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Figure skating: Chan leads with record-setting score Patrick Chan is well on his way to defending his title after producing one of the greatest short programmes of his career at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships.

14 March 2013

Pope Francis hailed, urged to work for peace World leaders and Catholics hailed the election of Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina as the first Latin American pope on Wednesday, urging him to work for religious reconciliation and peace.

14 March 2013

Google tosses Reader as house cleaning continues Google said Wednesday it was tossing its Reader service and seven other products under a house cleaning campaign that has closed 70 of the Internet giant's features in the past two years.

14 March 2013

Teenagers, sex, alcohol and cameras: a dangerous mix A video of high school boys laughing about watching the rape of a "dead" drunk teenage girl who "deserved to be peed on" drew a horde of reporters to a small Ohio town for a trial.

14 March 2013

Boxing: Golovkin in Top-5 most spectacular HBO boxers Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin has joint the list thanks to his exciting performance over the past months.

14 March 2013

Argentina's Bergoglio elected first Latin American pope Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis on Wednesday, becoming the first Latin American pontiff in an astonishing decision that raises hopes of greater openness for the troubled Catholic Church.

14 March 2013

Lawyers demand US show steps toward closing Guantanamo Lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo prison called for the US to show concrete steps towards closing the facility on Tuesday, citing a "humanitarian crisis" at the controversial jail.

14 March 2013

Argentine president slams Falklands vote as 'parody' Argentine President Cristina Kirchner Tuesday slammed as a "parody" the referendum in the disputed Falkland islands, where residents voted in favor of remaining a British overseas territory.

14 March 2013

Church pays $10m to US Catholic abuse victims The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to four men who alleged they were molested by a former priest in the 1970s.

13 March 2013

Obama says US won't balance budget in next 10 years President Barack Obama warned Tuesday America will not balance its budget within a decade because Republican plans to do so would entail slashing social programs many citizens rely on for support.

13 March 2013

Extra pounds don't cancel benefits of quitting smoking Quitting smoking sharply reduces the risk of heart disease -- even if kicking the habit comes along with a few extra pounds.

13 March 2013

World's largest ground-based space array to open in Chile In a super-arid desert at an altitude of 5,000 meters, with almost no humidity or vegetation, the world's largest ground-based astronomy project opens for business Wednesday ready to probe the universe with unprecedented might.

13 March 2013

US teens go mobile for Internet: survey Most American teenagers use their phones to access the Internet, with one-fourth of them going online mostly on their mobile device.

13 March 2013

Technology to detect Alzheimer's takes SXSW prize Technology capable of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease long before its symptoms appear won a coveted honor for innovation Tuesday at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival.

13 March 2013

Chilean poet Neruda to be exhumed April 8 The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed on April 8 to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned.

13 March 2013

US slaps sanctions on key N. Korea bank, officials The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on North Korea's primary foreign exchange bank and four senior officials, upping the pressure on Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program.

12 March 2013

Hunger strike at Guantanamo after Koran searches Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have launched a hunger strike to protest interference with their personal effects, including Korans.

12 March 2013

Black lawmakers urge diversity in Obama cabinet The Congressional Black Caucus complained to President Barack Obama on Monday about his lack of diversity, highlighting his failure to nominate any African-Americans to his second-term cabinet.

12 March 2013

North Korea places South island in crosshairs North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire Tuesday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.

12 March 2013

Mexico moves to end telecom monopolies: government Mexico's government introduced a draft constitutional reform Monday to end monopolies in telecoms industries that have built some of the country's biggest fortunes.

12 March 2013

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