Real Madrid head the list of the richest football clubs in the world for the seventh year in a row, says a Deloitte survey.

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Real still top football rich list

Researchers say most of the world’s continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific “ring of fire” in 50-200 million years.

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America and Asia ‘will join up’

The United States Constitution was once a model for charters around the world, but its influence is waning, according to a new study.

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Sidebar: ‘We the People’ Loses Appeal With People Around the World

Designers have always been inspired by India’s rich history of fashion with bright Bollywood colors, exotic saris, elegant embroidery and stunning jewelry. Chanel, for example, launched its 2012 Paris-Bombay Collection in December of 2011 and Hermès put out a limited-edition line of saris , drawing the world’s attention to the glamor and glitz of India.

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India: The New Destination for Global Luxury Brands

We have seen the world created by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, and it doesn’t work. Oh, yes, it works nicely for the wealthiest and most powerful people in the country, especially if they want to shroud their efforts to influence politics behind shell corporations. It just doesn’t happen to work if you think we are a democracy and not a plutocracy. Read full article > >

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The Citizens United catastrophe

Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world’s oceans, but it is “critically urgent” to tackle overfishing.

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Prince optimistic for fisheries

Toby Lester examines one of the world’s most intriguing drawings.

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‘Da Vinci’s Ghost’ Examines One of the Artist’s Most Famous Images

News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February

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Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February

Harry Redknapp’s admission of lying to a News of the World reporter is “extremely telling”, a court is told.

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Redknapp lies ‘extremely telling’

Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world’s largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.

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Largest optical telescope created

A self-described “Jewish Indiana Jones” who claimed to have travelled the world to rescue holy Torahs scrolls pleads guilty to fraud at a New York court.

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‘Jewish Indiana Jones’ admits lie

Facebook filed Wednesday for its much-anticipated initial public offering, a move that will for the first time put a dollar figure on the world’s online addiction to sharing comments, photos and videos with friends and family. Read full article > >

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Facebook files for IPO

A 2008 email informing James Murdoch of the potential scope of phone hacking at the News of the World was deleted in an IT upgrade last year, lawyers say.

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IT ‘wiped Murdoch hacking email’

Apple has named John Browett, chief executive of Dixons Retail, as its top retail executive, charged with developing the sales strategy for the company as it expands Apple stores around the world.

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Apple Names European Executive to Head Retail Operations

Claremont McKenna College said it submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings.

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Claremont McKenna College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures