Kiev’s troops invisible in east Ukraine

Kiev’s troops invisible in east Ukraine
US retailers lift clouds on Wall Street
France backtracks over EU deficit target
‘Heartbleed’ steals data and mums’ emails
Fragile Middle: China’s urban dilemma
Social media bans darken Turkey’s prospects
Nigerian blast leaves more than 70 dead
Probe widens into Muslim school claims
Samsung whistleblower returns to court
Papal envoy put to test in Venezuela talks

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:35 AM PDT

Many of the pro-Russian militants appear amateurish even as they stage brazen displays outside government buildings they control in up to 10 towns

US retailers lift clouds on Wall Street

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:17 AM PDT

Data suggest that recent weakness in the American economy really was due to bad winter weather that was masking strong underlying growth

France backtracks over EU deficit target

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 09:38 AM PDT

PM says Paris will stick to commitment to cut figure to 3% of output in 2015 despite earlier signals that government was seeking a delay

‘Heartbleed’ steals data and mums’ emails

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Hackers are pouncing on sites that have yet to update their software as flaw allows them to access private data stored in a computer's short-term memory

Fragile Middle: China’s urban dilemma

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 08:04 AM PDT

Nearly a fifth of China's population could be only a week's or a month's wage away from losing their status as aspiring middle-class urbanites

Social media bans darken Turkey’s prospects

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 10:14 AM PDT

The decision by the government to ban Twitter and YouTube has a deeper impact that goes beyond the companies that are directly affected

Nigerian blast leaves more than 70 dead

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 07:52 AM PDT

No claim of responsibility has been made, but suspicion is likely to fall on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has waged a bloody insurgency

Probe widens into Muslim school claims

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 05:02 AM PDT

Twenty-five schools under scrutiny as Birmingham city council expands probe into alleged attempts by hardline Muslims to take control of local schools

Samsung whistleblower returns to court

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 07:21 AM PDT

Kim Yong-chul, Samsung's former chief lawyer, is to give testimony in a defamation case brought by a government minister against a newspaper

Papal envoy put to test in Venezuela talks

Posted: 14 Apr 2014 08:58 AM PDT

Talks resume on Tuesday between Venezuela's government and members of its opposition aimed at ending violent unrest that has left at least 41 dead