Japan on Thursday launched a satellite to help build a high-precision geolocation system that will complement the US-operated GPS. A H-IIA rocket blasted off at 9:17am (0017 GMT) from the Tanegashima...
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen will be subpoenaed to testify in the Russian political meddling investigation by the House Intelligence committee, the panel announced...
Performance art in a giant water tank is bringing climate science to New York's Times Square as Donald Trump has the world guessing on whether the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate...
Ross Ulbricht, the notorious founder of the "dark web" exchange Silk Road where drugs and other contraband were openly sold, lost his appeal Wednesday against his life prison sentence. A federal...
Head coach Kwesi Appiah supervised his first training with the Black Stars since his return with 16 players present at the Accra Sports Stadium. The team have started preparations for the...
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at 'unprecedented' extinction risk in the next 50 years, experts warned Wednesday. Facing...
President Donald Trump may be dragging out his decision on whether to ditch the Paris climate agreement, but major American corporations have not waited for a government signal to start cutting their...
The US state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major producers of prescription opioid medications, accusing them of lying about the deadly risks the painkillers -- at the center of a nationwide...
Light winds postponed Wednesday's four scheduled races in the second round-robin phase of America's Cup qualifying on Bermuda's Great Sound. After waiting in vain for two hours for winds to pick up,...
At least 11 Afghan guards working for the US embassy in Kabul were among those killed in a massive truck bomb attack Wednesday and 11 American contractors were hurt, officials said. The US citizens'...
A US appeals court on Wednesday deemed unconstitutional the practice of systematically shackling the hands and feet of pre-trial detainees in courtrooms, saying restraints must be decided on a...
Los Angeles Olympic bid officials insisted on Wednesday they remain focused on 2024, despite a Wall Street Journal report of a looming deal that would see them host the 2028 Games with Paris given...
Tesla founder and technology luminary Elon Musk said Wednesday he would quit President Donald Trump's business advisory councils if Washington pulls out of the Paris climate accord. Musk's move,...
Most regions of the United States continue to see modest to moderate growth, but optimism about the economic outlook has waned, partly due to concerns over government policies, the Federal Reserve...
US President Donald Trump will decide on Thursday whether to renew a legal waiver that delays an eventual move of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Any decision to move the US mission from Tel...
The US military will follow up its experimental shoot-down of an intercontinental ballistic missile by firing two interceptors simultaneously at an incoming dummy warhead in a "real world" test next...
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach the third round of a Grand Slam on Wednesday when she defeated sixth seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-3 at the French Open. Jabeur,...
The European Union and China will throw their full weight behind the Paris climate accord at a summit on Friday, EU officials said, in a bid to fill the void if the US quits the pact. The summit in...
A US man who married his former teacher -- after she was jailed on child rape charges over a sexual relationship that began when he was just 12, in a case that shocked the country -- has filed for...
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at "unprecedented" extinction risk in the next 50 years, experts warned Wednesday. Facing...
