For years people have been complaining that Facebook's privacy controls are too confusing, and Facebook made several changes to these policies on Thursday that indicate it agrees. For new users' first post, Facebook's default setting will be to share only ...

(Corrects to say NATO, U.S. haven't seen signs of pullback in 4th paragraph. For more on the crisis in Ukraine, see EXT2.) Russia is being pulled into a new Cold War with the U.S. and its allies, who are using economic warfare reminiscent of the Soviet Union ...

Russia is being pulled into a new Cold War with the U.S. and its allies, who are using economic warfare reminiscent of the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said. Russia has prepared a raft of retaliatory steps in ...

Ever wish you could make Google delete that embarrassing tidbit of personal information that turns up whenever someone searches your name? Europeans may soon be able to do just that. The European Union's top court ruled today that individuals can ...

May 09--Today: Analysts are confused by reports of a $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, with much of the conversation turning from headphones to music delivery. Also: Tech stocks bounce back, Oracle and Google headed back to the courtroom.

ANC supporters cheer on voters along the streets of Khayelitsha Township on May 7, in Cape Town. While the ANC's support fell from 65.9 percent five years ago and it suffered losses in the nation's richest province Gauteng, the margin of victory strengthens ...

It might be time for Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong to check in with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Philippine President Benigno Aquino about how to cope with name-calling from Beijing. With Vietnamese and Chinese ships ...

Make no mistake: If Apple (AAPL) does buy the Beats Electronics headphone empire for $3.2 billion, it will be a huge windfall for two music industry veterans—co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine—who until recently had little expertise in hardware, ...

Ukrainian Eurobonds fell, sending yields higher for the first time in a week, as separatists prepared to vote on autonomy and Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea. Yields on government dollar-denominated notes due in April 2023 rose eight basis ...

Centrica Plc (CNA), the U.K.'s largest energy supplier to households, said 2014 earnings will be lower than estimated after a warm winter cut gas demand. Centrica expects adjusted earnings per share of 22 pence to 23 pence (37 U.S. cents to 39 U.S. cents) ...

The Los Angeles Clippers may soon be for sale, triggering a billionaire bidding war that probably will result in a record price for a National Basketball Association team. Commissioner Adam Silver today took the unprecedented step of banning Clippers owner ...

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong Won will stay in office until the government's response to the ferry sinking has concluded, according to presidential spokesman Min Kyung Wook. Photographer: Park Young-Dae-Donga Daily via Getty Images.

Justin Bieber pulled off a diplomatic coup this week. At a time when Japan and its neighbors are once again squabbling about disputed islands in the East China Sea and Japan's actions during World War II, the Canadian pop star traveled to Japan and ...

Justin Bieber pulled off a diplomatic coup this week. At a time when Japan and its neighbors are once again squabbling about disputed islands in the East China Sea and Japan's actions during World War II, the Canadian pop star traveled to Japan and ...

Justin Bieber pulled off a diplomatic coup this week. At a time when Japan and its neighbors are once again squabbling about disputed islands in the East China Sea and Japan's actions during World War II, the Canadian pop star traveled to Japan and ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Rebel fighters in South Sudan claimed Tuesday that they captured the capital of an oil-rich state, and they issued an ultimatum to oil companies to shut down production and evacuate workers. U.N. peacekeepers rescued 10 oil ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it's recalling 6.39 million vehicles globally for various safety defects. The total rises to 6.76 million if vehicles with multiple recalls — like the Yaris subcompact — are counted for each recall. No one has been injured due to ...

Security experts are urging consumers to change their Web passwords after the recent disclosure of a vulnerability touching wide swaths of the Internet, even as Google Inc. (GOOG:US), Facebook Inc. and large banks said they weren't affected. The flaw to ...

Less than two decades since a genocide cost the lives of more than 800,000 Rwandans, President Paul Kagame has vowed to pull citizens out of poverty by transforming the land-locked tea- and coffee growing nation into a middle-income economy by 2020 ...

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — More than a year after he killed his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius is expected to finally answer questions about why he shot Reeva Steenkamp through a toilet door when his murder trial resumes this week and his defense lawyers ...