Detroit: judge to decide if bankruptcy can proceed despite pension funds'...
City's funds have gone to court to try and derail the bankruptcy amid concerns benefits will be slashed for 20,000 retireesA federal judge will decide on Wednesday whether to allow Detroit's historic...
View ArticleEdward Snowden's fear of flying is justified | Geoffrey Robertson
Snowden is a refugee, not a spy. But America has history when it comes to forcing down planes in defiance of international lawAs Edward Snowden sits in an airside hotel, awaiting confirmation of...
View ArticleGatwick should be on shortlist | Nils Pratley
From a competition perspective it would be perverse to entrench the dominance of Heathrow by expanding thereAnother day, another runway submission. This time it's Gatwick, making the much-needed...
View ArticleGermany launches poster appeal to find last remaining Nazi war criminals
Posters depicting Auschwitz entrance put up in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne asking for help in finding war criminalsThe Simon Wiesenthal Centre launched a poster campaign in several German cities...
View ArticleTopshop tycoon attacked for refusal to sign Bangladesh safety deal
Sir Philip Green's clothing brands are notable absentees from list of supporters of the Bangladesh Safety AccordSir Philip Green's clothing empire has been criticised for shunning a new initiative...
View ArticleLouisiana drilling rig blowout causes evacuation of 47 workers
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement says natural gas flowed uncontrolled from well off coastNatural gas flowed uncontrolled from a well off the Louisiana coast on Tuesday after a blowout...
View ArticleHow Taliban brought new terror to Pakistan's Killer Mountain
Jason Burke reveals how the murder of climbers in Pakistan exposes a fresh front in the battle against extremistsThe sun had long gone down. Sher Khan, a Pakistani climber on his first major...
View ArticlePope Francis greeted by ecstatic crowds in Brazil - video
Pope Francis is greeted by enthusiastic crowds in Rio de Janeiro and is involved in a brief security scare
View ArticleYemeni journalist who reported US missile strike is released from jail
Abdulelah Haider Shaye, imprisoned on charges of being an al-Qaida operative, reportedly had pardon revoked by US requestA Yemeni journalist who was kept in prison for years at the apparent request of...
View ArticleCollege culture? An alcohol-fueled frenzy of sexual harassment | Raya Jalabi
'Hooking up' has been spun as sexual liberation for career-focused young women. It doesn't square with my campus lifeIt's freshman year. I'm at a new student orientation party at the University of...
View ArticleNew York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner says explicit photo is of him
TheDirty.com publishes timeline saying image was sent to young woman by former Congressman in latter half of 2012The New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, who is two months into a longshot...
View ArticleEmile Griffith, boxer who won fight which killed Bennie Paret, dies aged 75
World champion at welterweight and middleweight who fought in fatal 1962 bout dies after battle with pugilistic dementiaEmile Griffith, an elegant world champion whose career was overshadowed by the...
View ArticleWoman killed on Texas rollercoaster fell 75ft to her death
Texas coroner says Rosa Ayala-Gaona, 52, was ejected from her seat and suffered multiple injuries after striking metal beamA Texas coroner said Tuesday the passenger killed while riding a Six Flags...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner and Huma Abedin present united front over new photo
New York mayoral candidate vows to press ahead with comeback after admitting he is subject of explicit imageThe New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner vowed to press ahead with his longshot bid for...
View ArticleSummer storms and Royal baby latest: the best news photographs of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching imagesFiona Shields
View ArticleIn praise of … the rights of the horse | Editorial
The law and the Highway Code still include many equine rights, but they are not enforced as effectively as they should beHorse can go into burger, as we have recently learned to our horror, but...
View ArticleGSK's China crisis: questions that need answers
Drug firm chief must tell us what employees have done – and how he will respondSir Andrew Witty, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, will on Wednesday speak publicly for the first time about the cash...
View ArticleVoting for Kevin Rudd makes me sick, but here's why I'll do it anyway | Van...
Van Badham: The choice for ethical Australians presents not as between good and bad, but between bad and worse. There are two ways forward through this moral molassesVan Badham
View ArticleThree feared drowned after asylum seekers' boat sinks off Indonesia
Authorities searching for survivors after boat runs into trouble on the way to Christmas IslandThree people, including a young girl, have drowned and more than 160 people have been rescued by local...
View ArticleBriton killed in Crete resort after row with other holidaymakers
Police arrest 17 people after man, identified as 19-year-old from London, died 'within minutes' of being stabbed in heart in MaliaA British tourist, celebrating his 19th birthday in Crete, was fatally...
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