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The finishing touches were being on Monday (11 May) ahead of the start of the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

Three engineering students in Chile have invented a smartphone charger that harnesses power from plants.

Local doctors and activists denounce surge of child marriages in Isis-controlled Libyan city.

Footage on rebel-controlled TV shows Houthis celebrating amid wreckage of Moroccan jet.

Pietersen records his first hundred since August 2013 against Leicestershire at The Oval.

Mourinho would have used Gerrard perfectly - but you can't blame player for staying with his boyhood club.

First drive of the Tesla Model S P85D, an electric car which is faster than a Ferrari, seats five and free to recharge.

IBTimes UK looks back at the times the Sherlock star has lost out when it comes to winning prestigious awards.

Bitcoin continues run of good form, as USAA and Nasdaq explore the potential of the blockchain.

Japanese conglomerate Sharp will make public its restructuring plan on 14 May, after the market closes.

Mourners gathered to pay respects to those who died at stadium fire in 1985.

José Mourinho se llevó tres de las estrellas del Atlético el pasado verano y la amenaza continúa.

Neil Mellor has asked Liverpool to sign a striker very early in the transfer window and avoid the mistake the made last summer.

Blairism helped win Labour party three elections and could have answers to its current crisis.

Arsene Wenger is satisfied with Laurent Koscielny's emergence as among the club's best transfers.

Gender parity in engineering is a long way off with only 6% of females working in the sector in the UK.

The fish was placed in a water soluble anaesthetic while the 45-minute operation took place.

Recent reports claimed he had reached a verbal agreement to take over at the Etihad Stadium.

Seoul expresses serious concerns over Pyongyang's latest test-firing of submarine-based ballistic missile.

The 20-years-old defender has alternated both the right-back and the centre-back role this season.

Brent crude could trade at an average price of $60 a barrel in the third-quarter of 2015 and then rise to $65 a barrel.

Arrow season 3 finale titled, My Name is Oliver Queen, airs on 13 May.

The multimillionaire will stay on in the House of Lords after he steps down from the party.

Nathan Ake and Ruben Loftus-Cheek will also feature in penultimate league game at The Hawthorns.

Private postal firm Whistl suspends services in three cities after suffering heavy financial loses.

Over 11,000 runners took part in the Strongman Run at the Nurburgring race circuit on Saturday (9 May), tackling 14 miles of obstacles around the track.

Toll expected to increase as some victims are critically injured.

NAT Group forced to remove promos the same day advertised X1 bus route started.

"It will happen when it's going to happen" he told Sky News in his most candid interview for years.