Science

Indonesia to use rain-making technology to stop fires

Indonesia plans to use weather changing technology to try to unleash torrents of rain and…

World’s largest solar boat arrives in New York

Planetsolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, arrived safely in New York on June 17, 2013.…

NASA wants citizen astronomers to help hunt for deadly asteroids

NASA announced a Grand Challenge on Tuesday to enlist government agencies, industry, academics and citizen…

Winds on Venus have accelerated to 250 mph over the past six years

Already travelling at super-hurricane speeds, winds on Venus have accelerated by an astonishing one-third over…

Tech News

Internet freaks out as Facebook goes down

Many users experienced an error when trying to access the social networking website Facebook on…

Tesla Motors to unveil new method to quickly recharge electric cars

Tesla Motors said Thursday it would demonstrate a way to quickly recharge electric cars by…

Media

First Yuri Gagarin film turns Soviet idol into Russian hero

Strapped in an orange suit in his spaceship, Yuri Gagarin smiles as the rockets roar…

Anchorman 2 trailer: Ron Burgundy is back – and it’s kind of a big deal

Will Ferrell and the Channel 5 news team make headlines once again, as they find…

World

Japan finds highly toxic strontium-90 in Fukushima groundwater

By Osamu Tsukimori and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found…

Reckless British bankers could face jail: commission

Bankers found guilty of reckless misconduct in Britain could end up in prison and be stripped of bonuses, under draconian…

Fearing the U.S., Wikileaks’ Assange will stay in Ecuador’s London embassy

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean…

North Korea threatens to kill authors who claim Kim Jong-Un urged leaders to study Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’

North Korea has angrily denied a report that its ruler used Adolf Hitler’s memoir as a leadership guide, threatening to…

North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un urges top officials to read Hitler’s Mein Kampf

North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” to his top officials, urging them…

U.S. News

Same sex couples still face significant discrimination in housing

A new study by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that same…

Accused Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro to appear today at pre-trial hearing

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A former Cleveland school-bus driver accused of holding three…

FBI search for Jimmy Hoffa’s body may last two more days

By Joseph Lichterman OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) – Investigators looking for the remains of former…

John ‘The Executioner’ Martorano under microscope in trial of accused U.S. mobster James Whitey Bulger

By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger will…

Doctors urge Obama to provide independent medical examiners to Guantanamo detainees

More than 150 doctors, including from the US, have signed an open letter to Barack…

Conservative Republican at IRS casts doubt on conspiracy to target tea party

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A manager from a U.S. Internal…

ACLU slams House Republicans for ‘shamefully’ passing 20-week abortion ban

The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday blasted members of the House of Representatives who…