A massive earthquake in Chile has left at least 700 people dead and over one million homes damaged. The magnitude 8.8 quake also caused a tsunami that threatened the island of Hawaii but washed ashore before it could create major damage. A geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Hawaii “dodged a bullet.”
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In a recent survey, 66% of US workers skipped vacation for fear of losing their jobs.
A 21-year-old student has become the first casualty in a series of attacks on Indians in Australia that began in June last year. He was stabbed in the abdomen by unidentified attackers and left bleeding on the roadside. He died [...]
About 45,000 travelled to the UN climate summit in Copenhagen - the vast majority convinced of the need for a new global agreement on climate change. Many have placed much of the blame on China for wrecking the talks, intentionally humiliating US President Barack Obama, and insisting on an awful “deal” so western leaders [...]
US Border Patrol officials have announced that drone planes, unmanned robot aircraft like those used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be used to track illegal immigrants on the California - Mexico border.
Technology not only makes it easier to cheat, it also makes it easier to get caught.
An iceberg twice the size of [...]
President Barack Obama is expected to announce the deployment of an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
Phillipine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has declared a state of emergency after 57 people were ambushed and killed last week while attempting to register to run for office.
Months after Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was removed from power in a military [...]
India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, has arrived in Washington for a visit to be highlighted by an official welcoming ceremony and a state dinner at the White House with President Barack Obama.
Neither the courts, nor the lawyers, nor even the Liberian parliament have a physical copy of the country’s legal code. That’s because one man [...]
Eating movie popcorn and soda while at the movies is like eating three burgers with 12 pats of butter in one sitting, according to a report by the non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Students at UCLA and other University of California campuses are protesting a planned 32 percent hike in undergraduate fees. [...]
