Obama pessimistic over chances of Putin shift on UkrainePresident Barack Obama said Russian counterpart is unlikely to shift his stance on Ukraine until the full force of economic sanctions levelled against Moscow hits home.
04 December 2014
Kerry arrives in Basel for OSCE talks on UkraineUS Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Basel evening for a meeting of top diplomats from some 50 OSCE countries which will focus on the spiralling Ukraine crisis.
04 December 2014
Lady Gaga reveals rape as teenagerLady Gaga has revealed that she was raped as a teenager and said that it took her years of therapy to acknowledge and start to recover from the trauma.
04 December 2014
Kerry hosts first anti-Islamic State coalition meetingUS Secretary of State John Kerry hosts the first high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition trying to crush the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and in Syria.
03 December 2014
US diplomats to argue against new Iran sanctionsTop US diplomats will this week make a "strong case" to lawmakers to hold off on fresh Iran sanctions, hoping to avoid an ugly political showdown.
Bruce Springsteen fills in at surprise U2 AIDS showBruce Springsteen and Coldplay's Chris Martin tried to replace Bono's legendary vocal cords in a surprise U2 concert in New York to rally support for fighting AIDS.
02 December 2014
Studies probe why osteoporosis drugs may prevent cancerInternational researchers said they have made steps toward understanding why the most commonly used drugs for osteoporosis worldwide may also prevent some kinds of cancers.
02 December 2014
Microsoft buys email mobile app AccompliMicrosoft said it was buying the mobile email management application Accompli, in a deal reported to be worth more than $200 million.
Police arrest 15 in more Ferguson protestsPolice in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson arrested 15 people after fresh protests over a grand jury decision not to indict a white policeman for shooting dead black teenager.
29 November 2014
Black Friday gets holiday shopping season into gearBlack Friday kicked off with expectations that lower gasoline prices and higher consumer confidence could mean better year-end retail sales than last year.
Thousands without power on Thanksgiving after US stormA winter storm that wreaked travel chaos across the US northeast wound down, but hundreds of thousands of people were left without power on the Thanksgiving holiday.
28 November 2014
Celebrities call for 'Black Friday' boycottUS celebrities called for a boycott to take place- to protest a grand jury's decision not to prosecute a police officer who fatally shot a black teen.
27 November 2014
DNA may survive trip to suborbital space and backDNA molecules attached to the outside of a rocket may be able survive a trip to suborbital space and back into the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high temperatures.
Twitter takes note of other apps on smartphonesTwitter said it would begin tracking which other applications people have installed on their mobile devices in a bid to better target ads and content.