Finland gunman kills two students 7 hours agoPolice arrested Saturday an 18-year-old man in camouflage fatigues suspected of killing two students in a shooting targeting restaurants packed with teenagers in southern … More »Finland gunman kills two students
Police arrested Saturday an 18-year-old man in camouflage fatigues suspected of killing two students in a shooting targeting restaurants packed with teenagers in southern Finland.
Brother of blind Chinese activist returns home: lawyer 10 hours agoBEIJING (Reuters) - The brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng who was reported to have gone missing has returned to his village in northeastern China, a lawyer … More »Brother of blind Chinese activist returns home: lawyer
BEIJING (Reuters) - The brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng who was reported to have gone missing has returned to his village in northeastern China, a lawyer said on Saturday. The short disappearance of Chen Guangfu had sparked concerns he was the latest target of government reprisals against the family of …
Iran has enough uranium for five bombs: expert 14 hours agoVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five … More »Iran has enough uranium for five bombs: expert
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further, a U.S. security institute said. The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), a think-tank which tracks …
UN observers warn of Syria civil war after massacre 7 hours agoThe head of a UN mission warned on Saturday of "civil war" in Syria after his observers counted more than 92 bodies, 32 of them children, in the central town of Houla … More »UN observers warn of Syria civil war after massacre
The head of a UN mission warned on Saturday of "civil war" in Syria after his observers counted more than 92 bodies, 32 of them children, in the central town of Houla following reports of a massacre there.
Space station astronauts enter first ever private ship 10 hours agoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station opened the hatch and floated inside a Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon capsule … More »Space station astronauts enter first ever private ship
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station opened the hatch and floated inside a Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon capsule on Saturday, the first privately owned spaceship to reach the orbital outpost, NASA said. Running ahead of schedule, station commander Oleg Kononenko …
Last month, Italian doctors saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart until a donor was available for a heart transplant. The doctors at Rome's Bambino Gesu hospital made the successful operation public this … Continue …
Storm warnings went up along the US eastern seaboard Saturday as a new subtropical storm wheeling out of the Atlantic threatened Memorial Day holiday plans for hordes of beachgoers.
- San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge to turn 75 5 hours ago
San Francisco on Sunday will mark the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, the distinctive orange vermilion structure that attracts some 10 million visitors each year.
Astronomers are gearing for one the rarest events in the Solar System: an alignment of Earth, Venus and the Sun that will not be seen for another 105 years.
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- Pope's butler charged over leaks scandal 14 hours ago
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Vatican magistrates formally charged Pope Benedict's butler with illegal possession of secret documents on Saturday and said a wider investigation would take place to see if he had any accomplices who helped him leak them. Paolo Gabriele is suspected of leaking highly sensitive documents, some alleging …
- Video: Inside Japan's crippled nuclear plant 17 hours ago
Japanese officials tour the stricken Fukushima-Daichii power plant, offering a glimpse inside one of the world's worst nuclear disasters. Andrew Raven reports.
- N. Korea suffering severe drought: state media 19 hours ago
North Korea is suffering a prolonged and widespread drought, state media says, raising fears it will worsen already dire food shortages in the impoverished communist country.
- Man charged with murder of Etan Patz on suicide watch Fri, 25 May, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Thirty-three years to the day after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished without a trace while walking to catch a school bus, a man accused of strangling him and dumping his body with the trash was arraigned on a murder charge Friday in a locked hospital ward where he was being held as a suicide risk.
- Video: Tornado doesn't stop Kansas wedding Fri, 25 May, 2012
Apparently an F3 tornado a couple miles away isn't enough reason to postpone a Kansas wedding. No one seemed to mind!
CAIRO (Reuters) - Leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahy will file an appeal for Egypt's presidential election to be suspended because of alleged voting irregularities and a pending case over former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq's right to stand, Sabahy's lawyer said on Saturday. … More »Egypt presidential candidate to seek vote recount: lawyer