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Starbucks customers at its 7,000 US stores will be able to make credit card payments using their smartphones thanks to a deal with Square.

Office workers pile on to streets of South Africa's biggest city to witness unusual weather event.

In first TV appearance in weeks Syrian president tells Iran's security chief of determination to purge opposition.

Fans and celebrities rally to devastated couple after the death of their fourth child.

Syrian rebels threaten to kill remaining 45 Iranian hostages if Assad forces continue attack.

Racy album and single sleeve pay homage to Madonna's Like a Virgin hit.

Team GB's attempts to build on their three athletics gold medals continued in impressive fashion, as Lawrence Okoye reached Wednesday's men's discuss final.

Oscar-winner Natalie Portman and French-born dancer-choreographer Benjamin Millepied tied knot in a Jewish ceremony at a private home near Big Sur, California,

Deadly pre-dawn raid on Akouedo army base follows assault on police station checkpoint in Yopougon.

As part of our Twitter Top Ten series, we look at the best account to follow for the best Apple news, product reviews and rumour.

Nasa's Space Robot Curiosity sends Tweets from Mars.

Conservative MP will move to New York because of family commitments.

HTC One X can be now updated to Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with the latest ROM from XDA developers.

NBC aired advertisement featuring monkey doing gymnastics immediately after Gabby Douglas became first African-American gymnast to win individual Olympic gold.

Team GB sprinter Dwain Chambers and Jamaica's Usain Bolt moved to the semi-finals of the men's 100m with victories in their heats at the Olympic Stadium.

Rebecca Adlington was unable to defend her 800m freestyle Olympic title after a stunning performance from 15-year-old American Katie Ledecky who caused a major shock to storm to gold.

American singer Beyonce Knowles has decorated her fingernails with images of herself and her husband, Jay-Z.

Among other things, the T-shirt will be able to communicate with a proprietary iPhone app.

BBC Olympics presenter said comments targeted at his son George made him feel 'physically sick'.

Usher visited 11-year-old Kile Glover in hospital only once before boy was taken off life support, claims ex and custody battle rumbles on.

Defence lawyers accuse Russian president of making gesture to keep business healthy with the West.

PKK offensive follows attack by government troops on rebel outposts, using warplanes and helicopters.

The ribbing is trending on Twitter drawing support as well as criticism that it is racist in taste.

A legal attempt to unmask a tweeter who set up a spoof account to make fun of its CEO, Steve Auckland, has been dropped.

Two dead in Cairo's luxurious Nile City Towers as angry mob bombard security services with Molotov cocktails.

An image posted on Twitter appears to be a London Olympics 2012 staff member armed with a scanner to detect rogue mobile phone Wi-Fi signals.

28-year-old Dan Harris was killed when he was struck by the double decker bus filled with journalists.

Participation of countries that apply Sharia law goes against Olympic principles of peace and philanthropy, say radical feminists.

App developer Dalton Caldwell has accused Facebook of threatening to destroy his product unless he allowed it to be bought by the social network.

Singer Cheryl Cole is the latest to join the bandwagon of fans of young Olympic diver Tom Daley.