A months-long recession has ended, with GDP performance boosted by above-consensus U.K. employment data.
For every 100,000 people who live in the U.S., 716 are in prison.
Some facts of Gandhi's life and personality might surprise, even shock, his multitude of admirers and followers.
The military base where brutal dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was executed in 1989 will open to tourists in September.
Tottenham continue to be heavily involved in the summer transfer window.
Himmler wanted the schools to produce ideal German wives in order to guarantee a “strong family life to create a strong, pure nation.”
Buckingham Palace said Kate Middleton and Prince William have chosen to release photos taken at home of royal baby George Alexander Louis on social media rather than in traditional palace fashion with the use of a professional photographer.
U.K. oil company Soma has made a deal with the nascent Somali government, but some say it's too soon.
Paxman himself conceded that his hirsute appearance is highly unusual for BBC television.
A new study conducted by the University of Rochester found that religious people are less likely to be intelligent than their atheist counterparts.
Even as foreign investors become keenly interested in the country's booming real estate market, Myanmar's wealthy are taking their cash to London.
Upbeat economic data from the euro zone and the U.K. strengthen hopes of a recovery in the region's economies.
Most of the songs on the Beatles' so-called "White Album," the Beatles' 1968 double album, were composed in India.
Despite efforts to make the "Breaking Bad" season 5 premiere as widely available as possible, it still broke show records for piracy.
The ZTE Open, the first smartphone running the Firefox OS, will be available to U.S. and U.K. customers on the ZTE eBay store for just $80.
Ruth Styles, a freelance writer for the Daily Mail website, is being criticized on Twitter after writing a story about the “world’s worst tourists,” which cited the same examples of a similar story on Cracked.com.
The Pirate Bay released the new browser, which is not designed for anonymous surfing, to help users evade government censorship of the Web.
Missy, a king penguin at England's Birdland zoo, may be the oldest penguin of her kind in captivity, according to zoo officials.
News Corp has acquired exclusive rights on mobile/Internet clips in Indonesia, Japan & Vietnam for Barclay's Premier League and 8 other soccer leagues.
Euro zone GDP probably stopped contracting in the second quarter after a record six quarters of decline.
Manchester United and Wigan Athletic meet in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
After nine years, 278 appearances, and 141 goals, striker Wayne Rooney might be leaving Old Trafford.