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A few days after Chinese artist Ai Weiwei warned he would fight tax evasion charges "to the death", as the Chinese authorities ordered a company linked to him to pay 15 million Yuan (£1.5 million), financial support from fellow activists has been pouring.

Anglo American Plc is set to increase its stake in De Beers by buying out the Oppenheimer family’s holdings in the company for a 3.1 billion pounds ($5.1 billion) deal.

China has once again denied allegations of cyber-espionage, describing a recent U.S. report on online spying accusing the country of covert cyber-activity as "irresponsible."

Six volunteers have spent 520 days in isolation locked in steel tubes to simulate a mission to the Red Planet.

As world leaders struggle to resolve the eurozone debt crisis, the continent has a 30 percent likelihood of falling into recession, a new study warns.

The "Angry Birds" mobile game has achieved a new landmark by achieveing 500 million downloads in less than two years of its' launch.

A Tibetan Buddhist nun burnt herself to death in south-west China, state media say, becoming the eleventh ethnic Tibetan this year to have self-immolated to reportedly protests against Chinese rule.

Nations across the world have cheered the seven billionth babies into the world with much excitement. However, the ageing population is a cause of worry for some of them and they are turning no stones unturned to deal with the problem.

British actor Hugh Grant has become a father for the first time after his former girlfriend, Tinglan Hong, gave birth to a baby girl on Sept. 26.

Following the uproar caused by the Palestinian New UNSECO membership, an official has warned the outcome of the vote will "open the door" to 16 other UN agencies, a move which could further anger the U.S. and Israel.

Ministers, tech executives and internet activists from around the world have gathered in London for a Conference on Cyberspace, to discuss how to tackle security threats and crime on the Internet without stifling economic opportunities or freedom of speech.

As the world marks All Soul's and All Saint's Day, the IBTimes takes a look at a festival celebrating the deceased that is very much alive in Mexico and other parts of South America.

There will never be a better opportunity to hold a referendum on the UK's membership with the EU.

China is set to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Monday, taking its next step towards its goal of building its first space station by 2020.

According to media reports, both India and the Philippines have welcomed what they claim is the world's seven billionth person.

Forbes magazine has unveiled its annual rankings of the richest people on the planet. In the United Kingdom, the Forbes list revealed, Britain has 32 billionaires, three more than last year.

A report to be revealed next month says that two different US government satellites were hijacked by hackers on four different occasions between 2007 and 2008.

London has been named the top city in the world to visit next year in the seventh annual ‘Lonely Planet Best in Travel guide.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has confirmed that Britain won't pump cash into the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the fund that will be used as a firewall to prevent contagion across Europe.

The EU Summit announced an historic deal in the early hours of this morning which saved the Eurozone from collapse in the midst the Greece debt crisis.

Even a best case scenario at the landmark EU summit “wouldn’t be enough to avert the financial crisis,” a financial analyst said today, just moments before the summit were set to begin.

Wang Yue, a two-year-old Chinese girl, succumbed to her injuries on Friday, after she was run over by two vehicles and left dying by ignorant 18 passing bystanders in Southern China last week, said state-run-media.

Christopher Moran, a senior figure in the City of London and Conservative supporter has said: “Britain must support the Euro” to improve the ailing economic climate.

Millions around the world have offered their condolences to the parents of Yueyue, a two year old girl who died after she was struck down by a van, who was ignored by 18 passers-by as she laid dying in the street in southern China.

LIbya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed in a cross fire, moments after being captured trying to flee his birthplace of Sirte, officials from the NTC have said, and latest reports suggest the authorities are now planning a secret burial within the next few hours.

Goldman Sachs, one of Wall Street’s most admired and reviled investment banks, has made a third quarter loss of £393m – only the second time it has made a loss since the company went public 12 years ago.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as gloomy signs continued to appear in the global economy.

A 2-year-old girl who was struck down on a busy street in China by a white transit van was left for dead by 18 passers-by, all of whom saw the child and did nothing to aid the tiny victim.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of an Italian debt sale.

Shares in Burberry were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the luxury fashion retailer reported a rise in revenue in the first half ended 30 September 2011.