Haitian politicians confirmed President Michel Martelly's choice for a new prime minister, ending a nearly two-month impasse that had hampered the country's efforts to rebuild from the devastating 2010 earthquake.

Experts tried 400 times but could not recreate events without assistance

The objects displayed in the US state of Michigan's newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the grotesque – a full-size replica of a lynching tree. But all are united by a common theme: They are steeped in racism so intense that it makes visitors cringe.

One cold winter's night, Hans, a traveller and translator, arrives by coach in the fictional German city of Wandernburg, intending to break his journey en route to somewhere that actually exists on the map. With him he carries a mighty trunk, packed with books. "What have you got in there, a dead body?"asks the coachman. "Not one dead body," answers Hans, "several" – an answer that this novel proceeds to unpack.

My girlfriend and I turned up for a romantic break in Athens last Wednesday evening, only to discover that Dimitris Christoulas had shot himself in front of parliament hours before. The 77-year-old pharmacist couldn't cope with the austerity imposed upon him by Greece's technocratic government. His suicide note confessed he couldn't bear to look his children in the eye any more. Massive demonstrations in the central Syntagma Square over the next four nights were his fellow citizens' response.

Believers say it's the old Woods and he's ready to win again. Doubters say new swing guru will fail to paper over cracks

Artist Bennett Millar has created an art installation which recreates the UN - with dachshunds as the representatives.

Cancellation of music festival leaves owner struggling to pay for essential repair work

A group of travellers who settled on green belt land without planning permission have been given a year to leave the site.

After 15 years of wearing a mask and living as a recluse, a 37-year-old Virginia man disfigured in a gun accident got a new face, nose, teeth and jaw in what University of Maryland physicians say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed.

Leader toppled after his forces say they cannot hold out against returning mercenaries

B&Q owner Kingfisher hailed the success of its four-year turnaround today after seeing profits more than double to £807 million over the period.

Mutinous soldiers in Mali have taken over state television and announced that they have seized control of the government.