U.S. stocks ended almost flat Wednesday and held near record highs, with the S&P 500 closing above the 2,000-point mark for a second straight day.
Wolves, like humans, chimps and dogs, may also be susceptible to contagion of yawning, according to a study published in the U.S. journal PLOS ONE Wednesday.
The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Golan Heights observed Wednesday a heavy fighting between the Syrian armed forces and armed members of the opposition in and around locations in the central part of the area of separation,
Canada's main stock market slipped slightly Wednesday with the gains of financial stocks overpowered by the losses in resources shares.
Australia's national flag carrier, Qantas, has shocked the local market by recording a loss of 2.8 billion Australian dollars (2.6 billion U.S. dollars), around three times worse than expected.
There are some doubts raised by some quarters here as to whether the new Afghan president can be sworn in on Sept. 2 as earlier announced by outgoing President Hamid Karzai.
China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC), the country's largest hydropower provider, will enter the nuclear power sector following an agreement with China National Nuclear Corporation, according to a company statement on Tuesday.
New counter-terrorism units have been set up at Australia's international airports in an effort to capture Australia-based militants joining terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Wednesday.
The Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) announced Wednesday that it will defer blood donation by those who have lived in or visited countries with Ebola virus outbreak.
Tens of workers from the DPRK, employed by South Korean companies running factories at the inter-Korean industrial zone, suffered fever and headaches due to possible benzene poisoning, local media reported Wednesday.
The United States is worried about a possible future attack from the Islamic State terror group, but it remains unclear just how much of a threat the radicals pose to the country.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday sacked his personal aide, also the former leader of the ruling National Liberation Front (FLN), and banned him from all state service, which local media said was due to infighting in the ruling party.
1st LD Israel accepts Egyptian ceasefire proposal: reports
Nineteen students and a driver were sent to hospitals after the school bus they were riding slammed into a tree in the U.S. city of Houston Tuesday morning, local media reported.
There are some doubts raised by some quarters here as to whether the new Afghan president can be sworn in on Sept. 2 as earlier announced by outgoing President Hamid Karzai.
The electoral reform set for 2017 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) must adhere to Basic Law and regional realities, legislators said Tuesday.
The president of China Resources Power Holdings Co. is under investigation in East China's Jiangsu Province, the company said in a statement Tuesday.
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