Wednesday 22 May 2013
Rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared areas down to bare earth and claimed 24 lives, including nine children.
Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.
Twitter is booming as a social media destination for American teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study about online behaviour.
The Pentagon is asking for nearly £300 million - 450 million dollars - to maintain and upgrade the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.
Toronto's mayor continued to avoid questions about a video purportedly showing him smoking crack cocaine, despite calls by both allies and rivals for further comment.
US president Barack Obama has promised that the federal government would get everything needed “right away” to victims of the devastating tornado that struck on Monday afternoon, killing at least 24 people.
People using tax havens have deprived governments worldwide of £100 billion in revenue, enough to end extreme poverty twice over, according to new figures published by Oxfam.
Rescue teams say the search is almost over for survivors in the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb where a massive tornado flattened homes and demolished a primary school.
A far-right French historian shot himself in the head beside the altar of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today apparently in protest against the legalisation of gay marriage in France.
The US government will accept an army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces for sending more than 700,000 classified US documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, a military prosecutor has said during a pre-trial hearing.
David Cameron is to step up the campaign against tax evasion and "aggressive" tax avoidance as Apple joins multinational corporations in the spotlight.
A man has shot himself dead at the altar of Notre Dame cathedral, forcing police to evacuate tourists from the 850-year-old monument.
Two donkeys are suspected of mauling an elderly man to death in Hungary.
The brother of accused murderer and Olympian Oscar Pistorius cried tears of relief as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a car accident.
Apple's CEO has disputed assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in US taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.
Religious observers are asking: "Is Pope Francis an exorcist?" after an incident in St Peter's Square.
Russia is investigating an alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Dozens of people are feared dead, including seven children, after a huge tornado ripped through an Oklahoma town destroying scores of homes and a primary school.
Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany.
A powerful roadside bomb has killed six policemen in Afghanistan's west, officials said.
The mother of two teenage girls who took their own lives within six weeks of each other last year has spoken of her joy after giving birth to a boy.
Rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared areas down to bare earth and claimed 24 lives, including nine children.
Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.
Tony Pulis' seven-year reign as Stoke manager has come to an end after he and the club agreed to part company by mutual consent.
Alex Corbisiero is desperate to put an injury-ravaged season behind him and reassert his position as England's first-choice loosehead prop in the upcoming fixtures against the Barbarians and Argentina.
British and Irish Lions flanker Sean O'Brien could yet play for Leinster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final after making rapid progress in his recovery from a knee injury.
Music legend Burt Bacharach said writing his autobiography forced him to come to terms with the suicide of his daughter.
Carole King isn't done with music - not yet anyway.
Apprentice hopefuls are hoping to avoid an udder disaster as they try to cream off the biggest profit in their latest task.
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