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With the opening of the 2014 World Cup just hours away, many eyes are on consensus-favorite Brazil as it seeks to capture the world's marquee sporting event for a record sixth time.

Rapa Iti: a slice of paradise that is also a part of the EU

Most people use Facebook to stay in touch with friends. Increasingly, however, social media are proving to be useful in fulfilling other more urgent needs. The desperate parents of a 2-year-old girl with a crippling kidney disease have found a donor by posting an appeal on Facebook.

David Beckham made Valentine’s Day cards with child survivors of Typhoon Haiyan at a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space at one of Tacloban’s major evacuation points.

A European Commission proposal that would allow pork to be labelled as “reared” in an EU country even if the pig had spent only four months there was rejected by Parliament on Thursday. MEPs argued that origin labelling rules for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of swine, sheep, goats and poultry should be modelled on the stricter ones already in place for beef, so as not to mislead consumers.

The official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement process in the 5+2 format, Kyiv, 26 November 2013.

Consumers should be given more information about the goods they buy, including where they were produced and whether they have been properly tested, and potentially dangerous goods should be taken off the market faster, said the Internal Market Committee on Thursday. The committee endorsed two draft laws stepping up product safety requirements and market surveillance rules.