NASA Confirms 'Older, Bigger Cousin to Earth'
PASADENA (CNS) - NASA's Kepler orbiting telescope confirmed the existence of an "older, bigger cousin to Earth" 1,400 light years away -- the first planet known to be in a habitable zone around a...
View ArticleChina to Keep Buying Stocks in Bid to Quell Market Panic
China will unleash more funds to stabilize its sharemarket, state media reported on Monday, July 27, after Shanghai stocks saw their biggest daily fall for more than eight years. State-backed China...
View ArticleZimbabwe Hunter Given Bail Over Death of Cecil the Lion
A professional Zimbabwean hunter was granted bail Wednesday, July 29 on charges of "failing to prevent an illegal hunt" after he organized an expedition in which an American dentist killed a lion...
View ArticleMysterious Plane Wreckage Sparks MH370 Speculation
A mysterious piece of plane debris washed up on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on Wednesday, July 29 prompting some speculation it could be part of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight...
View ArticleHermes to Probe, Punish 'Cruelty' to Crocs Used for Handbags
(Paris-AFP) - Hermes said Wednesday, July 29 it was probing claims of cruelty at crocodile and alligator farms that supply the French fashion house with skins for its luxury handbags and accessories......
View ArticleZimbabwe Calls for U.S. Hunter to be Extradited for Killing Lion
Zimbabwe on Friday, July 31 called for the extradition of Walter Palmer, as AFP learnt that the trophy hunter from Minnesota had posed for a photograph next to the body of Cecil the lion. Palmer paid...
View ArticleDebris Brings MH370 Mystery 'Closer' Than Ever to Answers
Plane debris that washed up on an Indian Ocean island is from a Boeing 777, Malaysian authorities said Friday, July 31 making it almost certainly the first piece of wreckage recovered from missing...
View Article2015 Special Olympics Conclude in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The 2015 Special Olympics World Games -- described by organizers as the largest international gathering in Los Angeles history and the biggest sporting event in the Southland since...
View Article60 Indicted Over Taiwan Policeman Killing
Taiwanese prosecutors Thursday indicted 60 people over the fatal beating of a policeman outside a nightclub, the largest number of people ever charged with murder and assault in one case on the...
View ArticleFire at Factory in Eastern China Kills 18
BEIJING - Eighteen people died in a fire at a food packaging plant in China, state media said Monday, the latest accident in a country blighted by poor industrial safety standards. The blaze happened...
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