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Major cities in Iran, India, Pakistan, and Mongolia rank among the worst on the planet for air pollution, while major cities in the United States and Canada are among the cleanest, according to a new World Health Organization survey.

Ontario police have charged Chris Moorhouse, an Ontario native, with provincial trespassing for his throwing of a banana peel at Wayne Simmonds.

Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds will not be disciplined over an alleged anti-gay slur directed at a player because the claim could not be substantiated, the National Hockey League said on Tuesday.

The Gucci Museo opens in Florence today celebrating 90 years of luxurious fashion.

The UK-based National Honor Society (NHS) opened the first-ever clinic targeted to helping users of so-called 'club-drugs,' such as ecstasy, which has grown higher in recent years, in London.

If implemented, the tax would come into effect in 2014 and is expected to generate about $78 billion annually.

Google is to provide multi-million-pound office space and assistance for developers and startups near London’s “Silicon Roundabout,” to boost government’s plans to build a Tech city in the capital.

Investor hopes for a bigger bailout fund for euro zone debtors gave way to worries about the details Wednesday, sending European shares lower and ending a three-session rally.

Images of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital and rehearsing the day before his death, along with recollections of the singer as a troubled lost boy, made for a heart-wrenching opening on Tuesday to the manslaughter trial of the doctor hired to care for him.

Pop star Michael Jackson had high hopes his 2009 This Is It concerts would be the spark to revive his flagging career, but in the days before he died his ability to perform was hanging in the balance.

Gold slipped 1 percent in volatile trade on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar regained strength on doubts over the progress of Europe's efforts to tackle the region's debt crisis, while this week's brutal correction also kept investors at bay.

He was lying dead in a hospital and just one day before his death, he was rehearsing - This is what the images of Thriller singer Michael Jackson told the court on Tuesday, marking a harrowing opening to the murder trial of Conrad Murray, the doctor who was hired to care for MJ.

Have you been noticing square blocks while driving by billboards, flipping through newspaper ads, or even receiving a tech-saavy friend's business card? Short for Quick Response codes, it's a new form of barcode-like technology that lots of marketing agencies are paying attention to now.

Trader Alessio Rastani, New Study Put Human Face on Wall Street Traders: Psychopathic, Attention-Seeking and Mean [VIDEO]

Grim photos of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital bed juxtaposed with a picture of the Thriller singer rehearsing the day before his demise brought an emotional opening on Tuesday to the manslaughter trial of the doctor hired to care for him.

Under the Saudi’s conservative laws, women needed the permission of a male guardian to work, to marry, to divorce, to travel abroad, and to undergo certain kinds of surgery.

A Libyan commander leading the attack on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte said on Tuesday he was in talks with elders inside the city about a truce, but the head of another anti-Gaddafi unit rejected negotiations.

It's hard to be upbeat about gold these days, but technical analysts are keeping their faith in the long-term bull run -- just barely.

Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, attended her friend’s wedding during the weekend. And she prepared for that by spending 4 hours in her favorite hair salon on Friday afternoon.

Who is this Alessio Rastani? The stock trader who told the BBC that Goldman Sachs rules the world and recession is the current cancer.

Jun Azumi, Tokyo’s finance minister, warned that Eurozone members need to come up with a rational, workable plan to alleviate global fears.