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Only 9-years-old, Quvenzhané Wallis has made history by being the youngest actress ever to be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. Wallis is nominated for her role as Hushpuppy in the film Beasts of the Southern Wild. The best actor and…

After an eventful 2012 in terms of political events, 2013's political agenda shows no signs of slowing down. This new "post end-of-the-world" year will be marked by a series of national elections around the world not to miss, here are a few: 1)…

Update: Depardieu has become a Russian citizen after the 75% French tax on wealthy citizens. A short message on the Kremlin website announced this news. "Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to Gerard Depardieu," the…

While the presidential race is particularly tight in the U.S., if it were only to Europeans, President Barack Obama would win reelection by a landslide. Four years after the surge of the so called “Obamania” in Europe, Barack Obama does not raise as…

Adding to its recent troubles in the stock market, due to poor earnings results released prematurely by mistake causing a drop of its share price, French media have forced Google to engage in a battle against the government over a bill to tax search…

The European Union has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, for having "contributed for more than six decades to promote peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe." Although the announcement was naturally well received in…

Pinterest does not communicate much about its expansion or strategic plans but with its $1.5 billion valuation earlier in the year and its recent move to new offices, worth $9 million in San Francisco, California, the social scrap booking website…

Six weeks after François Hollande was voted in as president of France, French voters have decided to give the president an absolute majority in the parliament, which is necessary to implement his program but also to deal with the deepening euro…

Nearly a month after Francois Hollande’s victory in the French presidential election, 46 million French voters will be heading back to the polls this Sunday to elect the remaining representatives on the second round of legislative…

As of today, to be a Facebook member you must be (or at least pretend to be) 13 years old. But that’s about to change!  The Wall Street Journal reports that the social network is working on a “secure access” version for kids under the age of 13. The…

What was supposed be the largest IPO operation ever for a technology firm is about to turn into a nightmare and scandal for Wall Street. In only a few days of trading "FB" shares have lost about 16% of their original value and the company billions…

As Mark Zuckerberg marries long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan on the wake of Facebook's historic IPO, all the hype surrounding Facebook’s IPO somewhat ended in a deception. While many analysts had anticipated a surge of over 25%, Facebook stock…

We all knew that Facebook paid features were going to arrive one day, but now that day seems closer than ever. With over 900 million users worldwide and its market debut, the social network is apparently seeking new ways of generating revenues, even…

The outcome of the general elections in Greece has not only left the country in political turmoil, it has also illustrated a massive rejection of austerity measures by the Greek people. The mainstream parties — the left-winged Pasok and the New…

D-Day! After several months of campaigning, the 44.5 million French voters are heading to the polls today to select between the two finalists of the 2012 French Presidential Election, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, who would become the…

The second round of the French presidential elections on May 7 will see François Hollande oppose Nicolas Sarkozy. But the breakout of Marine Le Pen and her National Front Party has changed the election situation. Henceforth she arises as a referee…

"I’m very sorry, I made a mistake. It won’t happen again," this is how Spanish King Juan Carlos apologized to his people on television, after he was forced to give explanations about his luxurious hunting trip in Botswana. While the government has…

For the first time in history of the France's Fifth Republic, an outgoing candidate came second in the first round of the presidential election. Such was the fate of Nicolas Sarkozy with 27.1% against 28.6% for his main opponent, François…

Just a few days ahead of the French presidential election, social networks like Facebook and particularly Twitter, have started worrying the authorities, regarding the release of election results before the legal time. In order to ensure the…