Latest worldwide news Messi, Balotelli meet the Pope | | Pope Francis welcomed Lionel Messi and Mario Balotelli to the Vatican ahead of Wednesday's match between Argentina and Italy. |
The aerodynamics of F1 | | Christina MacFarlane explores the role aerodynamics play in boosting a Formula One car's performance. |
Syrian crisis Latest developments | | A day after the United States made its case for launching a military strike against Syria, U.N. inspectors left the war-ravaged nation Saturday carrying evidence from the sites of the chemical weapons attacks |
IOC top job up for grabs as VP Bach eyes win | | (Reuters) - The departure of International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge after 12 years with his sure hand on the tiller marks the end of an era for the global sports organization, and sees six candidates vying to replace him on September 10. |
10 smartphone habits to avoid | | How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop. |
'Al-Assad poisoning debate' | | There may still be doubts whether the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons against its own civilian population; but there is however conclusive evidence that it has effectively used the toxic stuff to poison the minds of western policy makers and paralyze the debate over intervention. |
Who checks travel warnings? | | Governments often use official alerts to highlight travel risks. But how many travelers really pay attention? |
Hygiene, sanitation tied to small effects on growth | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children from poor regions with clean water, hygiene and sanitation programs tend to be slightly taller than those who grow up in similar areas without such programs, according to a new review. |
Ted Nugent's wife could face felony charge for airport gun bust | | AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The wife of rock guitarist Ted Nugent could face a felony weapons charge in North Texas after airport police caught her going through a security line at a Dallas-area airport with a loaded pistol, according to a police report released on Friday. |
Cosmos Reawakened | | Once upon a time there was a galaxy of stars which burned bright in the "Big Apple", a trio of world champions who played football from another planet. |
Gus the Central Park polar bear dead at 27 | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gus, the Central Park Zoo's polar bear, has died after spending the last two years alone following the death of his mate, Ida, in 2011, zoo officials said on Wednesday. He was 27. |
Maasai lease ancestral land to elephants | | Aug. 7 - Maasai communities in Kenya's Amboseli region have joined the fight to save endangered elephants by leasing their ancestral lands to conservationists. The agreement is designed to protect migratory routes used by the the elephants for thousands of years, giving them breathing room in an era of unprecedented human encroachment. Matthew Stock reports. |
Opinion Why I hate museums | | They're beacons of the cultured world, flogged to travelers like their vacations depend on them -- but their connection to humanity has gone AWOL. |
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