Angelina Jolie takes on the title character in Disney's Maleficent - and speaking at the film's world premiere in Los Angeles, she spoke of the transformative power of Maleficent's horns. 0 Comments. Email; Print; Font Size. Most Read. Video: Lily Allen shows ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines (MASM.KL) jetliner suffered a further setback on Thursday after Australian officials said wreckage from the aircraft was not on the seabed in the area they had identified. Flight MH370, carrying ...

Almost 30 percent of the world's population – or 2.1 billion people - is considered obese or overweight, researchers said, while rates among children have increased by a whopping 47 percent in the last 33 years. Researchers, concluding the most ...

Computerworld - Much has been made about the scale of Apple's $3 billion purchase of Beats Electronics and Beats Music, but the reality is that the money represents a pittance to Cupertino, literally pocket change in the light of its bank balance. Wednesday ...

Ireland's population has overweight and obesity levels in excess of the European average, according to a comprehensive global study of the problem. The research, details of which are published in the journal The Lancet today, shows 26.5% of Irish girls and ...

Brad Pitt was allegedly punched in the face by an Ukrainian reporter at the Maleficent premiere in Los Angeles yesterday (27 May). The actor was not seriously hurt. The reporter, named Vitalii Sediuk, has since been arrested on suspicion of battery.

Washington -- A student from Steuben County will compete in the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday. Sriram Hathwar, 14, of Corning, correctly spelled both of his words during Wednesday's preliminary round in Washington, D.C..

(CNN) -- Traitor or patriot? Low-level systems analyst or highly trained spy? Slammed by top U.S. government officials and facing espionage charges in the United States, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden defended his decision to ...

Karta: Despite the strict laws of the government and punishments given for the heinous activities, crimes like rape, murder, and molestation are not ready to stop at any moment. As per reports, in a village of Karta in Badaun, two cousin girls aged 14 and 15 ...

Australian officials say the missing Malaysia Airlines plane is not in the area they had identified. Last month acoustic pings thought to be from the plane's black boxes were heard near the zone where satellite data put its last location, some 1,600 km off ...

Three arrested, including two policemen, after two teenage Dalit cousins found dead in Uttar Pradesh state. Last updated: 29 May 2014 09:12. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. India tightened its anti-rape laws last year after nationwide ...

Moscow: Considering himself a true patriot, former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden expressed willingness to return to United States, at the same time saying that he will seek to extend his asylum time in Russia that expires on august 1 this year.

Apple has bought headphone maker Beats Electronics for $3bn (£1.8bn) in a deal that ranks as the iPhone giant's largest ever. The agreement sees Apple snap up Beats' music streaming service and audio equipment arm. Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine, ...

A U.S. Marine watched as an Osprey carrying then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived at Forward Operating Base Shukvani, Afghanistan, in March 2012.(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images). President Obama announced Tuesday that 9,800 U.S. troops ...

ABUJA - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday he had ordered "a full-scale operation to put an end to the impunity of terrorists on our soil," as he reassured parents of 219 schoolgirls being held by Boko Haram that his forces would free ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday arrived in the Kazakh capital where he was set to sign a deal with his Kazakh and Belarussian counterparts creating a new economic union championed by Moscow. PHOTOS. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Overweight people are more prone to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis and kidney disease. PHOTO/AFP. newvision. Tweet. mail; img. PARIS - Nearly a third of adults and a quarter of children today are overweight, according to a report ...

CAIRO: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the retired Field Marshall who toppled Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last year, was today heading for a landslide victory, bagging 96.2 per cent of total vote with most of the ballots counted. The 59-year-old former army ...

BEIJING — China is preparing for 2 million extra babies a year as a result of a loosening of its "one child" birth limits that will allow more couples to have two children, health officials said Thursday.

Gunmen storm church housing displaced people in attack in central Bangui, where thousands have sought refuge. Last updated: 29 May 2014 08:37. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. The latest bout of violence has heightened fears of ...