St Louis County has declared a state of emergency following a night of unrest in Ferguson, after a teenager was charged with shooting at police officers.
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OTTAWA - Couples who send each other sexually suggestive or explicit images by phone, commonly known as `sexting', have better sex, according to a study presented to a psychology convention in Toronto.
STOCKHOLM - Two men have been arrested after a man and a woman were stabbed to death at an Ikea store in the Swedish city of Vasteras.
LONDON - David Beckham has slammed critics who questioned his four-year-old daughter Harper's use of a dummy.
JAKARTA - Indonesia will import another 50,000 head of cattle in response to public anger over high beef prices.
HARARE - Zimbabwean wildlife authorities have lifted restrictions on hunting that were imposed last week following the controversial killing of Cecil the Lion.
MIAMI - Astronauts living at the International Space Station are about to take their first bites of space-grown lettuce, in what scientists described as another step toward enabling human missions to Mars.
LONDON - Smartphones becoming more powerful will spell the end of keys, TV remotes and cash within the next 10 years, according to a leading British futurist.
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