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Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has given strong hints that new metrics measuring online influence could be set to supersede the number showing your follower count.

First Socialist budget in a decade seeks nearly €30 billion in austerity measures as jobless rate hits 13-year high and economy slows.

Egyptian-American journalist and writer Mona Eltahawy charged with criminal mischief and defacing poster.

Thailand bids for a night time Formula 1 Grand Prix, around the streets of capital Bangkok, to rival Singapore

Yoga is a trans-cultural and trans-continental phenomenon, which has nothing to do with Hinduism or any other religion

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a stunning appearance at the United Nations' 2012 Every Woman Every Child dinner in New York

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's budget comes just 24 hours before a key audit of Spain's banking sector as investors grapple with myriad issues in Europe's fourth-largest economy.

Protesters say people are already reeling under hikes and cuts introduced in July.

These stars are unashamed about the special bond that they have with their daughters.

Actress admitted to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital after weekend of hard partying.

US president condemns controversial film that sparked violence and deaths across Muslim world.

Singer who already has eight-month old daughter Blue Ivy sports apparent baby bump at Cognac Cocktails party in New York.

The FinTech Innovation Lab London is open for applications, searching for six London start-ups to help bring to the next stage.

Singapore investment fund is judging buyer interest for its stake in emerging markets bank Standard Chartered following money laundering scandal.

Eurogamer 2012 starts Thursday 28 September at Earl's Court

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will help raise awareness to stopping new HIV infections in children.

Right wing American Freedom Defense Initiative posts controverisal pro-Israel adverts on New York City subway

Prominent Rabbi Haim Kanievsky also forbids hardline faithful from selling smartphones to non-Jews

Iran is preparing to create its own private internet and in the process has added Google and Gmail to its list of blocked sites.

Triple arrest prompts concerns that Vietnam is tightening grip on internet freedoms.

Selena Gomez looked ravishing in white at a screening of her new animated comedy, Hotel Transylvania.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan marked the International Day of Peace at the UN in New York City by chanting a Sanskrit verse.

The first day of autumn arrived across the northern hemisphere on 22 September, heralding the end of one of the hottest summers since records began.

Suheir Atassi and ex-SNC chairman Burhan Ghalioun admit internal divisions in the Syrian opposition to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Lady Gaga is pregnant, according to singer and fashion designer Kelly Osbourne

Paris Hilton faces severe criticism after making derogatory comments about gay men

Music power couple throw $40,000-a-head fundraiser at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in New York.

Amnesty and Index on Censorship among 100 NGOs to urge Bahrain to implement reforms after it accepts bulk of UN recommendations.

HTC has announced the Windows Phone 8S, a smartphone with a 4in display and running Windows Phone 8 to sit below the 8X

Embattled actress Lindsay Lohan is accused of clipping a pedestrian with her car and fleeing the scene in Manhattan.