News about USA
Will Ward be first to defeat Golovkin?
Andre Ward’s team claims that the American boxer would be the first boxer to win Gennady Golovkin.
29 August 2014 15:21
Twitter to set up shop in social-media-mad Indonesia
Twitter plans to open an office in Indonesia over the coming months as it seeks to boost revenues in the social-media-addicted nation.
29 August 2014 14:35
Pollution, smoking, roads, obesity kill 4.7m Chinese a year
Air pollution, smoking, obesity and accidents, kill at least 4.7 million Chinese a year and cost the country tens of billions of dollars.
29 August 2014 12:57
Google tests using drones to deliver goods
Google on Thursday said it is testing using drones to deliver items bought online, putting its own spin on similar efforts by Amazon.com.
29 August 2014 12:03
Harry Belafonte to receive honorary humanitarian Oscar
Oscar organizers announced they will give a prestigious humanitarian award to US actor-producer-singer Harry Belafonte.
29 August 2014 11:44
Cyber attacks on US businesses, banks mounting
Investigators were digging to find who initiated and what was taken in an apparent hacker effort this month to penetrate the systems of US banks.
29 August 2014 11:33
Jewish community 'forced out' of Guatemalan village
A community of 230 Orthodox Jews began leaving the Guatemalan Indian village where they have lived for six years after claims of discrimination.
29 August 2014 11:19
'Brangelina' marry in secret French wedding
Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt finally tied the knot after nine years together at a secret wedding in the south of France.
29 August 2014 11:01
Merkel, Obama warn Russia of 'consequences' over Ukraine
Angela Merkel and Barack Obama agreed in a telephone call that Russia's actions in easter Ukraine "cannot remain without consequences,"
29 August 2014 10:49
Eyes on Apple for 'next big thing' on Sept. 9
Apple gadget lovers hungered for the "next big thing" on Thursday after the iconic company fired off invites to a mystery unveiling on Sept. 9.
29 August 2014 10:30
Worms, flies and humans: how we are related
Biologists said the genetic machinery of humans, fruit flies and roundworms was similar in many ways, a discovery that could help basic research.
28 August 2014 13:15
Apple to unveil 'iWatch' on September 9: report
Apple will unveil an "iWatch" in September with the maker of the iPhone finally embarking on its much-rumored foray into wearable computing.
28 August 2014 12:13
A mother's appeal as fears mount for Syria hostages
The mother of a US hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist leaded for his life amid mounting fears for Americans captured in Syria.
28 August 2014 11:30
Snapchat valued at $10 bln: reports
US media reported that Snapchat was valued at $10 billion based on funding pumped into the startup by a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
27 August 2014 15:06
Placido Domingo seeks new opera stars
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo presented the latest edition of Operalia, a competition he described as the "Olympics of the opera".
27 August 2014 13:09
N. Korea calls US 'human rights graveyard' over Ferguson
North Korea has joined the ranks of America's foes who have seized on riots in Missouri, saying the nation is the "graveyard of human rights".
27 August 2014 12:41
New York risks 'return to bad old days'
New York is hurtling back to "the bad old days of high crime" under current Mayor Bill de Blasio warned, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Democrat.
27 August 2014 12:16
Ex-007 Brosnan back as spy in new action thriller
Former 007 star Pierce Brosnan returns to the world of guns and spies in "The November Man."
27 August 2014 11:56
Former cyber-security director guilty of US child porn
A federal jury in the United States convicted a former cyber security chief at the US health department on multiple child pornography charges.
27 August 2014 11:44
Google buys special effects technology firm Zync
Google announced that it had bought Zync Render, a service that trims costs of special effects by pushing the work into the Internet "cloud."
27 August 2014 10:11