Even as far away as Myanmar, President Obama cannot escape the brewing face-off with Republicans that awaits him at home. Speaking to reporters alongside famous opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President Obama was adamant that, despite ...
After making history Wednesday by landing the first probe on the surface of a comet, European Space Agency scientists now face an agonizing wait to find out whether the Philae lander will continue sending data from 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
President Obama will pledge $3 billion to an international climate fund aimed at helping developing countries prepare for and slow the effect of climate change, a White House official said Friday.
U.S. retail sales rose modestly in October, evidence that recent job gains and lower gas prices are lifting consumer spending as the holiday shopping season begins.
World leaders are arriving in Brisbane, Australia for a two-day meeting of the world's top 20 economic powers expected to focus on global finances, climate change and Ukraine.
LONDON (MarketWatch) - It took six years for Greece to escape recession, but, when it finally did, it did it with style. The country scored a 0.7% growth rate in the third quarter, besting all other eurozone countries and even expanding faster than powerhouse ...
Report from independent UN investigators says Islamic State group should be held accountable by International Criminal Court for reign of terror in northeast Syria that includes wide-scale slaughter of civilians.
It was mid-morning on July 11, 2012 that Australia's then-prime minister Julia Gillard stood on the Kangaroo Point cliffs over-looking Brisbane's CBD to tell everyone 20 of the world's leaders would be coming to Brisbane in November 2014.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has proof that a small foreign submarine was operating illegally in its waters last month, its top military officer said on Friday after a mysterious episode that triggered the country's biggest military mobilization since the Cold ...
In this image taken from video and provided by WABC, a window washer straddles the empty space between his dangling scaffolding and 1 World Trade Center as New York City firefighters remove him from the scaffolding as it hung 69 stories high, Nov.
To hear Republicans tell it, the outrage about President Obama's likely executive actions on immigration is less about the policy and more about the legal principles.
One telling example of the decay in the nation's nuclear arsenal emerged from reviews released by the Pentagon Friday. Maintenance crews at the nation's nuclear bases had access to only one wrench required to tighten bolts on the warhead end of the ...
Virgin America markets itself as the hip way to fly. Investors are apparently on board. The upstart airline formed by billionaire Sir Richard Branson soared 25% out of the gate Friday from its IPO price of $23.
FARGO - Those who want health insurance coverage next year through the new online marketplace should take note: The sign-up period begins Saturday and ends Feb. 15.
For some reason Standard & Poor's unsolicited (Twitter didn't pay for it) “junk” BB- rating of Twitter's recent convertible bond offering has been portrayed as negative news—or as newsworthy.
Today Microsoft announced that Skype is starting to roll out as a service on the Web. Skype for Web will allow users to chat, video call, and manage contacts from a web browser without having to download the Skype app.
Microsoft has unveiled Skype for Web, a browser-based version of the VOIP service. Currently in beta, Skype for Web functions just like its native desktop counterpart, with voice and video calling and… text messaging. The beta is available for Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox on… #android
Google is trying to get the newest Android software pushed out to more devices faster than ever before, although it could still be a while before your device can get Android 5.0 Lollipop over the air.
While Jennifer Lawrence will no longer appear in Dumber and Dumber To, producers did manager to wrangle one major A-list cameo. QUIZ: Grey's Anatomy plotline or Florida news story.
Anastasia Steele is a mouth-breather. QUIZ: Grey's Anatomy plotline or Florida news story? Fifty Shades of Grey released its first full-length trailer Thursday and it is... breathy. Sandwiched between lines like, "I like to see your face" and "Why are you trying to ...
For a split second, when Mark Schultz looked out of the corner of his eye on the set of “Foxcatcher,” he saw the familiar face of the man who tormented him and killed his brother in 1996.
Get ready, New York: The royals are coming! Yep, it's official, on Friday, the palace announced Kate Middleton and Prince William are coming to America Dec. 7 through Dec. 9! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will travel to New York first, where Kate will ...
It's official - Miley Cyrus has a new man. The "Adore You" singer put rumors to rest when she was spotted making out with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's son, Patrick Schwarzenegger, at the USC vs.
The O2 is empty and there are no more coins left to put in the meter, which means we must wrap up this live text commentary. There will be more from us this evening, however, as Stan Wawrinka takes on Marin Cilic at 20:00 GMT.
TORONTO - Joakim Noah noticed Pau Gasol watching film on the team plane on Wednesday. The game: Toronto vs. Philadelphia. The sad-sack Sixers trailed by 41 points at one point and lost by 32.
The Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose calms injury fears - The 26-year-old walked to the bench in discomfort with under two minutes left in the fourth quarter at the Air Canada Centre, as the Bulls went… 7-2 in the NBA on Thursday. Roses injury was a cause for concern for Bulls fans, as the point guard has missed the majority of the last two seasons with serious knee injuries and also had time away from court in the early stages of the current campa...
Lightning strikes in the lower 48 U.S. states will increase about 12% for every degree rise in Earth's average temperature, potentially sparking more wildfires, according to a new study.
A dominant male Chacma baboon fights for access to females in Tsoaobis Leopard Park in Namibia. Infanticide among mammals is strategic and is a way for males to ensure that their own offspring endure, new research suggests.
Interesting study on the occurrence of infanticide within mammalian species as a result of natural selection and its commonality. Quote from the article: "“What we’re saying is that infanticide …is driving monogamy, and we don’t think anything they’ve shown in this paper contradicts that,” said Dr. Opie."
A surgeon working in West Africa's Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown to the United States for treatment on Saturday, according to a federal government source.
GENEVA—. The World Health Organization has established criteria for conducting clinical trials on experimental drugs and other therapies for the treatment of Ebola.