Oil prices up on winter demand, Yellen testimonyOil prices rose in Asian trading hours Wednesday due to strong winter demand and expectations that new Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen will not shake up US monetary policy.
12 February 2014
Killer whales die in rare New Zealand mass strandingA pod of nine killer whales died Wednesday in a rare mass stranding on the New Zealand coast, in a loss conservationists said was a major blow to the local orca population.
Japan PM as unpopular as Kim Jong-Un: S. Korea pollWith Seoul-Tokyo relations at their lowest ebb for years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is as unpopular with South Koreans as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
Yahoo buys smartphone diary-app maker WanderYahoo on Tuesday added the startup behind smartphone visual diary-app Days to its list of acquisitions as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to pump new life into the aging Internet pioneer.
12 February 2014
Lone survivor found as Algeria plane crash kills 77A military aircraft carrying 78 people crashed in Algeria's mountainous northeast on Tuesday, leaving just one survivor in one of the country's deadliest air disasters.
12 February 2014
Panama president blames former canal chief for crisisPanama President Ricardo Martinelli on Monday blamed the Panama Canal's former administrator for the crisis surrounding its massive expansion project -- where work has been halted over a billion-dollar payment dispute.
Mayor of Almaty orders to keep prices downThe Akim (Mayor) of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yesimov has instructed the city authorities to keep prices down amid the devaluation of tenge.
Mass extinction happened fast: studySomething wiped out nearly all life on Earth more than 250 million years ago, and whatever unleashed this mass die-off acted much faster than previously thought.
11 February 2014
Golovkin named Best Boxer of January by WBAThe WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin has been named the Best Boxer of January by the Rating Committee of the World Boxing Association.