People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.

Chinese authorities have closed down a firm that allegedly trained hackers to develop spyware and launch cyberattacks.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The space shuttle Endeavour thundered into orbit into the predawn sky on Monday. It was the second attempt to launch the Endeavour, 24 hours after Sunday’s attempt was scrubbed because of clouds over the launching pad.

YC sent me those fantastic photos * Is Mother Nature confused? * I am still waiting for a scientific explanation *

The former president of Argentina underwent major surgery Sunday on his right carotid artery, the country's official news agency reported.

The United States made no deal with North Korea for the release of American Robert Park, a State Department spokesman said Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim moved Monday to have the judge in his sodomy trial disqualified, complaining he had refused to rein in biased media coverage.

ISLAMABAD -- Taliban militants flog two men and a teenage boy in a video that has emerged from Pakistan's tribal belt along the Afghan border, showing the hold of insurgents in at least one area there despite army offensives and intensified U.S. m...

KABUL — Two soldiers with NATO-led forces fighting Taliban-led insurgents were killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, NATO said Monday.

Israel says it is extending an olive branch to Syria in a bid to end an escalating war of words. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to ease tensions with Syria by calling for a resumption of peace talks.

The number of foreign students given visas is to be slashed in an attempt to clamp down on widespread abuse of the system.

Terrified lunchtime crowds looked on as a mother hurled her young daughter from a Kowloon shopping mall - and then jumped to her death.

We've pulled together all sorts of countertop options to incorporate in your great kitchen design.

A cutback in executive performance payments has implications for those selling houses, writes Property Editor Jonathan Chancellor.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's border visit will help Thailand press its case for ownership of disputed areas along the border, Abhisit Vejjajiva says.

Etihad Holidays, a division of Etihad Airways, has announced a new cooperative agreement with Tourism Thailand to promote holiday packages to Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya and Koh Samui.

PATTAYA : Thailand number one, Tamarine Tanasugarn, has been drawn against world number 77 from Russia, Alla Kudryavtseva in the first round of the US$220,000 PTT Pattaya Women's Open at Dusit Thani, Pattaya.

How take for his privet works workers and do not pay them. He sent them to take the money from Kremlin???

He is self-elected monarch to Perm and anoints himself with the same privileges as President Medvedev and vice-President Putin

The actor Brittany Murphy died from pneumonia but anemia and prescription drugs also played a role, coroner's officials said today.

The last speaker of an ancient tribal language has died in the Andaman Islands, breaking a 65,000-year link to one of the world's oldest cultures.

Taiwan's military will buy up to 20 helicopters from a German manufacturer, it was confirmed today, days after Beijing lashed out at a multibillion-dollar US arms deal with the island.

India offered on Thursday to resume high-level peace talks with Pakistan, an overture that reflected a significant warming between the nuclear-armed countries more than a year after the deadly siege in Mumbai.

A tiny toy led to big trouble for one fourth-grade New York City boy.

BEIJING — China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure, the 19-year-old Panchen Lama, was voted vice president of the nation's Buddhist Association Wednesday, state media reported.

An abstinence-only education program is more effective than other initiatives at keeping sixth- and seventh-graders from having sex within a two-year period, according to a study described by some as a landmark.

LONDON — Only days after Tony Blair offered an impassioned defense of his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq, a cabinet minister who resigned over the war delivered a blistering condemnation of the former prime minister on Tuesday, accusing h...

A special charity event will be taking place in Chiang Mai next month, when the streets of the Thai city are taken over by a parade of motorcycles.

Bangkok – Mitr Phol, Thailand’s leading brand of sugar products, is introducing ‘Mitr Phol Syrup,’ a 100% pure sugar cane syrup, as a new modern kitchen innovation which is convenient and safe to add sweetness into any food, drinks, or even bakery...

Model: Daniela Freitas

The 30th Annual Razzie Awards has indeed offered an interesting twist to this year's award season. On Monday, February 1, the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has unraveled that Sandra Bullock, the front-runner for 2010 Oscar's Best Actress, and ...

It should be no surprise that major wins and performances by some of last year's biggest-selling artists helped lift the ratings for Sunday night's 52nd annual Grammy Awards.

Fujifilm today [Feb 1] expanded its FinePix lineup with 13 new point-and-shoot cameras, including two models that use the company's innovative EXR sensor and the first 30X optical-zoom fixed-lens still camera.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that Canadian agents violated the rights of the only Canadian citizen held at the Guantánamo Bay detention center when they interrogated him there. But the ruling, the second concerning the man’s p...

A Chinese national suspected of embezzling more than 13 million yuan (1.9 million U.S. dollars) has been escorted back from Thailand where he had stayed 11 years, China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said Friday.

The administrator of the Pulitzer Prize board said today that the National Enquirer is "ineligible" for the nation's top journalism prize, dashing the flamboyant tabloid's hopes of taking the award for breaking a story about John Edwards' mistress...

Within hours of stepping off the plane, the Australian media declared that Prince William had charmed Sydney.

Zakaria Amara, a man prosecutors say wanted to create a Canadian version of 9/11, was sentenced Monday to life in prison in Canada.

A new book is causing quite a stir in Washington DC. It's called Game Change, and it spills dozens of secrets from the 2008 presidential campaign.

Fifteen Chihuahuas have arrived in New York City from California. A glut of the tiny dogs is overloading the Golden State's animal shelters.