No matter what Gordon Brown hopes, his now notorious gaffe - nicknamed 'bigotgate' by the British press - is likely to play a pivotal role in the upcoming British elections.

The fact is, calling Gillian Duffy, a widowed 66-year-old grandmother, a 'bigot' was never likely to...

An Australian restaurant has been forced to apologize and pay compensation after refusing to let a blind man enter because they thought his dog was gay.

In May 2009, Ian Jolly, 57, was attempting to dine at the Thai Spice restaurant in Adelaide, when he was refused entry...

Nick Clegg, leader of the British Liberal Democrats, has announced that he would be willing to join forces with current party of power Labour in the upcoming UK election - as long as Gordon Brown steps down as Prime Minister.

The news comes after polls showed that none...

Cleggmania is facing its biggest backlash today, with right-wing British newspapers attacking Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's integrity. In response, Twitter users are adopting the hashtag #nickcleggsfault .

By lunch time in the UK, the topic was the third most popular ...

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners in the Japanese architectural firm Sanaa, have won the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize, generally considered the prestigious award in the field.

The pair have designed mostly in Japan, but notable buildings overseas have included the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York...

Exactly what happened this week when President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been largely left to speculation, with White House spokesmen and their Israeli counterparts giving only the most cursory run down to the press.

Before the meeting even started, the Israelis appeared paranoid about...

Dr Grigori Perelman, a reclusive Russian genius, is refusing to accept the prestigious $1 million "Millennium" mathematics prize awarded by the Clay Mathematics Institute in Cambridge, MA.

Perelman was awarded the prize for solving the one-hundred-year-old Poincaré conjecture, one of the most complicated mathematical problems in the world - so...

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, warned a New York City crowd last night that the rash of state budget cuts could have dire consequences for the economy.

Appearing at an event hosted by Manhattan's Jewish Community Center, Stiglitz said that state cutbacks would amount to "a negative stimulus...

Lareece Butler, a novice skydiver who amazed experts when she survived a 3,000 foot fall when her parachute failed, has claimed she was pushed from the plane by her instructor.

The 26-year-old mother of one hit the ground near Grahamstown, South Africa on Saturday as her boyfriend watched.

Butler...

David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party, has been profiled by Vanity Fair in an article that reveals the sharp differences between Cameron's consensus building agenda and the American right.

Pressed on the Sarah Palin phenomenon, Cameron responds; "It's hard for us to understand, if I can...

The Vatican has been thrown into chaos by reports that one of the Pope's ceremonial ushers, as well as a member of the elite Vatican choir, were involved in a homosexual prostitution ring.

The allegations came to light after Italian newspapers published transcripts of phone calls recorded by...

On a Monday night in Park Slope, a crowd gathers in the hope of understanding the site that may well be the dark, shriveled heart of the Internet: the ever-mysterious ChatRoulette.

Whereas other websites thrive on making permanent connections with friends (Facebook), colleagues (LinkedIn) or celebrities (Twitter),...

"This is probably the last time that these newspaper guys will be discussed on television," says Michael Wolff, media columnist for Vanity Fair, speaking slowly to draw out the drama in his words.

Wolff may be being hyperbolic, but no one in the crowd is going to disagree....

An inquest into the death of a British teacher in Abu Dhabi has been told that the 24-year-old killed herself after her ex-boyfriend posted naked photos of her on Facebook.

Jones, a teacher at an international school, had told her mother she was worried about being...

Two teenage girls allegedly performed a crude caesarean on a pregnant woman in an attempt to steal her baby, according to Colombian media.

The two girls, aged 16 and 14, attempted amateur surgery on seven-month pregnant Maria Amparo Rivera Girata, who is 18 years old. The assault took...

Airlines must use the term 'Persian Gulf' rather than 'Arabian Gulf' to describe the body of water separating Iran from the Arabian Peninsula, or face a ban from Iranian airspace, according to Iran's transport minister.

"The airlines of the southern Persian Gulf countries flying to Iran are warned...

Pankaj Kishore Karotia, a 21-year-old Indian groom, was shot and killed by his uncle at his own wedding celebration, after a "revelry shot" went horribly wrong.

Karotia's bride had been waiting for him in the car as the wedding party drew to a close in Noida, India. His...

In an introduction to HBO's Terror In Mumbai, airing tonight, narrator Fareed Zakeria describes the documentary as a "360 degree view of terrorism."

His description makes perfect sense; the coverage of the terror is so complete it almost feels invasive. CCTV footage, recorded phone calls, news reports shot by...

On Monday the International Women's Media Foundation convened at New York's Waldorf Astoria to honor the 2009 winners of the Courage in Journalism Awards.

The awards ceremony was full of many noted names representing western media companies, including Judy Woodruff of The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer and CNN's Christiane Amanpour....

As the furor over the Merrill Lynch bonuses brings into focus what many see as the greatest evil of the banking industry, it's worth questioning exactly what it is that gets us so angry.

In the Merrill Lynch case, the problems are fairly obvious -- a payment that appeared...