Berlin enlists the help of Otto Rehhagel, a much-loved football coach in Athens, to make Germany popular again in crisis-hit Greece.

Pope Francis breaks with tradition and refuses to move into a palatial apartment at the top of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.

Qantas Airways gets final approval from Australia's competition authority for its alliance with Dubai-based Emirates.

China and Brazil sign a $30bn (£20bn) currency swap deal, which they say will safeguard against any future global financial crisis.

Refugees fleeing famine and conflict within Somalia suffer sexual violence and other abuse in camps in the capital, says Human Rights Watch.

The US Supreme Court is to consider whether to strike down a law denying federal benefits to same-sex couples, a day after weighing a gay marriage ban.

A stadium in Rio de Janeiro, due to be used for the 2016 Olympics, is closed indefinitely because of problems with its roof.

Brazilian senators pass a bill giving domestic servants equal rights to other workers for the first time.