US and EU expand sanctions on Russia
President Barack Obama says new, co-ordinated sanctions from the US and EU will continue to make Russia's "weak economy even weaker".

Deal on US college sport concussions
The US collegiate sport authority, the NCAA, offers to settle concussion-related lawsuits by former athletes with a $70m (£41.3m) medical fund.

Last Hiroshima bomb crew member dies
The last surviving member of the team which dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Theodore Van Kirk, has died aged 93.

Secret Cinema to begin one week late
Secret Cinema's screenings of Back to the Future are to begin in London on Thursday after the opening week was cancelled.

Government ends prison guitar ban
A ban on steel-string guitars in prison cells in England and Wales is reversed after a campaign by rock stars including Billy Bragg and Johnny Marr.

Unesco asks for Star Wars report
Unesco contacts the Irish government asking for a report on the use of a County Kerry island for filming the new Star Wars film.

UK to allow driverless cars on roads
The government is to outline measures that will allow driverless cars on public roads in the UK by 2015.

Sleep sensor smashes Kickstarter goal
A 22-year-old British entrepreneur's new sleep-tracking device cracks $1m (£590,000) on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform in five days.

Instagram reveals new Bolt photo app
The picture-based social media site has revealed a new Snapchat-style app that lets users send temporary messages.

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