Polens premiärminister Donald Tusk har vunnit förtroendeomröstningen i landets parlament, en omröstning som kommer efter att landet skakats av en avlyssningsskandal. För regeringen pinsamma inspelade samtal med bland annat riksbankschefen och utrikesministern, som publicerats av nyhetsmagasinet Wprost, har väckt ramaskri i Polen men Tusk lyckades ändå segra i parlamentet.

En man i 40-årsåldern döms till nio månaders fängelse för att han utsatt sin nu 15-åriga styvdotter för grov fridskränkning. Flickan blev slagen, sparkad och knuffad av styvpappan, som också ville ha kontroll över vilka vänner hon träffade.

curtwoodward writes: Google bought Nest. Then Nest bought Dropcam. Then Nest opened up its platform to tech partners, including... Google. This may not creep everyone out, but for those who don't like the idea of Google's all-seeing eye owning their smart-home devices, there are some small, independent companies developing alternatives. Maybe they'll survive long enough to get acquired by a company that doesn't make 90 percent of its money from advertising — right?

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Iran fail to make it past the group stages after a 3-1 loss at the hands of Bosnia-Herzegovina in Brazil 2014.

Iran fail to make it past the group stages after a 3-1 loss at the hands of Bosnia-Herzegovina in Brazil 2014.

Serbian moves into the third round with a four-set win, defending champions Murray also wins but Ferrer knocked out.

Serbian moves into the third round with a four-set win, defending champions Murray also wins but Ferrer knocked out.

Parliamentary elections are seen as an important step in the transition towards democratic governance.

Parliamentary elections are seen as an important step in the transition towards democratic governance.

De hårda domarna mot tre journalister från Al Jazeera har föranlett en våg av protester från medieföretag och regeringar, däribland Sveriges. Men Egyptens Stockholmsambassadör slår tillbaka.

En expertpanel vid den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten FDA vill att Astra Zeneca gör fler tester på sitt nya läkemedel mot äggstockscancer innan den godkänns.

cgriffin21 writes: The security industry is adding layers of defensive technologies to protect systems rather than addressing the most substantial, underlying problems that sustain a sprawling cybercrime syndicate, according to an industry luminary who painted a bleak picture of the future of information security at a conference of hundreds of incident responders in Boston Tuesday. Eugene Spafford, a noted computer security expert and professor of computer science at Purdue University, said software makers continue to churn out products riddled with vulnerabilities, creating an incessant patching cycle for IT administrators that siphons resources from more critical areas.

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Extreme weather blamed for biggest contraction since recession, but economy tipped to rebound robustly this quarter.