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Earth’s twin will be discovered in 2013, astronomers predict
Humanity is likely to discover its first truly Earth-like planet in 2013, according to the director of the Planetary Habitability Laboratory of the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. “I’m very...
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Obama urges ‘immediate action’ as Senate leaders get to work on new deal
President says talks ‘good and constructive’ but if deal cannot be struck by Sunday Senate will have to vote on fallback proposal President Barack Obama has demanded that Senate leaders strike a fiscal...
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US-Russia spat puts adoption couple in limbo
Heather and Aaron Whaley just wanted to start a family with a four-year-old Russian girl nicknamed Addie who they found on the Internet but have yet to see in person. Never did they expect to find...
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Author Junot Diaz: Current GOP is ‘a shelter for a lot of messed up and toxic...
Junot Diaz, an MIT professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, appeared on Bill Moyers on Dec. 28, where the writer discussed among other issues the recent...
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Apple to drop patent claims against Samsung phone
Apple has agreed to drop its patent claims against Samsung’s Galaxy S III Mini after the South Korean rival said it would not sell the gadget in the United States, a court filing showed Friday. The...
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Scientists pinpoint elusive itch nerves: study
A debate over the nature of itchiness has come closer to an answer, reported LiveScience. A study published in Nature Neuroscience found specific nerve cells that detect itchy sensations but do not...
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‘Amazing Spider-Man’ killed off by Marvel Comics as fans express outrage at...
Spider-Man’s amazing web dries up this week when Marvel Comics publishes the final issue of its long-running “Amazing Spider-Man” series, killing off alias Peter Parker. Mr. Parker first became a hero...
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Calif. sperm donor rules loosened for single women and same-sex couples
A new California law makes it easier for single woman and those in same-sex relationships to conceive via artificial insemination, reported the AP. The new law loosens regulations around sperm...
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Does Facebook make everyone a cyborg?
The Huffington Post starts the weekend by asking on Friday whether or not we are all cyborgs, a reference to a TED talk that claims we indeed are. A cyborg is an organism “to which exogenous components...
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Obama signs law against Iran Latin America influence
President Barack Obama enacted a law to counter Iran’s alleged influence in Latin America, through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department. The Countering Iran in...
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Defectors say Syrian state journalists ‘kill with words’
Lama al-Khadra summed up her work for Radio Damascus with a grim phrase: “Our mission was to kill with words.” Along with two other journalists for the state-run radio station, Khadra met with...
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Convicted rapists put to death by hanging in Iran
Iran on Saturday hanged an Afghan drug trafficker and four Iranians, three of them convicted of rape, local media reported. The 27-year-old Afghan from Herat, identified only by his initials MM, was...
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Prosecutor: NYC subway murder suspect blamed ‘Hindus and Muslims’ for 9-11
New York City police arrested a Bronx woman and charged her with second-degree murder as a hate crime for pushing an Indian man to his death at a Queens subway platform, The New York Times reported on...
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Explosives found near home of Cyprus president
Three pounds (1.36 kilogrammes) of military grade TNT were found on Saturday close to the holiday home of Cyprus President Demetris Christofias, police said. The “high yield explosives and a common...
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Thousands of Macedonian protesters call on government to resign
Several thousand Macedonians protested in the capital Skopje on Saturday, calling on the conservative government to step down amid a dire economic crisis in the former Yugoslav republic. The rally,...
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Tennis hits new low with copper mine match
Sport will plunge to new depths in March when former professional tennis players Marcelo Rios and Guillermo Coria contest a match 1,500m down inside the world’s largest copper mine. “A tennis court of...
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‘African Grammys’ delayed after Chris Brown misses flight
The Kora Awards, dubbed “Africa’s Grammys”, have been postponed until Monday because Chris Brown, the US rapper headlining the event, missed his flight, organisers said. Brown “will not arrive until...
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Spitzer: Wall Street will not be ‘too big to indict’ in 2013
In a commentary posted on his show’s website on Friday, Current TV host Eliot Spitzer predicted more Wall Street heavy hitters would be held accountable for their misdeeds next year. “Every major...
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Church backs Vladimir Putin’s ban on Americans adopting Russian children
Russian Orthodox church criticised for supporting Kremlin again The Russian Orthodox church has been attacked for supporting a new law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, at the end of a...
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Charlie Sheen opens bar in Mexico
US actor Charlie Sheen, who has a long history of hard partying and scandal, has a new night spot in Mexico — his own, a local official said Saturday. The perennially troubled Hollywood star hosted a...
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