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Google's Nest to buy Dropcam for $555 mn Google's Nest Labs said it was buying video monitoring startup Dropcam for a reported $555 million in cash.

21 June 2014

Lawyers say UN chief served with Haiti lawsuit in NY Lawyers for more than 1,500 victims of Haiti's deadly cholera epidemic said they had served UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a personal summons to appear in US court.

21 June 2014

Chile hilltop razed for world's largest telescope Construction on the world's largest optical telescope began with a bang, as workers demolished a hilltop in Chile's Atacama desert.

20 June 2014

Pacific Alliance inks work visa deal in Latin America Latin America's Pacific Alliance trade bloc agreed to allow citizens to live and work in any of the four member countries for a year.

20 June 2014

US slaps sanctions on Uganda for 'vile' anti-gay laws The United States Thursday slapped sanctions on Uganda -- cancelling a military air exercise, imposing visa bans and freezing some aid -- amid deep US anger at "vile" Ugandan anti-gay laws.

20 June 2014

Biden to discuss child migrants at Guatemala visit US Vice President Joe Biden travels to Guatemala on Friday to discuss the growing numbers of unaccompanied minors from Central America and Mexico illegally trying to cross the US border.

20 June 2014

A Picasso hidden in a Picasso A bearded man has been discovered in Pablo Picasso's "Blue Room" -- the painting, that is -- according to a US museum attempting to put an end to a decades-old question.

20 June 2014

Amazon challenges rivals with 3D 'Fire' smartphone Amazon unveiled its "Fire Phone," a high-end handset boasting "breakthrough technologies" and a move aimed at challenging market leaders Apple and Samsung.

19 June 2014

Chevron, Lukoil eyeing new project in Kazakhstan Chevron, Lukoil and other major companies are eyeing a new Eurasia Project in Kazakhstan, an oil production project in the Caspian Lowland.

19 June 2014

Salute to Holbrook opens US documentary film festival One of the world's top documentary film festivals kicked off Wednesday with a celebration of the iconic American actor who has immortalized Mark Twain on stage for 60 years.

19 June 2014

Florida executes death-row inmate, third in US in 24 hours Florida put to death a convicted double killer, the third execution in 24 hours in the United States, amid a raging controversy over lethal injection methods.

19 June 2014

Remains recovered from 1952 Alaska plane crash The remains of 17 US service members lost in a 1952 military plane crash in Alaska have been recovered more than six decades later, officials said.

19 June 2014

Football: Spain dethroned as Chile dazzle Spain's long reign as the kings of international football came to a dramatic end at the World Cup on Wednesday, with the defending champions sent crashing out after a 2-0 defeat to Chile.

19 June 2014

Obama under pressure to respond to Iraq crisis President Barack Obama has not decided how to respond to rampant Sunni militants grabbing swathes of Iraq, but is looking at every option short of sending US combat soldiers back to war.

19 June 2014

Argentina says won't make next bond payment in US Argentina will not make a bond service payment due June 30 in New York as ordered by a US judge, the economy ministry said Wednesday, moving the country closer to default.

19 June 2014

US joins bid to create vast Pacific marine reserve The United States joined forces with other nations Tuesday to declare a vast swath of the Pacific Ocean a marine sanctuary and take "historic" steps to combat illegal fishing.

18 June 2014

Cause of death still a mystery in China-made pet food scare US authorities have yet to determine what exactly caused the deaths of more than 1,000 dogs that consumed jerky pet treats made in China, a Congressional panel heard.

18 June 2014

Stamp sells for record $9.5 million in New York An incredibly rare 19th century postage stamp, a tiny one-cent magenta from British colonial Guyana, sold for a world record $9.5 million at a New York auction.

18 June 2014

Former New Zealand PM hints at run for UN top job Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has hinted that she wants to become United Nations secretary general when Ban Ki-moon steps down, saying it is time for a woman to fill the role.

18 June 2014

American Airlines, owed $750 mn, trims flights to Venezuela American Airlines, owed some $750 million by Venezuela, said Tuesday it was sharply reducing flights to the South American nation from July after the two sides failed to read a deal, a spokesman said.

18 June 2014

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