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Activision Blizzard: Troubled powerhouse in gaming...
Activision Blizzard is a star developer of gaming hits like "Call of Duty", but the firm has been roiled by serious sex discrimina...
Page to lead Wales World Cup bid after Giggs court...
Wales manager Ryan Giggs's trial on charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her sister has been delayed until August because o...
Microsoft to buy US gaming giant Activision-Blizza...
Microsoft announced Tuesday a $69 billion deal to purchase US gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the firm behind hits like "Call of...
China rebuffs Australia's concern over health of d...
Beijing on Tuesday pushed back against claims from Canberra that a detained Australian writer was being arbitrarily held and not r...
Pakistani police officer killed in gun battle with...
A police officer was killed and two others injured in a shootout with Pakistan's Taliban in Islamabad, officials said Tuesday, a r...
Court blocks South Korea speed skating champion's...
South Korean speed skating star Shim Suk-hee's Beijing Olympic hopes were dashed Tuesday as she lost a court battle over a two-mon...
Five facts about disaster-hit Tonga
The Pacific island nation of Tonga has suffered widespread damage after a huge underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami on the wee...
Japan's 'invisible' disabled artisans fight for sp...
In a trendy Tokyo neighbourhood, customers browse the wares at Majerca, a shop stocked with handmade items from scarves to glasswa...
Martin Luther King's family joins call for US voti...
Members of Martin Luther King Jr's family joined marchers Monday in Washington urging Congress to pass voting rights reform as the...
Distress signal detected in low-lying Tongan islan...
A distress signal has been detected in a low-lying Tongan island following the volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations s...
Three dead as Yemeni rebels hit Abu Dhabi in 'warn...
Yemen's Huthi rebels claimed attacks in Abu Dhabi that triggered a fuel tank blast killing three people Monday, and warned civilia...
At least 26 killed in Afghan earthquake
At least 26 people were killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official said.
Disbelief in Blackburn after local man stages Texa...
Community leaders in Blackburn, northwest England, on Monday voiced their shock after a local man took four people hostage more th...
'Dr Mabuse' placed under house arrest for inciting...
Former French cycling medical advisor Bernard Sainz, alias Dr Mabuse, was sentenced Monday to 12 months under house arrest with el...
Texas rabbi describes moment he threw a chair at g...
The rabbi of a Texas synagogue that was the scene of a hostage stand-off recounted Monday how he threw a chair at the gunman, allo...
Turkey ignores deadline to release rights leader
A Turkish court on Monday extended the detention of a civil society leader whose case has set Ankara on a collision course with Eu...
Sweden probes drone flights over nuclear plants
Sweden's intelligence service is launching an investigation into several drone flights that took place over nuclear power plants i...