Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000...
Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000...
The United Arab Emirates has unveiled plans for projects outside Earth with its eyes on the deserts of Mars. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed...
DELHI – India’s Supreme Court has banned Muslim men from having multiple wives arguing that it is not an integral part of Islam,...
URUMQI – In another crackdown on religious freedoms, China has forced the imams of eastern Muslim majority district of Xinjiang to dance in...
BERN, Switzerland – Sending a call for unity among followers of different faiths across Europe, a groundbreaking interfaith centre has been inaugurated in...
Paris--Scientists said Wednesday a new drug tested on monkeys provided an astonishingly effective shield against an animal version of the AIDS virus, a...
Beijing---The Chinese tradition of giving gifts of money in red envelopes at Lunar New Year has turned into big business for Web giants...
Jerusalem--Scuba divers have discovered the largest trove of gold coins ever found off Israel's Mediterranean coast -- about 2,000 pieces dating back more...
Berlin--German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, dubbed "Doctor Death" for preserving and displaying dead bodies as artworks, opens a museum Wednesday in Berlin to...
Phnom Penh--Cambodian officials said Tuesday they had banned partygoers from holding a massive rave on a tropical island after deciding the festival would...
Port-au-Prince--At least 15 people were dead after being electrocuted by a high-voltage cable as they were riding a Carnival parade float in Haiti...
Rio de Janeiro---A Dali-style homage to Rio ahead of the city's 450th birthday, parachutists landing on the piste and a polemic on the...
Saint Petersburg--An employee at Russia's Hermitage Museum was arrested for stealing books and documents, some centuries-old, from the institution's celebrated collection and then...
London--A British study released Monday suggested that the risk of psychosis was five times higher for regular users of cannabis, adding to a...
Rio de Janeiro--After two days of raucous street parties engulfing the nation, the Rio carnival focus Sunday was on the city's elite schools...
San José, United States--US scientists and legal experts are calling for a strong, international authority to regulate any man-made interventions meant to combat...
Berlin--Iran's Jafar Panahi who won the Berlin film festival for his movie "Taxi" said Sunday he wished cinemagoers at home could see his...
Rio de Janeiro--Ten people were hurt when a man fired shots during carnival celebrations in the tourist magnet of Paraty, west of Rio,...
