Paris--Researchers said Wednesday a lab-manufactured antibody "significantly" reduced HIV blood levels in a small but promising human trial, and caused no harmful side...
Paris--Researchers said Wednesday a lab-manufactured antibody "significantly" reduced HIV blood levels in a small but promising human trial, and caused no harmful side...
New York---Billion-dollar startups or "unicorns" have been multiplying but only a small number have reached the value of $10 billion -- earning the...
Paris---The Netherlands is the land of giants: on average, its women stand almost 1.71 metres (5.6 feet) tall, and its men 1.84 metres....
Los Angeles---The six original "Star Wars" movies are being released online in digital form for the first time, the studios behind the iconic...
Washington--The honor of being the world's oldest person has passed to a 115-year-old American following the death of a 116-year-old compatriot who held...
Paris--Samples from mummies in a Hungarian crypt have revealed that multiple tuberculosis strains derived from a single Roman ancestor that circulated in 18th-century...
New York--The original manuscript of Don McLean's enigmatic song "American Pie" sold at auction in New York on Tuesday for $1.2 million, Christie's...
Paris--The United Nations launched a food safety campaign Tuesday for an era in which millions are dying of hunger or tainted produce even...
Paris--With the Cannes Film Festival set to open in just over a month's time, speculation is swirling over which films -- and which...
Los Angeles---American blues legend B.B. King has been hospitalised, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday, citing representatives for the singer but giving no...
Paris---Italian designer Francesco Smalto, who as one of the stars of the men's fashion industry clothed princes, heads of state and sporting icons,...
Los Angeles---The latest "Fast and Furious" installment roared to pole position in the North American box office this weekend, easily overtaking last week's...
Miami--Vigorous exercise, the kind that makes you sweat, get red in the face and breathe hard, may be better than moderate exercise when...
Miami--One in 10 samples of breast milk sold on the Internet in the United States was found to be contaminated with cow's milk...
Los Angeles--Surrealist American filmmaker David Lynch has announced he will not be directing the upcoming return of the early 1990s cult classic "Twin...
Geneva--The world's biggest particle collider was back in operation Sunday after a two-year upgrade, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said. As...
Mijiawu, China---Gleaming gold watches and smartphones are piled high in a ramshackle Chinese farmhouse -- all replicas made of paper and designed to...
Tokyo - Sky-gazers in parts of the Pacific Rim observed an "unusually brief" total eclipse of the Moon on Saturday night, with the...
