Science

HIV vaccine efforts face several years of ‘void’ after latest setback

The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade,…

Russia retrieves mice and newts from space in preparation for Mars mission

A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals…

Fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published

The field of mental health will face its greatest upset in years on Saturday with…

Human tissue cloning could treat heart disease or Parkinson’s disease

Lorraine Barnes suffered a heart attack in 2005 and has lived with the consequences –…

Tech News

Google’s Eric Schmidt denies company avoided British taxes

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Sunday defended the US Internet giant’s tax arrangements after…

Facebook exec and ‘Lean In’ author Sheryl Sandberg says it’s OK for women to cry at work

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it’s ok…

Media

Al Jazeera faces uphill battle with planned U.S. launch

Can Al-Jazeera win hearts and minds in America? The pan-Arab news giant is laying the…

Denmark wins Eurovision Song Contest

Denmark won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmoe early Sunday…

World

Kuwait deports ‘hundreds’ for traffic offenses

Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report said on Sunday, drawing condemnation…

Egypt police shut passage to Israel due to abductions

Egyptian police closed a commercial passage with Israel on Sunday in support of colleagues who shut down a crossing with…

North Korea test-fires another short-range missile amid military drill

North Korea Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, despite pleas from South…

Saudi man ‘spared paralysis sentence’

A Saudi man escaped a sentence of paralysis for stabbing and paralysing another man by offering him compensation, media reported…

Briton accused of slitting throats of two young children in France

French police were on Sunday questioning a 48-year-old divorced Briton arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two…

U.S. News

AP chief to Obama: Spying on reporters is ‘an unconstitutional act’

The Obama administration‘s decision to seize phone records from the Associated Press was “unconstitutional” and sends a message…

Paul Ryan: IRS connection to Obamacare is ‘rotten to the core’

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Sunday used the news that the…

Falling U.S. deficit renews ‘austerity or growth?’ debate

Austerity or growth? Europe’s struggling economies have faced the question without fully answering it in…

New Yorkers unnerved by neighbor’s voyeuristic photos

Residents of a New York City apartment building are up in arms over an exhibition…

Bobby Jindal calls for jailing of IRS officials behind Tea Party targeting

Louisiana governor uses speech to Virginia Republicans to say Barack Obama ‘bears responsibility’ as scandals…

Confederate Civil War General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson venerated with lemons 150 years after his death

It has been 150 years since Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died, and visitors are still bringing…

ACLU’s legislative counsel tells Congress: ‘Drones are coming to America’

) In this file photo, Seattle Police officer Jim Britt demonstrates an unmanned aerial vehicle…

New York auction houses celebrate after billion-dollar sales week

Two of New York’s leading auction houses combined for the art world’s richest sales week…