The Connecticut shooting is the third deadly school shooting to take place this year in the US. The other two occurences took place in April at Oikos University, where seven people were killed and in February at Chardon High School in Ohio, where three students were killed. Since Columbine in 1999, 210 people died in violent shootings in the US.
Time magazine picked Brazilian photographer Mauricio Lima as best news agency photojournalist due to his “outstanding coverage” of the war in Afghanistan.
More than 100 staff are to lose their jobs this year at News International, the Rupert Murdoch-owned British newspaper group at the centre of a phone-hacking and police bribery scandal.
Josep Guardiola's decision to step down as Barcelona coach at the end of the season will change nothing for Real Madrid, Guardiola's Real counterpart and bitter rival Jose Mourinho said today.
British pop star Elton John announced today he had become a father for the second time after the birth via a surrogate mother of Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John.
BuenosAiresHerald.com Deputy Editor Adrian Bono hosts a new episode of Trending Now, where he explores some of the most talked-about topics on Twitter in Argentina. Featuring this week: #AFA, #MAXIMA, #AMIA and #GANANCIAS.