'Gravity' and '12 Years' share top PGA prizeThe Alfonso Cuaron film "Gravity" and the harrowing historical drama "12 Years a Slave" shared the top prize Sunday at the Producers Guild of America (PGA), a first for the awards.
'Ride Along' steers to top of N. American box officePolice comedy "Ride Along" made its debut at the top of the North American box office, arresting viewers' attention over the US holiday weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.
20 January 2014
Fugitive campaigner hails Japan anti-dolphin hunt messagesFugitive eco-activist Paul Watson said Monday he hoped anti-dolphin hunting comments like those by US ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, would put pressure on Tokyo to halt the practice.
Iran nuclear deal comes into force as US sanctions loomIran is due Monday to unplug key nuclear equipment for six months in return for a slight easing of crippling Western sanctions, as an interim deal between Tehran and world powers takes effect.
Germany welcomes Obama's pledge to curb mass spyingBerlin welcomed on Friday President Barack Obama's pledge to curtail the reach of the secretive US spy agency, stressing that German law must be respected on German soil.
19 January 2014
Intel to cut staff in face of stagnant earningsUS chip giant Intel said Friday it will trim its workforce by five percent this year as it shifts from personal computers to powering mobile gadgets.
19 January 2014
Kerry praises Greece for tough economic choicesUS Secretary of State John Kerry praised the Greek government Friday for making "tough choices" to resolve the country's economic crisis and said he believed the situation was improving.
18 January 2014
Two teens injured in Philadelphia school shootingTwo teenage American high school students were shot and injured Friday by a student gunman who whipped out a handgun at the end of the school day, police said.
18 January 2014
Syrian opposition meets to decide on peace talksThe divided Syrian opposition will meet Friday in Istanbul to decide whether to join next week's landmark peace talks, as its Arab and Western allies ratchet up the pressure for it to attend.
18 January 2014
NSA scoops up millions of text messages a day: reportThe US National Security Agency has collected almost 200 million mobile phone text messages a day from around the world, a report said Thursday, in the latest revelations from the Edward Snowden files.
18 January 2014
EU envoy criticises 'tightening' curbs on China human rightsThe European Union's outgoing ambassador to China on Friday criticised growing curbs on human rights in the country, raising several individual cases including an arrested activist and a detained Uighur academic.