The answer, as it so often is when it comes to the World Cup, is Brazil. And then it is Italy, the sensible fall-back option when venturing into the tournament's history. Between them Brazil and Italy have collected nine World Cups to the rest of the world's 10 and ...

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - JUNE 12: A demonstrator stands in front of police during a World Cup protest on the opening day of the event on June 12, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Military police responded to the protest and there were reported injuries. This is the ...

The militant group, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is rapidly advancing towards Baghdad having taken the town of Udhaim just 90 kilometres away. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's troops have left their posts in many areas of the country. The abandoned ...

MOSCOW, June 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian leader Vladimir Putin discussed moves to end violence in east Ukraine by telephone on Thursday, the Kremlin said on Thursday. "The president of Ukraine informed Putin ...

Facebook has just revealed that advertisements on the social networking platform will soon be better than ever. Currently, Facebook collects data such as Facebook pages liked and overall activity on the social networking website to display relevant ...

Kevin Roper, the man who drove the Walmart tractor trailer that crashed into another vehicle carrying Tracy Morgan, has pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and assault. During his arraignment Roper did not speak and was released on ...

Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com moved another step into the digital entertainment realm Thursday by launching its own streaming music service. At launch, the long-rumored Amazon Prime Music has its shortcomings, notably the lack of songs from ...

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - JUNE 12: Police take up positions near the media during a World Cup protest on the opening day of the event on June 12, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Military police responded to the protest and there were reported injuries. This is the ...

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On Thursday, Amazon added a music streaming service to its list of benefits for Prime subscribers. Prime Music features more than one million songs, with unlimited, ad-free listening at no extra cost to members. Amazon enters the fray with a crowd of already ...

The fall of Mosul, Iraq's second biggest city, is a blow to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's attempts to defeat the militants, who have seized territory in Iraq over the past year following the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

The UK has called on Egypt's government to respect the freedoms outlined in its 2014 constitution after Alaa Abdel-Fattah – a key figure from the 2011 uprising – was hit with a hefty jail sentence yesterday for holding an illegal protest. On Wednesday, the ...

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Kevin Roper, center, is surrounded by media as Middlesex County Sheriff's officers assist him as he leaves a court appearance Wednesday, June 11, 2014, in New Brunswick, N.J. Roper, a Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia, was charged with death by auto ...

Brazil's star striker Neymar and team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari were relaxed on Wednesday, as they appeared before reporters a day ahead of their World Cup opener against Croatia. "I don't want to be the World Cup's best player, or the top scorer. All I want ...

Facebook said it will soon start including information about the websites and apps its users visit in its ad targeting, ignoring the user's browser's “Do Not Track” setting. “Many companies already do this,” the company said in a blog post. Facebook's stance is ...

MOSCOW, June 12. /ITAR-TASS/. Moscow does not believe it is high time to send peacekeepers into Ukraine. “We are not speaking about peacekeepers. We do not believe it is high time (for peacekeeping),” Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told ...

MOSCOW, June 12. /ITAR-TASS/. Moscow does not believe it is high time to send peacekeepers into Ukraine. “We are not speaking about peacekeepers. We do not believe it is high time (for peacekeeping),” Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told ...

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Amazon (AMZN) has launched a new feature called Prime Music: unlimited on-demand music streaming that is free without ads for customers with an Amazon Prime membership. The company boasts more than a million songs, hundreds of pre-programmed ...