Japan hit by the strongest typhoon in decade

At least 40 people have been killed and hundreds wounded after Japan was hit by one of the strongest storms the country has seen in decades. Typhoon Hagibis left a trail of destruction across eight prefectures after it made landfall on October 12. #typhoo...

How the World Wide Web led to an internet revolution

As the world thanks Tim Berners-Lee for making the web public some 25 years ago, here's a look at a few key developments that resulted in how we use the internet today.

Volkswagen faces inquiry call over diesel fume tests on monkeys

Public criticism of the German auto industry has escalated after reports that diesel exhaust tests were carried out on both monkeys and humans.

WWWorries? Inventor of Web laments coming-of-age woes

Speaking to reporters at CERN, the physics research center outside Geneva where he invented the web, Berners-Lee said users of the web had found it “not so pretty” recently.

Web inventor Berners-Lee launches plan to stop internet abuse

Credited with laying the groundwork for the web – the universe of multimedia webpages accessible via the internet – in 1989, the computer scientist has since last year been developing the so-called Contract for the Web.

VW CEO investigated for market manipulation

Matthias Mueller is accused of holding back information from shareholders about the potential financial consequences from manipulating diesel emissions.

Mali attack toll rises to 23: army

Sunday's assault by a group with suspected terror links on an army camp killed 23 soldiers, military sources said on Monday, raising an initial death toll of 21.

How US and German intelligence spied on the world

The Washington Post and ZDF, a German public broadcaster, revealed how US and West German spy agencies were able to use Crypto AG to listen to all encrypted messages of many nations for many decades. #CIA #BND #CryptoA

In public spat, Trump taunts Sessions and AG doesn't keep quiet

US President Donald Trump puts pressure on Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his handling of Republican complaints about FBI's Russia investigation. In reply to the president, AG says his department will continue to do its work in a "fair manner."

Suspicion of electoral fraud revives ethnic tension in Mali

Eighteen of the 24 candidates in the election have accused the minister minister of territorial administration and decentralisation of being responsible for an "electoral robbery."

The deadly consequences of agrochemical farming in Argentina

About 95 percent of crops are chemically-induced in Argentina, making it one of the world's leading cereal, corn, and soybean producers. But locals say underneath this growth is a story of death and disease.

Nike favoured to beat footie juggernaut Adidas at World Cup

It is one of the fiercest rivalries in business and sport, pitching a colossus from America against a giant from Germany. Nike and Adidas are multibillion-dollar companies whose battle for sportswear supremacy is being played out in Russia.