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Jason Bateman's Arrested Development tease whips internet into a frenzy
It's really happening! Cult-favorite TV show resumes filming after a six-year hiatus, and fans are following every tweeted moveComedy fans are frothing with excitement after the latest update from "the...
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Louisiana school ordered to stop pregnancy tests on 'suspect' students
ACLU denounces Delhi Charter School's policy of forcing tests on female students and banning them if results are confirmedState officials in Louisiana have ordered a school to change a policy that...
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US election is a wake-up call for alarm clock Britain | Gavin Kelly
To see how keen Romney and Obama are to court middle class America is to get a foretaste of Britain's key political battlesIt's the Middle Class, Stupid!, the new zeitgeist book by grizzled Clinton-era...
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New York Times poised to offload how-to site About.com
Times in advanced negotiations to sell to Answers.com, ending ill-fated attempt to extend online publishing businessThe New York Times has announced that it is poised to sell the resource guide...
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Letters: Africa needs long-term investment to beat severe hunger
"While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary." So wrote the great African man of letters Chinua Achebe in his 1987...
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NYPD and Microsoft launch advanced citywide surveillance system
System has live video feeds, huge databases of recent crime patterns and can take input direct from the field in real timeNew York mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled a new crime-fighting system...
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Hillary Clinton's thin gloss on US aid in Africa | Chris McGreal
Clinton claims the US stands for democracy and human rights in Africa, unlike China. But America's record does not bear scrutinyAmerican aid to the country once called Zaire appeared to have an amazing...
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Fire breaks out at Olympic house
Kiwi House near King's Cross station evacuated after gas cylinders explode during event for New Zealand fansUp to 700 people were evacuated from New Zealand's Olympics hospitality house after a...
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Standard Chartered shares rebound
Chief executive Peter Sands's defence of bank in light of report by New York regulator sees market confidence riseIt was a better day for the defence. Standard Chartered's share price rebounded 7%. Sir...
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News Corporation posts $1.6bn loss as phone-hacking legal fees stack up
Losses include charges related to plan to split off publishing assets from more lucrative film and TV sectorsNews Corporation made a loss of $1.6bn (£1.2bn) in the last quarter as it absorbed $2.8bn in...
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Clashes in the Syrian city of Aleppo – in pictures
Award-winning photographer Goran Tomasevic has been covering clashes in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where fighting between rival factions appears to have reached a stalemate
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Olympics 2012: the alternative medals table
We all know who's in the lead on the medal tables - but what would happen if you looked at them by population size, or GDP - or even compared to the number of athletes in each team? A team of...
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Neil Armstrong recovering from heart surgery
The first man to set foot on the moon is 'doing great' after undergoing surgery to relieve blocked coronary arteriesFormer astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon, is...
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Is Dick Morris the world's worst political pundit? | Harry J Enten
On this evidence, the answer is an unambiguous yes!We all make silly statements. We all make poor predictions. Indeed most Washington pundits are right as often as they are wrong. One Washington...
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Egypt: stung into action | Editorial
Decried daily by secularists at home and labouring under heavy clouds of suspicion abroad Mohammed Morsi showed he had teethDecried daily by secularists at home and labouring under heavy clouds of...
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Labour demands publication of bank lending figures
US move helped expose 'lending deserts', where banks were routinely refusing to lend money to businesses and individualsBanks should be forced to publish figures showing their loans to businesses and...
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Barclays investigation details given to Serious Fraud Office
Inquiry looking into fees allegedly paid by bank during banking crisis to avoid a taxpayer bailout The Financial Services Authority has handed information to the Serious Fraud Office about an ongoing...
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Libya's transitional rulers hand over power to elected assembly
Ceremony marks first peaceful power transfer in country's modern history, but assembly faces daunting challengesIn a ceremony late on Wednesday, Libya's first elected assembly took over power from the...
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Gu Kailai murder trial begins in China
Gu Kailai, wife of politician Bo Xilai, is charged with murdering Neil Heywood, a British businessman with close ties to the familyGu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has gone...
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Pussy Riot trial hears closing statement
Punk band's members claim they are freer than those carrying out their prosecution as judge sets 17 August for verdictThree members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot said Vladimir Putin's Russia was...
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