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Beyonce keeps fans in the dark over gender of unborn twins

Set to The Isley Brothers' Pop That Thang, an accompanying photo montage left fans wondering whether she was hinting at expecting two girls. The video was qui...

Why is Westinghouse declaring bankruptcy?

In the wake of mounting losses at its US nuclear arm Westinghouse, which filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors on Wednesday, Toshiba has put up the b...

Oil prices decline on rising United States stockpiles

Rising production in the United States and elsewhere, and bloated inventories, are undermining efforts led by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countr...

Oil lower, analysts pare forecasts for 2017 Brent

In the United States, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 rose 17 cents to $49.67 a barrel. Both crude benchmarks rose by more than 1 percent t...

U.S. military: Over 280 Iraqi soldiers killed in Mosul

Last month, the USA -backed troops started a new push to recapture Mosul's western side. "My initial assessment is that we probably had a role in these casu...

Flood levee bursts in northern NSW, residents ordered to evacuate

A NSW State Emergency Service worker steering his boat through the flooded streets of the northern NSW town of Lismore following Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Premie...

NSW floods: Crews search for vehicle washed into Tweed River near Tumbulgum

Emergency services were called to the scene around 1:40pm after a young child, who is believed to have been travelling in the auto, managed to escape and raise ...

Nuclear giant Westinghouse files for bankruptcy after costs skyrocketed

The Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan also slowed worldwide nuclear development, causing delays at Westinghouse's projects in Georgia and SC and ballooning ...

Be fair in Brexit talks, European Union tells UK

EU president Donald Tusk will issue draft guidelines setting out the political priorities of the remaining 27 countries for what promise to be hard talks to s...

Uber resumes self-driving car program in San Francisco after crash

Uber said it had stalled its own cars in Arizona , and Saturday, in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania and San Francisco, California, the two other cities where the...

One Secret About Samsung Galaxy S8 That No one Told You About

In addition, the Galaxy S8 provides users with multiple options to unlock their phones through both biometric security options , and convenient options suc...

Outrage, Explanations After United Turns Away Girls From Flight For Wearing Leggings

According to a Reuters report , Jonathan Guerin, a United spokesman said , "The two girls, who were traveling with a companion, would not have been turned aw...

Android 7.1.2 reportedly rolling out OTA to the Pixel C Tablet

While this statement might be true for those using the Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones, the group on the likes of Google Pixel C, Nexus 6P, and Nexus 5X will h...

Syrian refugee numbers in the region surpasses five million

Ties between Ankara and Washington were strained under Obama particularly over USA cooperation with Syrian Kurdish militia fighting against the Islamic State gr...

Oil prices fall on bloated United States crude storage

Oil prices slipped on Monday despite news that OPEC was supportive of extending a six-month deal to cut output as investors continue to grapple with worries abo...

Cambridge ladies secure Boat Race joy after disastrous start for Oxford crew

Oxford held off a stubborn challenge from their rivals Cambridge in an incident-filled Boat Race. Cambridge has won the 72women's boat race, setting a new tim...

USA oil production rose 60000 barrels a day in January, EIA says

US crude futures surged to almost a two-week high after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that crude inventories rose 867,000 barrels last we...

Westinghouse Electric is filing for bankruptcy

He said Toshiba aims to improve its financial and capital bases through the withdrawal from the overseas nuclear business and the sale of the flash memory div...

TransCanada granted USA permit for Keystone XL pipeline

Once complete, the 1,900-kilometer (1,180-mile) pipeline will carry 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada's tar sands in Alberta to refineries on the Tex...

Crude above $50 here to stay?

Futures advanced 5.5 per cent in NY this week, climbing back above US$50 (RM220) a barrel after Kuwait Oil Minister Issam Almarzooq reiterated support for prolo...

Tester says he'll vote against Gorsuch

Most other Democrats have made their opposition clear and 37 senators have indicated support for a filibuster of the nomination, which would force Republicans t...

Las Vegas welcomes Raiders with open arms, big hopes

LUDWICK: When my kids say, we're Raiders fans, I don't know what to say. NFL owners approved the Raiders' move to Las Vegas 31-1 at the league meetings Monday...

Consumers will probably be fine after weak start to the year

The Commerce Department said on Friday consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity, edged up 0.1 percent. The small gain ...

Top Senate Democrat says unlikely Trump court pick can clear procedural hurdle

Conservatives are betting this week's Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will cause Democrats up for re-election in 2018 to weigh last November's...

Supreme Court Order: Dealers stop selling BS-III vehicles

Many showrooms had already put up boards saying "No Stock of BS III vehicles" by Friday afternoon. "We have not yet taken an account of how many vehicles compli...

JEE (Main): High cut offs expected

Noted academic Chukka Ramaiah said the paper was lengthy and the questions were not twisted to test the calibre of the students and their thinking capacity. "Ph...

Third Senate Democrat announces support for Gorsuch

Donnelly met with Gorsuch on February 14. Republicans hold 52 of the Senate's 100 seats, leaving them eight short of being able to stop a filibuster but as...

Third Democratic senator says he'll support Gorsuch

Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. Republicans already have three Democrats who will vote with them to end the filibuster, so th...

Trump says U.S. is ready to act alone on North Korea

That is all I am telling you". Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited China last month to press North Korea's neighbor for help in mitigating that threat, and...

Indiana Democrat to back Gorsuch nomination to Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on the nomination on Monday, setting the stage for what McConnell has said will be a vote on Friday by the full Se...

Schiff treating Flynn immunity request with 'healthy skepticism'

He had received money from Russian government-backed T.V. network RT, a US air cargo company affiliated with the Volga-Dnepr Group (which is based in Ulyanovsk,...

Climate change fact must trump politics

Even so, "this is not what most people elected Trump to do", said David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, who s...

Keystone XL Pipeline Route Approved: Map, Jobs, Environmental Impacts

The Trump administration issued a permit for construction on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Friday. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the forme...

Roger Stone, Carter Page volunteer to talk to House committee

Two former advisers to President Donald Trump said Friday that they're willing to speak to the House Intelligence Committee about their role in Trump's campai...

Mike Pence Breaks Tie to Let States Defund Planned Parenthood

The original rule required that Title X funding covering services related to contraception, fertility, and pregnancy would be distributed by local governments t...