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Obama in emotional plea for gun bill vote in Congress
US President Barack Obama appeared to fight back tears as he urged lawmakers to vote on gun control legislation that appears to be stalling in Congress.
Photo: Babies named after the Internet and tech
You might love technology and the Interweb, but do you love it so much that you'd name your kid after something techie? Check out our complete list above of some of the most interesting tech-inspired baby names.
PhotoHTC posts record-low quarterly profit
HTC reported a record-low quarterly profit on Monday, April 8, that missed analysts' estimates after it delayed the full launch of its 2013 flagship smartphone model, which will now debut against Samsung Electronics' newest Galaxy.
Wikileaks publishes 1.7m US diplomatic records
Wikileaks has published more than 1.7 million US diplomatic and intelligence reports from the 1970s.
5 comments«Top secret» report may reveal Germany owes Greece billions of euros
Greek newspaper To Vima claims a secret report details billions of euros owed to Athens by Germany for World War Two reparations and unpaid loans.
April 8 in pictures
BNN offers to take a look at the most interesting, the most scandalous and simply the most beautiful pictures of the day.
Photo: City going under ground
All this things happened in one Russian city of Samara, in just recent times. The citizens panic that the city is gradually going under the ground, they started signing a petition to save their city from the unseen crysis which creeps them out – the city is literally sinking.
Photos of the week, 2013.04.05
Each Friday BNN-NEWS.COM offers the most interesting, the most scandalous and simply the most beautiful pictures from all over the world.
Shanghai closes poultry markets over bird flu
The city of Shanghai has ordered temporary closure of its poultry markets due to the H7N9 bird flu outbreak, according to Chinese officials.
VideoVIDEO: Japanese song insults N-Korea
So far little known Japanese rock ban Scramble has come up with a song Slashing Koreans, which has significantly hurt the feelings of the aggressive North Korea.
Japan presents major stimulus plan; stock market hits highest level since 2008
Japanese Central Bank has announced a major economy stimulus plan, which should double the country's money supply, spur growth and halt falling prices.
Video: Fire-breathing dragon bridge opens in Vietnam
To celebrate the 38th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, authorities in the port city of Da Nang have opened the world's largest dragon bridge. Featuring more than 2,500 energy-efficient LED lights, the dragon is capable of releasing bursts of fire from its mouth and can spit water during the country's major festivals or at weekends.
North Korea's Twitter account hacked amid tension
Hackers apparently broke into at least two of North Korea's government-run online sites Thursday, April 4, as tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula.
Bill Gates' CV revealed
The event that saw Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen pose for a classic photo reenactment has turned up another gem from the pair's early history. Seattle's Living Computer Museum held a gathering last night for many of founder Paul Allen's friends and fellow technological luminaries, and it also managed to dig up Gates' and Allen's pre-Microsoft resumes.
April 4 in pictures
BNN offers to take a look at the most interesting, the most scandalous and simply the most beautiful pictures of the day.
PHOTO: Google maps a Japanese nuclear ghost town
Two years after the severe Japan earthquake and the subsequent tsunami of March 11, 2011, a large area around the failed Fukushima nuclear plant is still considered an exclusion zone.
Internet shopping is driving an astonishing building boom
Online shopping might feel just a short step removed from a Star Trek replicator — click a button and the thing you want (eventually) appears. But this virtualization of consumer commerce is, of course, an illusion: Everything you might order takes up physical space somewhere in the world, and stores need to find somewhere to put that stuff until you click.
Photos of the week, 2013.05.17.
Riga Mayoral candidate: Baiba Broke – says one thing, but does the opposite
Latvia approves amendments regarding double citizenship
Economic Diary. The state overcame the crisis, the people did not
Latvian fuel traders: National Alliance wants to destroy domestic companies
Searches carried out at homes and offices of Liepājas metalurgs Board and sharholders
Liepājas metalurgs transfers millions to firm involved in criminal proceedings
Slow-down in Estonia’s growth expected
The world celebrates Mother's Day
Latvia’s construction volume up by 9.8%
Paul Krugman declined participation in the First Riga Economic Forum
Lembergs’ nice and clean kingdom has poor living conditions
Bloomberg: The eurozone must be split to save EU
Syrian rebel «eats soldier's heart»
May 13 in pictures
Eastern European women freed from slavery in London
Greek politician slaps woman live on TV
Colombia hosts Miss Pole Dance 2012
VIDEO: Airline fined for in-flight bikini show
VIDEO: The birth of a snowflake
VIDEO: World's most dangerous marketplace
May 16 in pictures
May 15 in pictures
May 14 in pictures
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