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Pennsylvania Turnpike crash kills five, injures dozens

A crash involving multiple vehicles has killed five people and injured at least 60 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the U.S., AP reported citing a transportation official.Local media said the crash ha

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Tokyo prosecutors to investigate Ghosn's escape means

Tokyo prosecutors will look into how Nissan Motor Co. former Chairman Carlos Ghosn jumped bail and fled Japan, a senior prosecutor said Sunday. "It is regrettable as h

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Austria's Greens vote for joining coalition gov't

Austria's Greens on Saturday voted to join coalition government at a party congress in Salzburg. 93 percent of delegates supported the coalition agreement with the conservatives. It cleared the way f

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Rouhani says U.S. to pay price for killing Iranian general

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that the United States will pay a heavy price for assassination of Qassem Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force o

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Pompeo hits out at Europe for not being 'helpful' after Iran attack

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Europeans of not being "helpful" in their response to the assassination of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani (Credit: AP) US Secretary of St

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Saudi crown prince, Pompeo discuss measures to maintain regional peace

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud discussed on Friday over the phone with the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo measures to maintain regional peace. The

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GM, Fiat Chrysler U.S. auto sales decline in 2019

Giant automakers General Motors (GM) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) both reported vehicle sales decline in 2019 for the U.S. market, data released on Friday showed. GM's U.S. vehicle sales decr

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Pakistani PM inaugurates special economic zone under CPEC

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Allama Iqbal Industrial City, a special economic zone (SEZ) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in th

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U.S. manufacturing sector hits its lowest point since June 2009

The U.S. manufacturing sector contracted for the fifth straight month in December, hitting its lowest point since June 2009, according to an industry survey released on Friday.Despite the disappoi

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Fed policymakers agree rates on hold for 'a time'

U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers agreed in their final policy meeting of 2019 that interest rates were likely to stay on hold for "a time" as the central bank set its sights on a new articulation

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Oceans of opportunity: surveying 2020’s seafaring startup potential

Space attracts a lot of attention as an area of frontier tech investment and entrepreneurship, but there’s another vast expanse that could actually be more addressable by the innovation economy

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Browsers are interesting again

A few years ago, covering browsers got boring.Chrome had clearly won the desktop, the great JavaScript speed wars were over and Mozilla seemed more interested in building a mobile operating system th

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Tesla surpasses 2019 goal and delivers 367,500 electric vehicles

Tesla said Friday that it delivered 367,500 electric vehicles in 2019 — 50% more than the previous year — a record-breaking figure largely supported by sales of the cheaper Model 3.More than one-third

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Samsung shipped more than 6.7 million Galaxy 5G smartphones in 2019

Samsung Electronics announced today that it shipped more than 6.7 million Galaxy 5G smartphones in 2019, surpassing expectations set by the company earlier.In September, Samsung Electronics vice presi

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'Revolutionary' DNA test can detect thousands of rare diseases in kids

Patients in England become the first to be routinely offered the cutting edge treatment.

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Key Catalan separatist party backs Spain PM for new term

A key Catalan separatist party said Thursday it would allow Spain's Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez another term as prime minister, potentially ending the prolonged political deadlock in the eurozo

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What led to the Australian wildfires?

01:41 Australia is facing the worst bushfires in decades.Since fire season began last September, large parts of the country have been devastated.New South Wales, the country's most pop