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Are you a Google Glass half full or half empty kind of person?
The reaction to Google's latest gadget has been a mix of wild excitement and deep apprehensionThe Chinese name their years after animals – the year of the goat, the rat and so on. In the tech world, we...
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Eight footballers say 'we're gay' but keep quiet in fear of fans
Players feel they must hide their sexuality to avoid being the target of homophobic chantsAt least eight professional footballers have revealed to colleagues that they are gay, but have refused to go...
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Rolls-Royce tries to clear the air as prized executive steps down
The departure of aerospace boss Mark King has, however unfairly, reawakened interest in allegations of bribery at the company over engine deals in the 1980s and 1990sThe first real cracks of strain at...
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Fashion still doesn't give a damn about the deaths of garment workers | Lucy...
A campaign launched this week aims to ensure the tragedy is a tipping point for both the industry and consumersA week on, the Rana Plaza catastrophe in Bangladesh is now the deadliest catastrophe in...
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Coalition split looms as David Cameron drops foreign aid pledge
Critics accuse prime minister of bowing to rightwing pressure from backbenchesDavid Cameron is risking a major fracture in the coalition after deciding to renege on his promise to enshrine foreign aid...
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Pakistan's women face battle for the right to vote
Female activists plan to deploy protection teams to polling stations in forthcoming electionsFears over the safety of women voting in next week's elections in Pakistan are rising after letters have...
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Seven US soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb blast
Renewed violence comes as President Hamid Karzai confirms CIA payments to Afghan government would continueSeven US service members were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans in...
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Syria: massacres of Sunni families reported in Assad's heartland
President inaugurates 'martyrs' statue as fresh violence explodes in Alawite zoneThe pictures appear to tell a familiar story. In one a pile of bodies lies on a street corner, shot down, apparently...
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On yer bike! New York Nimbys saddle up to fight cycle-share scheme
Residents' groups rise against scheme modeled on Paris and London but general opinion remains 70% in favourNew Yorkers are a famously argumentative bunch. As the former mayor Ed Koch used to say,...
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Malaysian PM's coalition builds election lead after record turnout
More than 10 million voters cast ballots as Najib Razak's National Front coalition aims to extend 56-year ruleMalaysia's coalition government commanded a formidable lead in national elections on...
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Venezuela rejects Obama comments on arrested US film-maker Tim Tracy
Maduro government accuses US of being behind post-election violence and insists Tracy was plotting to destabilise VenezuelaVenezuela's government has rejected comments by Barack Obama about the...
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John McCain: Obama's 'red line' on Syria 'written in disappearing ink'
Senator uses Fox News to criticise president's use of term 'red line' regarding the possible use of chemical weaponsPresident Barack Obama came under increased pressure on Sunday regarding his...
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Le Monde's Natalie Nougayrède: 'This is quite a revolution'
The first woman to run a French national daily title defends her decision to run a full-page anti-gay marriage advertIn her office at the top of Le Monde's Paris headquarters, Natalie Nougayrède, the...
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Israel launched air strike on Syrian military facility to 'maintain security'
Pre-emptive attacks are an Israeli speciality, but action does not obviously herald wider international involvement in Syrian crisisSyria's crisis always attracts intense international attention when...
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Egypt open to tourists who drink booze and wear bikinis, says tourism minister
Islamist-ruled country sets out strategy to win back foreign visitors spooked by years of unrest and political instabilityEgypt is open to visitors who drink alcohol and wear bikinis, the tourism...
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Babylon's hanging garden: ancient scripts give clue to missing wonder
A British academic has gathered evidence suggesting garden was created at Nineveh, 300 miles from BabylonThe whereabouts of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world – the fabled Hanging Garden of...
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Bangladesh factory victim's widow files murder complaint
Building owner, factory owner and engineer accused, as death toll in disaster reaches 622The wife of a garment worker killed in the Bangladesh factory collapse has filed a murder complaint against the...
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Radioactive materials lost in more than 30 incidents over past decade
Health and safety watchdog admits firms and hospitals have mislaid dangerous substances that could be used by terroristsRadioactive materials have gone missing from businesses, hospitals and even...
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The week ahead: Alas for Las Vegas, no nudity is expected on Prince Harry's...
The prince's laddish exploits seem only to have enhanced his popular appeal, but this is to be a more formal visit Prince Harry – or the "wildest Windsor", as US cable networks like to call the soon to...
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The readers' editor on … a fishy tale of infestation and survival
Sharks are much maligned and need our protection. Perhaps the phrase 'shark-infested' is one for the Guardian's cliche listIt was a very dramatic story about a brother and sister who swam through the...
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