US toilet restaurant rides 'poop' publicity waveA restaurant billed as America's first toilet-themed eatery has just opened in Los Angeles -- and is packing in diners after a wave of free publicity for the concept, said to be imported from Asia.
23 October 2013
All Latin American countries spied on by US: GreenwaldGlenn Greenwald, the former Guardian reporter who broke many of the recent stories about secret US surveillance programs, claimed that all Latin American countries had been spied on by Washington.
23 October 2013
Eyes on Apple for new iPads at US eventApple is on Tuesday expected to show off slick new iPads to take on rival tablet makers during the prime year-end holiday shopping season.
Rihanna ordered out of UAE mosque complex over photo shootPop star Rihanna was asked to leave Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque complex for posing for "inappropriate" pictures outside one of the world's largest Muslim places of worship.
US hit by new spying row amid anger in France, MexicoThe US has become embroiled in a new row over its controversial spying programme as allies France and Mexico condemned revelations Washington tapped millions of phonecalls and hacked into leaders' emails.
22 October 2013
Chinese no longer banned from NASA astronomy meetSix Chinese scientists who were banned from a NASA astronomy conference are now welcome to register, resolving an international row over academic discrimination.
22 October 2013
JPMorgan to pay record $13 bln to settle US probes: reportsBanking giant JPMorgan Chase has reached a tentative agreement to pay a record $13 billion fine to the Justice Department to settle probes into its residential mortgage-backed securities.
Fan of an NFL star? Buy his stock...US football fans glued to television screens on Sundays will soon have a new way of showing their devotion to the pigskin: buying stocks linked to their favorite players.
20 October 2013
Facebook becomes Google advertising allyGoogle-owned online ad-placing service DoubleClick on Friday announced that the way has been cleared to include space at Facebook.
20 October 2013
Afghan peace on the table as Pakistan PM heads to USPakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif departed Saturday for talks in the United States, with the Afghan peace process and the prickly issue of Washington's drone campaign likely to top the agenda.
19 October 2013
Paralyzed porn mogul wants attacker's life sparedPorn mogul Larry Flynt urged US authorities Thursday to spare the life of a man sentenced to death for shooting him 35 years ago, leaving him paralyzed and wheelchair-bound.
19 October 2013
Sleep helps brain stay fit by clearing wasteLike a janitor sweeping the halls after the lights go out, major changes occur in the brain during sleep to flush out waste and ward off disease.
Snowden says he took no secret documents to RussiaUS intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says he did not bring any secret documents with him to Russia when he fled there, ensuring Moscow had no access to the files.
19 October 2013
Google stock surges on profit, revenue gainsGoogle shares surged to a record high, close to $1,000, after quarterly earnings figures showed the Internet giant's profits are climbing despite a trend toward cheaper advertising on smartphones and tablets.