Facebook shares valued at $100bn
Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
| French government takes pay cut
France's new government holds its first cabinet meeting, announcing a 30% pay cut for President Hollande and his ministers.
| Disco singer Donna Summer dies
US singer Donna Summer, famous for disco hits including I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby, dies at the age of 63.
| Moody's downgrades Spanish banks
Ratings agency Moody's cuts the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks, as shares in struggling lender Bankia fell another 14%.
| US relaxes some Burma sanctions
The US says it has relaxed some sanctions on investments in Burma and named an ambassador to the country following political reforms.
| Zimmerman found with bloody nose
A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.
| Mladic trial hit by legal hitch
Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial is postponed on its second day because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence to the defence.
| White births now minority in US
Children from racial and ethnic minorities now account for more than half the births in the US, estimates from the latest census data say.
| Kennedy wife 'died by hanging'
Mary Kennedy - the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of John F Kennedy - died of asphyxiation due to hanging, authorities say.
| Syria opposition head 'to resign'
The head of Syria's main opposition umbrella body, the Syrian National Council, says he will resign amid growing criticism and rifts within the group.
| US strike plan on Iran 'ready'
The US has plans in place to attack Iran if other measures fail to stop it developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel says.
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