An account of a frenzied encounter in a shower wins US author David Guterson the annual Bad Sex In Fiction Award.

About 150 art experts sign a petition to stop the drilling into a Florence fresco which may be hiding a Leonardo Da Vinci work.

US President Barack Obama uses a speech in Kansas to sharply criticise Republican economic policies and highlight his approach to reducing income inequality.

Germany's finance minister says S&P's threat to cut the credit ratings of eurozone members is the best possible incentive for Friday's summit.

Startling new images from the depths of the Pacific Ocean reveal one of the planet's most violent processes - the destruction of underwater mountains.

US banking giant, Citigroup, says it is to cut 4,500 jobs around the world in an effort to reduce its costs.

Tougher budget rules for the eurozone do not require changing current EU treaties, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy says.

Glaciers in the French Alps have lost a quarter of their area in the past 40 years, according to new research.