More than 15 years after the beginning of the fight for shrinking groundwater supplies between Coca-Cola and farmers in India, the situation continues to worsen with no solution.
In an article published Wednesday by Granma, Cuba's official newspaper, Former Cuban President Fidel Castro tackled various subjects, including NATO, Stephen Hawking and the Big Bang theory.
Ray Cole had been arrested for being gay while vacationing in Morocco, setting off an online campaign for his release. On Tuesday he returned to the UK and was reunited with his family.
Hong Kong protest thins as both sides agree to speak Friday The hundreds of students who crowded the streets of Hong Kong to protest the controlled form of a democracy being perpetuated by China have decreased, but both sides are now ready to talk.
With people in Japan still reeling from the impact of the recent Typhoon Phanfone, weather experts from across the world are warning the residents in the areas hard hit from that storm that they are about to be slammed again, this time by Typhoon Vongfong, a monster storm system that was recently upgraded to super typhoon status.
Burial pits holding the remains of an undetermined number of bodies has been discovered at a hidden gravesite just outside of Iguala, Mexico, where violence erupted last weekend and resulted in the deaths of six individuals and the disappearance of 43 students.
Recent arrests come two weeks after nine were arrested on suspicion of terrorism London's Metropolitan Police arrested four men on Tuesday on suspicion of commissioning or preparing acts of terrorism, just two weeks after police in the United Kingdom arrested nine others on similar charges.
‘21st Century will be lit by LED lamps' Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their discovery of blue light-emitting diodes that catalyzed the development of LED lighting.
The second full lunar eclipse of 2014 will take place early Wednesday morning and for those living in parts of the world where it won’t be visible; thanks to technology the celestial event will be broadcast in real time and made accessible to all.
Two brokers at a Beverly Hills office of Bank of America's Merrill Lynch must collectively return more than $6.6 million in signing bonuses to Barclays Capital for leaving the firm's U.S. broker unit after working only three-and-a-half months, a regulatory panel has ruled.
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday a weak yen, as a whole, has a positive effect on Japan's economy if the currency's move reflects economic and market fundamentals.
Discovery may help understand Alzheimer's The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to the three scientists who uncovered what they are calling the brain's GPS system.
Two sides agreed to further talks in the coming weeks North Korea sent a high-level delegation to South Korea on Saturday, a nearly unprecedented move that could renew hope of repairing relations between the neighboring countries.
Students are feared to be among those found in a mass grave Two gang hit men admitted to Mexican authorities that they killed 17 of 43 students that had been missing in southern Mexico for a week, after 28 bodies were found in a mass grave.
Teachers have seen a decrease in salary across the board globally, few countries have increased slaries but the largest decreases have been in Greece and Spain in the European Union.
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that Germany could still play a strong role in foreign military missions despite reports of problems in defense equipment and procurement.
It's no secret that if your dad is tall and your mother is tall, you are probably going to be tall. But fully understanding the genetics of height has been a big order for scientists.
New NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the Western alliance could deploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine.
Defense lawyers for a Canadian executive sentenced to 15 years prison in Cuba on bribery and other charges released a raft of documents on Sunday seeking to bolster their case that Cy Tokmakjian was denied a fair trial.
Honduras has arrested two leaders of a major Central American drug gang responsible for transporting cocaine into the United States, the national police said on Sunday.
