On the third day of the Oscar Pistorius trial, testimony was heard that he passed the blame when a gun went off in his hand in a busy restaurant. Oscar Pistorius confers with his instructing attorney Brian Webber. (AFP). Day three of the Oscar Pistorius trial saw ...

An asteroid is headed this way. But even though it will come closer than the moon, astronomers say it will pose no danger. The newly discovered asteroid, called 2014 DX110, will hurtle between the moon and Earth on Wednesday night. DX110 will pass an ...

Anti-Yanukovych protesters warm themselves next to a fire in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Stepping back from the brink of war, Vladimir Putin talked tough but cooled tensions in the Ukraine crisis Tuesday, saying Russia ...

The European Union is ready to provide 11 billion euros ($15 billion) of financial support to Ukraine over the next couple of years via a series of loans and grants, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Wednesday. The assistance would ...

Chinese authorities on Wednesday announced the fastest yearly growth in the country's defense budget in three years. According to a budget report submitted to the national legislature for review, China's military expenditure will grow by 12.2 percent to 808.2 ...

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 05: China's President Xi Jinping (2nd row, 3rd L) and Premier Li Keqiang (2nd row, 3rd R) pay a silent tribute to victims killed in Saturday's knife attack at Kunming railway station, at the beginning of the opening session of the ...

Eating a high-protein diet in middle age could increase your risk of diabetes and cancer, according to a study published this week in the journal Cell Metabolism. But don't stay away from meat for too long – the same study showed those over 65 need more ...

"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius asked a friend to take the blame when he accidentally discharged a pistol under the table at a Johannesburg restaurant one month before he killed his girlfriend, another athlete testified Wednesday in the runner's murder trial.

.... >> WALLED GARDEN PARTY: Yahoo to stop user access of services with Facebook, Google IDs, by Alexei Oreskovic: "Yahoo Inc will stop letting consumers access its various online services, including Fantasy Sports and photo-sharing site Flickr, ...

Eating a lot of meat and cheese may be as bad for you as smoking, an alarming report revealed yesterday. Research has shown that in middle age a diet that is high in animal protein makes people twice as likely to die compared with those who consume a ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The bishop and priests of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh were marking the beginning of Lent with "ashes to go" at several nontraditional locations, in hopes of reaching people who cannot, or would not feel comfortable, attending an ...

NEW DELHI—Indian voters go to the polls next month in what is likely to be one of the most significant national elections in decades—a contest between a weakened secular left and a resurgent right with Hindu nationalist roots. On Wednesday, the Election ...

March 5, 2014 (JUBA) – The South Sudan government said on Wednesday that a dispute among army units over salary payments had sparked heavy gunfire inside the main military barracks in Juba, denying reports that authorities had attempted to arrest ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently gave a speech during which he talked about new ways of connecting people to the Internet. That could be behind the company's reported interest in buying Titan Aerospace. Dan Mayfield: Reporter- Albuquerque ...

SEOUL: North Korea, accused of human rights violations, elects its largely symbolic parliament this weekend, with leader Kim Jong-un, the third in his family dynasty to rule the totalitarian state, running unopposed in a legendary mountain district. State news ...

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday denied that Russian forces are currently deployed in Ukraine's Crimea region and said that video footage showing Russian license plates on the military vehicles was "complete nonsense." Shoigu stuck to the ...

State prosecutors in the murder trail of Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, called a friend of the paralympian to the stand to tell about an incident just before the killing when Pistorius allegedly shot off a gun in a ...

There is so much to be bummed out about in middle age - your lost youth, lost hopes, lost hair, lost waistline, lost keys - so here's just what we need, one more thing: Middle-aged people who eat a diet high in meat and cheese are nearly twice as likely to die ...

Aurangabad: In a new twist to Gandhigiri, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said - just hours after national elections were announced - that his party will rout the main opposition BJP with "love." "The Congress did not use anger to make the British ...

Yes, there really are a lot of people walking around today with smudges on their foreheads. Today is Ash Wednesday, which begins Lent, the holiest season of the year for the world's Christians. Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican/Episcopal ...