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Apple said it was working to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company’s popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets. Engineers at the California firm are fixing a weakness pointed […] […]

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s former communications chief was arrested Friday over allegations of phone hacking celebrities and murder victims and bribing police for information during his time as editor of scandal-sunk News of the […] […]

BRITAIN’S News of the World tabloid will print the last edition in its 168-year history on Sunday following a devastating scandal over phone hacking, owner Rupert Murdoch’s son James said last night. The shock move […] […]

GERMAN lawmakers have voted to permit a procedure under which tests for genetic disorders are performed on embryos before they are implanted in the womb. Lawmakers voted today 326-260, with eight abstentions, to permit the […] […]

A SECTION of a Dutch football stadium collapsed during off-season renovations today, trapping people underneath, police said. No match was being played at the FC Twente stadium. Local newspaper De Twentsche Courant reported on its […] […]

Dancehall artiste Mavado, whose given name is David Brooks, has been re-issued his United States visa. In a release, his handlers said the issues surrounding the revocation of Mavado’s US Visa in April 2010 have […] […]

MEXICO CITY—Mexican authorities have confirmed 11 deaths from Tropical Storm Arlene and the aftermath of floods, mudslides and overflowing rivers in central Mexico and Gulf Coast states. State civil protection officials say five people in […] […]

Six weeks after Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child out of wedlock, his wife Maria Shriver has filed divorce papers to end their marriage of 25 years. The former television journalist and Kennedy […] […]

Four bombs ripped through Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad overnight, killing at least 40 people in the worst violence the city’s seen in months. An American civilian aid specialist working to improve education in Iraq was […] […]

SIX Afghan police officers have been killed as armed militants attacked their checkpoint in the central province of Ghazni, sparking gunbattles, a security official says. “The attack started at around 7am (12:30 AEST) and six […] […]