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People around the world celebrated the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, on Friday.

Protest movements such as Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street have undergone "branding" reminiscent of the best marketing.

Manchester United are thought to be moving closer to the signing of Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara.

Iceland has resumed commercial whaling, spurring protests from environmental activists. The fin whale is the second-largest mammal in the world and an endangered species.

Twitter users believe Jeremy Forrest's sentence was too harsh for his consensual relationship with a 15-year-old student.

Letícia Frose, university student and protester, talks to the International Business Times about the situation in Brazil.

Heath, who never married, is widely believed to have been homosexual, although he never publicly commented on such private matters.

British scientists have examined snails to unearth evidence of an ancient human migration from southern Europe to Ireland.

Radiohead's Thom Yorke is auctioning his 2005 painting in London.

The summer solstice, or first day of summer, happens annually and the date this year is Friday, June 21.

Some people in South Africa fear that the death of Nelson Mandela will lead to mass chaos and violence.

U.S., German and French stocks fell, on average, about 2.5%, as investors fled the markets on fears the Fed will turn off the money spigot.

Miliband would not seem to have the most sterling qualities associated with traditional Judaism.

The British Prudential Regulation Authority says Royal Bank of Scotland has by far the biggest capital reserve hole in its balance sheet in the UK.

Very few politicians are openly gay and there has never been an openly homosexual US president.

Author E.L. James announced that Sam Taylor-Johnson will be directing the "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie.

Ozzy Osbourne: “To finally have our first #1 album in the U.S. is another incredible milestone for Black Sabbath."

Country music singer Slim Whitman died overnight of heart failure in Florida.

An medieval toilet in Cyprus filled with 800-year-old feces has shed light on parasites that plagued Crusaders in the 12th century.

Folk singer Jack Johnson announced his "From Here To Now To You" U.S., Canada and European tour dates for 2013 this week.

Dave Prentis, the general-secretary of Unison, equated Kate Middleton with young women who intentionally get pregnant in order to qualify for welfare handouts.