As many as 75 people working at the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria and are receiving treatment.

Scientists who in March announced they had discovered traces of the first moments after the Big Bang now say they are less confident of the results.

Songwriter Gerry Goffin, who penned chart-topping songs with his then-wife Carole King and later solo, has died at the age of 75 in Los Angeles.

At least 10 people are killed and several are missing after torrential rain and heavy floods hit the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna.

Argentina's stock market falls 4.9% after the country's cabinet chief said there would be no delegation to the US to negotiate with bondholders over a $1.3bn debt.

The largest Presbyterian church group in the US has voted to allow its clergy to perform same-sex weddings.

Google and Microsoft will add a "kill-switch" feature to their Android and Windows phone operating systems.

The Australian authorities announce that the next phase of the hunt for the missing Malaysian plane will move hundreds of miles south.