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Celebrated Mathematician, Prof. Allotey Is Dead; Aged 85

Ghanaian Mathematician, Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey has died at the age of 85. Information gathered by...

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US Warns Iran of ‘new and Serious Consequences’ If Americans Not…

President Donald Trump's White House dialed up the pressure on Iran Friday, demanding the quick return of Americans...

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Dark Days For China’s Democracy Dream

The death of Liu Xiaobo deprives China's dissident movement of a crucial figurehead at a time when political activism...

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After Six Chaotic Months, Can Trump Save His Presidency?

Donald Trump's first six months in the White House have been a riot of scandal, chaos and outrage that -- absent a...

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US Sanctions Iran Over Missiles, Despite Nukes Compliance

The US slapped fresh sanctions on Iran Tuesday over its ballistic missile program, just hours after Washington admitted...

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Trump Keeps Iran Deal, But Threatens More Sanctions

Donald Trump backed away from a campaign promise to scrap a major nuclear security deal with Iran on Tuesday, with...

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US Sending Mixed Messages On Iran Nuclear Deal

Iran is receiving "contradictory signals" from the US administration about the fate of the nuclear deal but Foreign...

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US-China Citizen Given 10 Years For Espionage In Iran

A Chinese American accused of "infiltration" in Iran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, local media reported on...

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Egg Shape Depends On Flying Skills of Bird

The rich variety in shapes of the eggs that birds lay -- elliptical, pointy, spherical -- seems to be linked to how...

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Einstein Letters On God, Israel and Physics Fetch $210,000

Letters written by Albert Einstein about God, Israel and physics fetched nearly $210,000 at a Jerusalem auction...

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Prof. Allotey Inducted As Fellow of Nigerian Mathematical Society

Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey, a renowned Ghanaian Mathematician and Scientist has been inducted as Fellow of...

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Einstein Letters On Quantum Theory and God To Be Auctioned

Letters from Albert Einstein giving colleagues his thoughts on physics, God and Israel in the 1950s go under the hammer...

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Leaked Documents Show Potential To Hack Vote Systems

Leaked documents from the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election underscore some of the worst fears...

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Upward Mobility Has Fallen Sharply In US

In a sign of the fading American Dream, 92 percent of children born in 1940 earned more than their parents, but only...

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Pence the Clean-Up Act In Trump’s First 100 Days

Mike Pence has spent many of his first 100 days as US vice president ironing out Trump-induced problems at home and...

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Buck Stops With Trump After Health Care Failure

Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office on Friday evening in an unfamiliar position -- having to own failure. His health...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Disease ‘superspreaders’ Fueled the Ebola Epidemic

Disease 'superspreaders' fueled the spread of the devastating Ebola epidemic in 2014, a new study claims. The West...