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Chilean authorities fine the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp, more than $16m for environmental offences at an Andean mine.

Chilean authorities fine the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp, more than $16m for environmental offences at an Andean mine.

China and Switzerland sign a memorandum of understanding on a free-trade agreement, the first such deal for China with a major Western economy.

The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

A French court does not place IMF head Christine Lagarde under investigation over a payout made when she was finance minister, making her a key witness instead.

London's leading shares lose further ground in Friday trading, extending Thursday's global sell-off, while other European markets follow suit.

News Corp announces it will officially split its publishing and entertainment businesses on 28 June, two years after the UK phone-hacking scandal involving the News of the World.

Newsbeat takes a tour backstage as Londonderry prepares to play host to Radio 1's Big Weekend.

Shares in Japan have closed 0.89% higher, one day after Thursday's global sell-off in shares.

This week's Meet the Author is with Simon Thurley, chief executive of English Heritage, about his new book The Men from the Ministry.

Sinn Fein complains to the BBC after a Question Time floor plan refers to Northern Ireland's education minister John O'Dowd as "Sinn Fein/IRA!"

An intimate love story between two young women receives rave reviews in Cannes days before the winner of the Palme d'Or is announced.

Taylor Swift, Twilight and Justin Bieber are all nominated in this year's Teen Choice Awards.

The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds.

Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds.

Damian Lewis and Sienna Miller are among the British stars nominated for the annual US Critics' Choice Awards.

A mutant strain of cockroach that can outsmart the sugar traps used to kill them has evolved, scientists in the US have found.

Germany's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year, figures show, as private consumption helped offset shrinking exports and investment.