Daniel Tovrov

Thanks to lax regulations, debt collection often reverts to a Dickensian mode in countries like Indonesia.

Vice President Joe Biden began his six-day state visit to China, where he is expected to talk to leaders about a number of U.S.-Sino issues, including debt and Taiwan.

South America has a right to beef up its armed forces but is not in an arms race, Brazil's defense minister said on Monday

A new study concluded that working out just half as much as most doctors recommend is significantly better than sitting around.

In separate letters made public by the House of Commons, former Rupert Murdoch staffers say that the media mogul and his son have been telling "serious inaccuracies" concerning their involvement in the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

A 16 year-old in London was charged with the murder of a 68-year-old pensioner. While the boy sits in court for his crimes, the nation of England slowly moves on, attempting to recover from five nights of society-shattering riots.

Lady Gaga and Jo Calderone jam together in the singer's latest music video.

First fake Apple stores, not straight-up fake phones. China just keeps on copying.

A new Lady Gaga video is an event that fans wait for with bated breath.

A German court reached an initial decision in the case between Apple and Samsung over their similar tablet products.

Former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev told a German magazine that he believes Vladimir Putin is pulling Russia back toward the Communist State he once ran.

The United Nations is demanding an immediate inquiry into the June violence in the Southern Kordofan region of Sudan. The U.N. is responding to "serious" allegations of war crimes in the Sudanese state.

Gosselin will have to rely on her book deals, residuals and live appearances for financial support.

Apple reportedly has doctored a picture of its competitor's product in a lawsuit over intellectual property infringement. How will German judges react?

For about a year, the city of Philadelphia, Penn. has been plagued by random, violent flash mobs, with gangs of youth suddenly overrunning busy streets. With Mayor Nutter's new curfew plan, now in place, will the trend finally cease?

A teenager in Berkshire wrote a letter to an F-1 racing team with an unusual request.

Mid-way thought the holiday of Ramadan, a nearly nationwide attack in Iraq has left dozens dead and hundreds injured

The trial of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo will be postponed for three weeks. When it resumes, the television cameras will have been removed from the courtroom.

The communist nation held its first gay wedding over the weekend, although the event cannot be said to be the first same-sex marriage.

The "Necklace Nebula" is a dying binary star 15,000 light-years away from Earth.

About 20 members of the Roma ethnic group were evicted from their Belgrade home Thursday.

The child actor and 1980s movie star talks about a deep rooted, secret problem in Hollywood's past and present.

The cellar where Josef Fritzl kept his "second family" -- namely the family he had with his imprisoned daughter -- will be destroyed.

Anthony Sowell's execution has been planned for October next year. He was convicted of the murder of 11 women between 2007 and 2009.

London courts are efficiently processing rioting cases 24 hours a day.

The magazine Grazia has admitted to making the Duchess appear skinnier in a cover photo.

The leader of the Hand with Eyes gang has been apprehended by Mexican police in the capital.

The famous research hospital is helping mall-goes leave the shopping center feeling better.

The planet reflects almost none of the light shined on it from its sun.