Banana taped to wall sells for $6.2 million at art auction
A controversial piece of art has sold for millions of dollars at auction, prompting debate as to what constitutes art.A work of art by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has been sold for $6.2 million (€5.8 million) at Sotheby's...
Google must divest Chrome to end monopoly, US regulators say
Google controls about 90% of the online search market with over 60% of users relying on the company's browser, Google Chrome, to perform those searches.US prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to force Alphabet's Google to divest its Chrome...
Prominent Uganda opposition figure kidnapped and jailed
Kizza Besigye is a longtime critic of strongman President Yoweri Museveni. Besigye's wife questioned why he was being held in military jail despite not being a soldier.The wife of well-known opposition politician Kizza Besigye said on Wednesday that her...
Iran in standoff with European powers over nuclear deal
Iran said it would take a "proportionate" response if Western nations back a resolution against its nuclear program at a meeting of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.Western countries have moved ahead with plans to censure...
Pakistan: Suicide bombing kills several
Hafiz Gul Bahadur, an Islamist militant group, has claimed responsibility. Pakistan has experienced a rise in violence over the last two years after the TTP ended a monthslong cease-fire with the government in Islamabad.A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden...
VW workers offer pay cut, threaten strike over crisis
German auto giant Volkswagen has said it aims to cut billions from its budget amid a financial crisis at the company. Workers have promised to meet this plan with mass resistance.Workers with labor union IG Metall took an extraordinary...
