Netflix, the streaming movie service, is raising its rates for new subscribers. The price hikes are going into effect around the world and range from $1 in the US to £1 in the UK and €1 in Europe. New subscribers will pay $8.99, £6.99 and €8.99 respectively.

MARIUPOL, UKRAINE - MAY 9: The body of a man killed in clashes lies along the street near a police station which was attacked and burned on May 9, 2014 in Mariupol, Ukraine. Witnesses said that Ukrainian National Guard soldiers opened fire on police ...

Reeva Steenkamp's final moments were re-enacted in court as Oscar Pistorius's defence sought to cast doubt over the state's case that the model died while trying to protect herself from the bullets. Tom 'Wollie' Wolmarans, a ballistics expert for the defence, ...

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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves as he leaves the Fondazione Sacra Famiglia on Friday in Milan. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves as he leaves the Fondazione Sacra Famiglia on Friday in Milan. (Pier Marco Tacca ...

The price increase that Netflix announced late last month took effect today. Current U.S. subscribers: Don't panic. You'll be grandfathered in to your $7.99 per month streaming plans for the next two years. New U.S. subscribers: The service will now cost $8.99 ...

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke is keeping watch as Brazil labors to finish stadiums for next month's World Cup. Read more. WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he plans to meet with Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff while in Brazil ...

New Delhi: India on Thursday rejected the World Health Organisation (WHO) report that showed New Delhi's as the most polluted city in the world. The India's Air Monitoring Centre rubbished the WHO's finding saying that the UN agency had overestimated ...

Apple Inc.'s US$3.2-billion deal to acquire Beats Electronics, if consummated, will get a lot of attention due to its price tag as the tech giant's biggest deal to date. But there is more to the acquisition than meets the eye. Given Apple's US$150-billion in cash and ...

An expert witness to the Oscar Pistorius trial has admitted to the court that despite both side's attempts to analyse the fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, “we will never know what happened behind that door”. Tom “Wollie” Wolmarans, a private ballistics ...

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia's grand mufti, the top religious authority in the birthplace of Islam, has condemned Nigeria's Boko Haram as a group "set up to smear the image of Islam" and condemned its kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls. Sheikh Abdulaziz Al ...

The signs have been there for some time, but Thursday's action finally put the wheels in motion for, while not a crash, a strong move to the downside. See full story. Dr. Dre (kinda) confirms Apple-Beats deal in (pulled) Facebook video. Is Dr. Dre set to become ...

A ballistics expert testifying for Oscar Pistorius' defence said the bullets that hit Reeva Steenkamp were not in the order prosecutors claimed on the 29th day of the murder trial in Pretoria. Defence witness, Tom Wolmarans claimed the wounds showed ...

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc on Friday increased the price of its most popular video streaming plan by $1 a month to $9 for new customers in the United States, the company's first price hike in its largest market in three years. The movie and TV ...

Kiev, May 9 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) A senior official of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has said that hostilities have resumed on the streets of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Denis Pushilin, a co-chairman of the government of the self-proclaimed ...

Ukraine's interim interior minister says security forces have killed 20 separatists in Mariupol. The EU has condemned separatists' decision to push ahead with secession referenda scheduled for Sunday. Mariupol. Interim Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote ...

Russia's Vladimir Putin has once again riled Western powers over Ukraine, this time by travelling to Crimea to take part in celebrations marking 69 years since the Soviets defeated the Nazis. Moscow had earlier put on a parade that state TV said was the ...

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi began his community service for tax fraud yesterday. The billionaire tycoon, who was convicted last year and has been expelled from parliament, has been ordered to work four hours once a week for up to a year ...