Firms operating nuclear power plants and other energy facilities in the US have been hacked in recent months, the New York Times reported. It quoted what it called an urgent report issued in late...
A global treaty banning nuclear weapons is set to be adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted...
US President Donald Trump meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time Friday, in an eagerly awaited encounter at a G20 summit marked by the growing divide between America and its Western...
Ghana’s Black Stars slipped one step from 49th to 50th in the latest FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking for the of June. Ghana retained their 9th position in Africa from the June edition behind...
Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a 'new era' of American leadership in space, with a return to the Moon and explorers on Mars, but offered few details. Pence, who was recently...
Qualcomm on Thursday escalated its legal battle with Apple, filing a patent infringement lawsuit and requesting a ban on the importation of some iPhones, claiming unlawful and unfair use of the...
A Pennsylvania judge ruled Thursday that disgraced US entertainer Bill Cosby would go back on trial for alleged sexual assault on November 6, after a first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Judge...
The governor of Virginia on Thursday refused to grant a last-minute stay of execution to a mentally disturbed death row inmate convicted of killing a prison guard and a police officer during a...
A rare earthquake with a magnitude 5.8 rattled the western US state of Montana Thursday and was felt as far away as Canada, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor, the strongest to hit western...
World record holder Wayde van Niekerk stormed to victory in the 400m at the Diamond League meet at Lausanne on Thursday, as American veteran Justin Gatlin went sub-10sec for the 100m. Van Niekerk is...
US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a "new era" of American leadership in space, with a return to the Moon and explorers on Mars, but offered few details. Pence, who was recently...
Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations. 'Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees...
General Motors regained its spot as the biggest US carmaker by market capitalization Thursday, amid greater investor skepticism that chipped away at rival Tesla Motors. Near 1845 GMT, GM had a market...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday Moscow was seeking to clarify a claim by his US counterpart that Washington is ready to work together to set up "no-fly zones" in Syria. "We have...
India's doubles master Leander Paes can still pull magic out of nowhere and sees shots that other players just don't see, said his new playing partner Adil Shamasdin. Paes, 44, has won 18 Grand Slam...
France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a “revolution”. Nicolas Hulot announced the planned ban on fossil fuel...
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Thursday slammed North Korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile as a "provocation," but stressed the United States seeks a diplomatic solution to the...
A joint UN-OPCW panel tasked with determining who was behind the deadly sarin gas attack in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun is facing heavy political pressure as it prepares to present its findings...
Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations. "Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees...
It is one of the most tantalizing mysteries in aviation lore -- the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. What happened to the legendary American aviatrix and her navigator, Fred Noonan, during their 1937...
