticleBodies in Urban Spaces
Austrian artist Willi Dorner presentsg his Bodies in Urban Spaces project in Porto, Portugal, as part of the country's biggest contemporary art festival
View ArticleNorth and South Korea bicker over dates and venues for peace talks
Seoul and Pyongyang cannot agree where and when to meet to discuss improving relations after three months of warmongeringNorth and South Korea are arguing about where to hold peace talks scheduled for...
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