US car manufacturer General Motors (GM) expects to spend nearly $300m (£180m) in the first quarter to repair vehicles affected by its recent recalls. The firm set aside the amount on Monday as it announced three separate recalls affecting nearly 1.5 million ...

The US government has declared it wants to stop being in charge of how the internet is run. The US Commerce Department has announced its "intent" to hand control over to the wider net community. It has asked net overseer Icann to work out how to shift ...

Russia and the US have "no common vision" on the crisis in Ukraine, Russia's foreign minister has said, after talks with his US counterpart. However Sergei Lavrov called his London meeting with John Kerry "constructive". Mr Kerry said the US was "deeply ...

Oscar Pistorius may not have been wearing his prosthetic legs when he tried to break down his locked toilet door with a cricket bat, his murder trial has heard. On day eight of the trial, a forensic expert was asked to show how the door was hit with the bat.

South Africa has accused three expelled Rwandan diplomats of links to the murder and attempted murder of Rwandan dissidents living in South Africa. Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said South Africa had evidence linking them to "illegal activities".

Leaders of the G7 group of nations have called on Russia to stop all efforts to "annex" Ukraine's Crimea region. They said if Russia took such a step they would "take further action, individually and collectively". The G7 leaders also said they would not ...

A blood test can accurately predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to US researchers. They showed that testing levels of 10 fats in the blood could predict - with 90% accuracy - the risk of the disease coming on in the next three years. Their findings ...

Google is branching out in the wearable technology market, with the release of a software development kit. It would allow developers to create wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers using the Android operating system. Google's senior ...

US scientists say a blood test can predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease with 90% accuracy. Experts said the results needed to be confirmed, but such a test would be "a real step forward". Vivien Hill, whose late mother was diagnosed with early-onset ...

The United Nations has launched a human rights investigation into the violence in the Central African Republic. Inquiry head Bernard Acho Muna said he hoped the presence of investigators in CAR would help prevent a genocide. The UN Security Council ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the crisis in Ukraine was "created artificially for purely geopolitical reasons". He confirmed Russia had contacts with Ukraine's interim government but said Kiev was beholden to the radical right. Russia, he said ...

For the first time gene therapy has been used to boost the immune system of people with HIV. Scientists in the US have modified the genes of HIV patients which might mean that in future they would not need to take daily medication. It is estimated there are ...

Getty Images, the world's largest photo agency, has made vast swathes of its library free to use, in an effort to combat piracy. Millions of images - including famous shots of Marilyn Monroe and Barack Obama - will now be available without cost to blogs and ...

Where is sugar found in the diet and what does it do to your body? Continue reading the main story. Related Stories. Q&A: How much sugar should we eat? Sugar tax may be needed, MPs told · Five foods surprisingly high in sugar. People will be advised to ...

If trade and financial sanctions were imposed on Russia, the cost to the UK might well exceed the cost to Russia. That is presumably why the Foreign Office wrote - in a document carelessly (or deliberately?) displayed yesterday for the lenses of photographers ...

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius seemed much more composed at the start of his televised murder trial - unlike the man who broke down on the stand during his bail hearing last year. He denied "wilfully and intentionally" killing his girlfriend of ...

American Hustle star Jennifer Lawrence took a tumble on the red carpet at the 2014 Oscars. As the actress stepped on to the red carpet in her red Dior dress she tripped on a traffic cone as she turned to wave to fans. She told reporters she had hoped her slip ...

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said the rest of Europe is not prepared to pay almost any price to keep Britain in the EU. In an historic address to both Houses of Parliament, she hailed Germany's "close partnership" with the UK, and made it clear ...

Israeli forces are using excessive and reckless force in the occupied West Bank, Amnesty International says. More than 40 Palestinians were killed in the past three years and the rate of killings rose significantly in 2013, a report by the human rights group says ...

The obesity rate among young US children has fallen by 43% since 2003-2004, the first broad decline in years, a broad new national study has found. Obesity among US children age two to five dropped to 8.4% in 2011-2012 from 13.9%, a national survey ...