Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they have reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited protest…
Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a …
A joint army and air force operation has evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area by torrential…
The Obama administration said Sunday it was receptive to North Korea's proposal for high-level talks, but wants "credible ne…
Under Hosni Mubarak's rule, Egypt's authorities took a tough line on Egyptians coming home after waging "jihad" in places li…
One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgli…
Bulgaria's parliament has revoked the controversial appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's securi…
The leaders of Britain and Russia said Sunday they're hopeful that Syria's warring factions can hammer out their differences…
Pope Francis should pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to focus on promoting democracy and peaceful coexistence to…
President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high y…
At least 24 men convicted or charged with murder or rape based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated sin…
An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 …
Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to …
A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens Sund…
A woman has sued Fox News Network for airing live footage last fall of a suspect in a police chase committing suicide in the…
Kuwait's constitutional court forced new parliamentary elections Sunday, dissolving the current chamber on the basis of flaw…
As CEOs step out of the boardroom and onto the footpath for a cold night sleeping rough, an advocacy group is calling for a f…
Community groups have raised concerns about the conditions for women inside Canberra's jail.…
A Palm Island woman has lost her High Court appeal against her conviction for smuggling alcohol into a restricted area.…
Management at Brisbane's Wesley Hospital say it was a mistake not to tell the public about a man's death from legionnaires' d…
The family of murdered ABC staffer Jill Meagher will face Adrian Bayley for a final time today when he is sentenced in the Vi…
An Australian businessman and former senior DFAT diplomat is being held in Indonesia after a business deal turned sour, despi…
A social media expert has praised a new website designed to connect Tasmanians during natural disasters.…
The man who killed a woman in a hit and run accident outside Canberra Hospital has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in priso…
Senior federal ministers have rallied behind Prime Minister Julia Gillard as MPs begin the final sittings of Parliament befor…
The Federal Group is considering hiring armed guards.…
A Senate inquiry has heard extraordinary allegations that Tasmanian forestry contractors who were paid by the Government to l…
A western Queensland drover says history will be made when 18,000 cattle are walked from Queensland to New South Wales over t…
A fire at the headquarters of collapsed Tasmanian timber company Gunns is being treated as suspicious.…
A Tasmanian woman who sustained a head injury that left her speaking with what sounds like a French accent says the rare cond…
Tasmania Police have not ruled out alcohol as a factor in a fatal collision in the state's south.…
A $10,000 reward has been posted by hoteliers over an armed robbery at a hotel in Hobart's northern suburbs.…
The Queensland Coroner has found a police officer acted reasonably when he shot a man dead in Brisbane last year.…
A man has been rescued from floodwaters in the Aberfeldy area of Gippsland. SES and police secured the man with a line to pr…
Former abattoir worker Malcolm Naden has been jailed for life without parole for the brutal murders of two women. Naden was …
Seven people injured in a gas explosion at a service station south of Hobart have been released from hospital. Police say pe…
Stocks are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street as investors hold back ahead of a policy announcement from the Federal Reserve…
Chinese property and cinema conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said Wednesday it is buying British yacht maker Sunseeker and wi…
Airbus raked in orders Wednesday for its new A350, announcing 59 sales of the wide-body jet that flew for the first time las…
The former head of Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica , accused by prosecutors of making bribery part of the c…
Gold prices have fallen to a four-week low in after-market trade after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke sketched a possi…
Spain faces the prospect of of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgen…
Men's Wearhouse doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore. The men's clothier said Wednesday that it has fired the face…
The European Union has fined Danish pharmaceuticals multinational Lundbeck and several other producers a combined 146 millio…
FedEx Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery option…
U.S. stock futures are mixed in light trading with investors holding back before the Federal Reserve reveals its stance on t…
After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tank…
New News Corp has had an inglorious debut on the Australian share market, with its stock falling.The share price of the newly…
ANZ is planning to sack about 600 Melbourne call centre staff and send some of their jobs overseas, a union says.Finance Sect…
Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus …
Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they have reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignit…
Italian investigators have expanded their doping investigation into former Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer, looking…
The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest level for almost two years, dipping below 93 US cents this morning after the U…
Spain faces the prospect of of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgen…
On the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in pain…
For a lesson in what Hasan Rowhani's reformist-backed presidency could mean for Iran, a promise Sunday by the ultra-powerful Revolutio…
The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to ca…
Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of r…
The surprising victory of a reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election has put Israel in a difficult position as it…
The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says Brisbane's Wesley Hospital must explain why it kept quiet about a fatal case of legion…
President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high y…
Bulgaria's parliament has revoked the controversial appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's securi…
Under Hosni Mubarak's rule, Egypt's authorities took a tough line on Egyptians coming home after waging "jihad" in places li…
Pope Francis should pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to focus on promoting democracy and peaceful coexistence to…
The Obama administration said Sunday it was receptive to North Korea's proposal for high-level talks, but wants "credible ne…
The green grass looks inviting, but few people have the courage to enter the only public square in Uganda's capital. Most si…
An unknown punter has forked out $4050 to be able to wrap a scarf hand-knitted by Prime Minister Julia Gillard around their n…
Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it…
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will travel to Indonesia next month to discuss ways of combating people smuggling and terrorism.…
A tax rebate for wine producers which is designed to level the playing field for all vignerons is proving divisive within the…
Retiring Labor MP Robert McClelland admits he would have liked to have spent longer as federal attorney-general.But in a fare…
Trade Minister Craig Emerson insists talks between Julia Gillard and Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be pr…
ANZ is planning to sack about 600 Melbourne call centre staff and send some of their jobs overseas, a union says.Finance Sect…
FIFA is considering scrapping 3-D broadcasts of the next World Cup, describing ESPN's decision to abandon the format as anot…
A Florida-based thrill ride developer is seeking federal approval for air space to allow a 650-foot-tall roller coaster on t…
Former rugby league international and Australian rules footballer Israel Folau will be among three players to make their int…
The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says Brisbane's Wesley Hospital must explain why it kept quiet about a fatal case of legion…
Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus …
Airbus raked in orders Wednesday for its new A350, announcing 59 sales of the wide-body jet that flew for the first time las…
We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. …
France have changed more than half their starting side as they look to avoid a series whitewash in the third and final rugby …
President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high y…
Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited an…
Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game. He thinks it actual…
Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris A…
This is the end. Unless that is the end. Since opening last week, the apocalyptic comedy "This Is the End" has earned $33 million at t…
FIFA is considering scrapping 3-D broadcasts of the next World Cup, describing ESPN's decision to abandon the format as anot…
Airbus raked in orders Wednesday for its new A350, announcing 59 sales of the wide-body jet that flew for the first time las…
Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game. He thinks it actual…
EDS: Attention language in sixth par.SYDNEY, June 19 AAP - A tough prime minister needs tough allies, and who better than the…
The former leader singer of Yothu Yindi will be honoured with a state funeral in the Northern Territory later this month.The …
A chef who worked for Michael Jackson has described the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's l…
The triumphant Socceroos have celebrated booking a place in next year's World Cup in Brazil with hundreds of fans in Sydney o…
Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement T…
In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government sp…
Former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis plans to get married this fall. People magazine says the 53-year-old Louganis w…
Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris A…
He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is anoth…
About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of ang…
In a further sign technology is changing the way we speak, the social networking term `tweet' has entered the English Oxford …
Thousands of fans brought Times Square to a standstill as they waited to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt at his premiere for "W…
Katy Perry 'goes there' with Vogue about two of her high-profile relationships, as the magazine's July cover story. The sing…
The Voice is no longer the king of Australian reality TV.While the naming of Harrison Craig as the second season winner of Th…
Well, that was close. Or was it? Shortly after wrapping up one of the most peaceful Group of Eight summits in recent memory,…
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens…
Seems Warner Bros. has taken movie marketing to a whole new level — even higher than a bird or a plane. The studio enlisted Christia…
The minute professional diver Mohammed Ibrahim, a Syrian, heard that Egypt's president had cut relations with Syria and clos…
The newest piece of Chicago's vast transit puzzle will not rumble between skyscrapers on its 100-year-old elevated rail line…
Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Ch…
Men's Wearhouse doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore. The men's clothier said Wednesday that it has fired the face…
Biker culture came to the Vatican on Sunday as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders celebrati…
A Florida-based thrill ride developer is seeking federal approval for air space to allow a 650-foot-tall roller coaster on t…
A study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found almost half of all locally made television content in Australia is n…
After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tank…
The Central Australian Redtails have been accepted into the NTFL Premier League for the 2013-14 season on an eight-game trial…
It's another screaming delivery for expectant parents.Maybe that's a bit cruel, but Aussie and Kiwi mums who give birth on th…
We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. …
The stock market is moving higher in midday trading after the government reported gains in home construction and low inflati…
The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capita…
Volunteer firefighters are upset a cancer compensation bill ignores their health risks. The Country Fire Service Volunteers …
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens…
The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says Brisbane's Wesley Hospital must explain why it kept quiet about a fatal case of legion…
Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to …
At least 24 men convicted or charged with murder or rape based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated sin…
The WA Police Commissioner has launched an attack on the liquor industry, saying alcohol advertising should be banned during …
It sounds like something straight from a horror film.Australian scientists are using state-of-the art technology to create su…
The northern New Zealand region of Northland is in the grips of a whopping cough outbreak, with more cases of the potentially…
ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR POVERTY ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Divers began opening an underwater pit Saturday at a remote site in nort…
Volunteer firefighters are upset a cancer compensation bill ignores their health risks. The Country Fire Service Volunteers …
A new labelling standard that identifies 'green' toiletries and cosmetics is being released today.…
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed into law the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling. "…
A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this…
Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it…
Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambo…
Cricket Australia has poured cold water on suggestions that Channel Nine will have influence over team selections.…
FIFA is considering scrapping 3-D broadcasts of the next World Cup, describing ESPN's decision to abandon the format as anot…
Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game. He thinks it actual…
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top Ameri…
A year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to…
A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the na…
It's a message busy New Yorkers hate to get: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there's no charger in sight. Now…
It sounds like something straight from a horror film.Australian scientists are using state-of-the art technology to create su…
EUROPEAN CAR SALES: European car sales in May were the worst in 20 years as the region's recession drags on. More than half o…
A newspaper seller said News Limited had taken a sales hit by adding a surcharge to the price of its publications on Eyre Pen…
In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government sp…
He really is more than a businessman. Jay-Z's partnership with Samsung for his new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," is anoth…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneur…
A consumer fraud forum in Melbourne has been told online shopping licences for people who wish to purchase goods on the inter…
The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. Whe…
Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search lead…
Across the dizzying, colorful show floor at last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, there were games on display where pla…
The Guardian newspaper says the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and email…
We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left. That was my unpleasant welcome to Michigan by Hertz. I had a reservation. …
Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris A…
A Florida-based thrill ride developer is seeking federal approval for air space to allow a 650-foot-tall roller coaster on the Las Veg…
Angry tourism workers and activists in Luxor threatened Monday to block a newly appointed Islamist governor from his office …
As soon as the decades-old Twin Otter landed at Lukla airport, passengers burst out in applause. They do that for nearly eve…
Preservationists are using computer sensors and other high-tech methods to protect massive iron Civil War guns at a fort in …
From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millio…
Welsh star Leigh Halfpenny scored two tries and kicked 20 points in a flawless display as the British and Irish Lions defeat…
After years of gridlock, this may be the moment when Congress at last does something about the millions of immigrants living…
Airbus sent a new wide-body plane into the skies Friday that sets the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boe…
Two 10th century Cambodian stone statues displayed for nearly two decades at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art were retu…
America's biggest theme parks will pack in around 120 million people this year. That's a lot of standing in long lines for ro…
The Vatican put a new coin on sale last week to commemorate its historic papal transition. Too bad overseas collectors won't…
After Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island's 3,500 miles (5,630 kilometers) of coastline, t…
British officials are hoping that the impending royal birth will produce a bouncing baby buoy for the economy. With the Duch…
From blockbuster movies to hit TV shows to greater Olympic exposure, archery seems to be hitting all the right targets. Elit…
Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will document African-America…
Boeing predicted that the number of commercial aircraft in operation globally will double in the next two decades, with the …
FIFA is considering scrapping 3-D broadcasts of the next World Cup, describing ESPN's decision to abandon the format as another setbac…
Mariano Rivera struck out Albert Pujols with the bases loaded to end the Angels' five-run rally in the ninth inning, and the…
France have changed more than half their starting side as they look to avoid a series whitewash in the third and final rugby …
Police clashed with protesters trying to get near the stadium where Brazil will play Mexico in the Confederations Cup on Wed…
Neymar made the difference for Brazil again on Wednesday, scoring in the ninth minute and making one for Jo to give the host…
John Force ended a 31-event winless streak Sunday in the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, beating Cruz Pedregon in the final r…
Roger Federer found the perfect place to end his title drought — a small town in western Germany that has a big tennis sta…
Pretty much everything about Stephen Strasburg's return from the disabled list went well except the result. Washington's ace…
Greg Biffle gave Ford a milestone victory — right down the road from company headquarters. Biffle raced to his second stra…
The San Antonio Spurs are hoping the road to recovery from an incredible collapse in Game 6 goes through their stomachs. Aft…
LeBron James could not sleep after Game 6. Imagine, then, how frayed his emotions will be going into Game 7. So much is at s…
They have come to wave flags or meet the players or just appear on the video screen, invariably to a standing ovation, durin…
Flyhalf Dan Carter will return to the All Blacks' starting lineup for Saturday's third rugby test against France, renewing h…
Tiger Woods' sore left elbow will keep him out of competition until the British Open. Woods said Wednesday on his website tha…
Justin Rose took care of winning his first major championship last week. This week is more about enjoying himself and playin…
Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler needed three stitches and had blood on his jersey after a vicious collision at home…
Former rugby league international and Australian rules footballer Israel Folau will be among three players to make their int…
