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Aung San Suu Kyi has won Burma by-election
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has won Burma by-election for parliament after a landmark vote which saw 45 seats contested. Aung San Suu Kyi's...
Earth Hour 2012: famous landmarks from all around the world plunged into darkness to highlight climate change
Earth Hour 2012 made famous landmarks from all around the world, which normally light up the night sky, to plunge into darkness today to...
Mastercard, Visa and Discover cardholders’ personal information could be at risk after a security breach
US credit firms Visa, Mastercard and Discover have warned that credit card holders' personal information could be at risk after a security breach. The companies...
Mega Millions: Maryland, Illinois and Kansas ticket holders won the biggest jackpot in world history
Lottery officials has announced that three ticket holders have got all six numbers in the $640 million Mega Millions lottery draw - putting them...
Earth Hour 2012: turn off your non-essential lights from 20.30 to 21.30 and save the planet
Earth Hour is a worldwide event that is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is held on the last Saturday...
China: six bloggers arrested and 16 websites shut down over coup rumors
Six Chinese bloggers have been arrested and police shut 16 websites after rumors were spread that military vehicles were on the streets of Beijing,...
Mega Millions $640 M jackpot, the biggest in world history, has at least one winner
The draw for the biggest lottery jackpot in world history took place Friday night place, as Americans bought 1.5 billion Mega Millions tickets in...
Prof. Antonio Ereditato, neutrino faster than light scientist, has resigned
Prof. Antonio Ereditato, the head of an experiment that appeared to show subatomic particles travelling faster than the speed of light, has resigned from...
How icy comets can pass through the Sun?
Scientists have detected thousands of comets plunging into our solar system’s star since the 1980s. With the introduction of technology such as NASA’s sun-watching Solar...
BlackBerry maker will abandon most consumer markets after another $125M loss
Research in Motion Ltd, the maker of BlackBerry, seemed to admit defeat in the smartphone wars after suggesting it will abandon most consumer markets. RIM...
FLA investigation found “significant issues” among working practices at Apple’s Chinese plant Foxconn
The US Fair Labor Association investigation has found "significant issues" among working practices at Chinese plants making Apple iPhones and iPads. FLA was asked by...
France: police arrested 19 suspected Islamists and seized weapons in a series of dawn raids
French police have arrested 19 suspected Islamists and seized weapons in a series of dawn raids, President Nicolas Sarkozy told Europe 1 radio. The raids...
Japan prepared to shut down a North Korean rocket if necessary
Japan announces that will shoot down a North Korean rocket if necessary, as new satellite images appeared to show preparations for the April launch. Japanese...
Spain general strike: nationwide violent protests over government austerity measures
Spanish riot police have clashed with protesters in Barcelona on the day of a general strike called in protest at the government's labor market...
Cassini probe captured Enceladus geysers images
NASA’s Cassini probe has captured striking images from flying by three moons of Saturn, including new pictures of Enceladus's gushing geysers. Cassini made its lowest...
Bo Xilai is the victim of a smear campaign, says a family friend
Bo Xilai, the politician at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in years, is the victim of a smear campaign, a source close...
Nafissatou Diallo launches Dominique Strauss-Kahn civil case
A New York civil court has begun hearing the case against former IFM chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, brought by Nafissatou Diallo, the Sofitel hotel maid who...
US planned food aid to North Korea has been suspended after violation of a missile test moratorium agreement
The United States has confirmed the decision to put on hold planned food aid to North Korea. The decision comes after Pyongyang announced a new...
Fossilized foot bones discovered in Ethiopia give new insight into human evolution and ability to walk
The fossilized bones of a foot that were discovered in Ethiopia and dated to be 3.4 million years old gave scientists a fascinating new...
Fidel Castro and Pope Benedict XVI historical meeting in Havana
Pope Benedict XVI and the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had a meeting today for the first time after the Pontiff saying mass in...
There are about 160 billion Super-Earths in the Milky Way, say astronomers
An international team of astronomers says that there could be many billions of planets not much bigger than Earth circling faint stars in the...
Richard Norris received a new face, jaw, teeth and tongue in the most extensive face transplant
US doctors at the University of Maryland gave Richard Norris a new face, including jaw, teeth and tongue, in an operation that is the...
Vast amounts of gas and dust detected in the super-bright galaxy ULAS J1120+0641
Vast amounts of gas and dust have been detected in the galaxy that contains the most distant supermassive black hole known to science, announced...
What the Mohamed Merah video sent to Al-Jazeera contains?
Al-Jazeera TV network has received a video apparently showing the attacks carried out by Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah in Toulouse, south-west France. The Qatar-based satellite...
Cassini probe makes its lowest pass over the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus
NASA’s Cassini probe will make today its lowest pass yet over the south pole of Enceladus, an active moon of Saturn which may harbor...
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