France's President Hollande says he will stick to a 75% tax on high-earners, despite pressure from football clubs to drop it.

The US criticises Germany's economic policies, saying that its export-led growth model is hurting the eurozone and the wider global economy.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta launches a website for people to report incidents of corruption directly to him or via a text message number.

Passengers will soon be able to use tablets and smartphones, watch videos, read ebooks, and play games for entire flights over US airspace.

New York City Council votes to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21, a move the bill's sponsor says will save "many" lives.

The US Federal Reserve votes to keep interest rates at record lows and to continue with its $85bn (£53bn) a month bond-buying programme meant to stimulate the US economy.

Cirque du Soleil will be fined after an acrobat died during one of the company's live shows in Las Vegas in June, Nevada state officials say.

Rescue workers find the bodies of 87 people, some of whom appear to have been partly eaten by jackals, in the Sahara desert in Niger.