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Growth in the world's second largest economy beat expectations in the second quarter, but it was still the weakest showing since the global financial crisis.

A leading Venezuelan opposition figure, Maria Corina Machado, has been barred from public office for a year.

Facing heavy criticism, an Australian company cancels tours of a New South Wales forest where a serial killer buried his victims.

A signal received from the New Horizons spacecraft shows that it survived its historic encounter with Pluto.

Brazilian police search properties linked to politicians suspected of taking bribes in a scandal related to the state-run oil company, Petrobras.

British Gas updates its range of Hive 'smart home' products, with a new thermostat as the centrepiece.

Four experts give their view about the effect of streaming on the music industry

The world’s smallest e-bike weighs 12kg (26.5lb) and folds away in seconds.

President Barack Obama calls sweeping reforms to the US criminal justice system including curbing solitary confinement and voting rights for felons.

Controversial Slovenian group Laibach are to be the first foreign contemporary band to play in North Korea, director Morten Traavik tells the BBC.