Russia joined America and France in open criticism of Iran’s nuclear program as China came under pressure not to block a move to tighten UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
Taking a step to normalize lending after holding interest rates to extraordinary lows for more than a year to prop up the financial [...]
Russia tested its fifth-generation Sukhoi fighter jet in the Russian Far East on Friday.
China has failed, despite billions of dollars in aid, to win over Tibetan loyalty. And now Beijing is finally realizing just how badly it mishandled things.
Endorsing vaccines as the world’s most cost-effective public health measure, Bill and Melinda Gates said Friday that [...]
A Chinese company is undertaking the largest foreign investment project in war-torn Afghanistan.
British hostage Peter Moore has been freed after being held captive in Iraq since May 2007, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday.
Russia is considering a project to launch a spaceship to try to divert a large asteroid from hitting Earth after [...]
Universities that have added “green” majors to their undergraduate programs are seeing the courses fill up at a fast rate. Rob Melnick of Arizona State University: “There’s a great perception that there’s a sweet spot with energy to do good and do well, and it appears to be the place of job growth.”
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake [...]
Amazon recently announced that its Kindle Device is the best selling gift on the store. Also, for the first time in history at Amazon, e-book sales for the Kindle overtook regular book sales.
Russia warns that it will reduce fuel supplies to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary due to demands by Ukraine for higher transit [...]
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow caught Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on seemingly arguing that his state’s 31 percent African-American population puts him at a disadvantage, and that it’s a good reason not to support healthcare reform.
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new enzyme and demonstrated its potential ability [...]
Boeing Co’s new lightweight carbon and titanium Dreamliner lifted off a runway for the first time into cloudy skies on Tuesday after more than two years of delays.
With the turn of a ceremonial valve, China’s president, Hu Jintao, opened a big natural gas pipeline from central Asia to China on Monday, significantly increasing China’s access [...]
