Indian drug maker Sun to buy troubled peer Ranbaxy for $4.0 blnTop Indian drug giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said Monday it had agreed to buy its troubled peer Ranbaxy for $4.0 billion in stock, ending its ill-fated six-year control by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo.
Pig virus threatens US outdoor grilling seasonA dark cloud is menacing the cherished US summer season of outdoor grilling: a deadly pig virus that has been sweeping through farms and driving up pork prices.
06 April 2014
US allows Boeing to sell plane parts to IranThe United States has issued a license allowing Boeing to do business with Iran for the first time since the US embargo of 1979, a company spokesman told AFP Friday.
05 April 2014
Chinese man, Iranian indicted in US over Iran exportsA Chinese man, an Iranian and two Iranian firms were charged in the United States with conspiring to export devices to Iran that can serve to enrich uranium, an indictment unsealed Friday said.
05 April 2014
Fort Hood gunman's motivation 'may never be known'Investigators said Friday they may never know exactly what drove a troubled US soldier to shoot dead three people and wound 16 earlier this week at Fort Hood.
05 April 2014
Blood, sex and dragons: 'Game of Thrones' returnsMillions worldwide will tune in for the fourth season of medieval fantasy drama "Game of Thrones" from Sunday as the hit show returns to television screens, promising to deliver its usual jaw-dropping mix of sex, violence and vengeance.
05 April 2014
Twenty years after suicide, Kurt Cobain still fascinatesThe road sign outside town reads "Welcome to Aberdeen. Come As You Are." The iconic Nirvana song title greets fans from around the world flocking to pay homage to Kurt Cobain.
04 April 2014
David Letterman saying good night to 'Late Night'David Letterman, a pillar of American late-night TV talk shows, announced Thursday that he'll be stepping down as host of "Late Night" on CBS next year after a 22-year run.
04 April 2014
Late Motown icon Marvin Gaye remembered on 75th birthdayFamily, friends and fans of Marvin Gaye came together Wednesday to pay joyful hommage the late Motown legend and native Washingtonian on what would have been his 75th birthday.
Four dead at Fort Hood including shooter, 16 wounded: commanderFour people were killed in a shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday including the assailant, a soldier who served in Iraq and was being treated for mental health issues, the commander of the US base said.
Remains of 'missing US soldiers' repatriated from CambodiaRemains believed to be those of three American servicemen killed in Cambodia more than four decades ago during the Vietnam War were repatriated Wednesday for identification in the United States.
No joke as 'Russian Facebook' founder resigns amid disputeThe founder of Russia's top social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, on Wednesday said he has resigned as chief executive in a bitter conflict with a major shareholder, a dramatic announcement some initially saw as an April Fool's joke.
02 April 2014
Peter Jackson's jet joins search for missing MH370The personal jet of Oscar-winning movie director Peter Jackson was reported Wednesday to have been called into assist with the search for the missing Malaysian airliner.