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The Brics group of emerging economies launches its New Development Bank in Shanghai, seen as a rival to the World Bank and IMF.

Cathy Lewis, space suit curator at the Air and Space Museum in Washington, explains why a campaign is under way to raise $500,000 to help safeguard the spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong.

Brazilian police in the Amazon city of Manaus investigate a surge in murders, after 35 people were reported to have died violently over the weekend.

Researchers say the Arctic is highly sensitive to changes in summer temperatures as ice rebound continued through 2014.

Turkey's prime minister plans to increase security along the Syrian border after an apparent suicide attack killed 30 in Suruc.

IBM, the world's largest technology services company, has reported a drop in sales for the 13th consecutive quarter.

African footballers as young as 14 are being trafficked to Laos and forced to sign contracts, a BBC investigation finds.

EU ministers fall short of a target to agree the redistribution of 40,000 migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece.

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is standing for a third consecutive term in elections that are denounced by his opponents as unconstitutional.

Co-founder of recently-shut down music streaming website is found dead in his Florida home, local police have said.