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The chances of meeting the World Health Organization’s goal of halting the global increase in obesity by 2025 is “virtually zero,” a new study said.

An Uber passenger filed a complaint in December, alleging CEO Travis Kalanick conspired with drivers to fix high surge-pricing fares.

Malaysia's government has sent teams to two places where recently discovered debris could help solve a mystery surrounding a missing passenger jet.

Positive jobs data released Wednesday helped extend a rally that began after U.S. Fed Chair Janet Yellen's policy speech a day earlier.

Aerial surveys of the 1,400-mile long biodiversity hot spot have revealed that the world’s largest living structure is now in big trouble.

The multinational search for MH370 has been the largest, most expensive such project ever, covering more than 33,500 square miles of ocean floor.

While most major markets were closed Monday, Asian bourses started the week broadly down after the Easter weekend.

The proposed sale will enhance Britain’s ability to carry out its national defense and contribute to NATO operations, a Pentagon agency says.

All 150 people aboard died one year ago when co-pilot Andreas Lubitz steered the plane into a mountain.

Items found in Mozambique were “consistent with drift modeling” of how plane parts might have traveled via ocean currents, Australia’s transport minister said.

An engine part found in South Africa this week will be sent to experts to be analyzed.

Here’s what to do to be among the first to get their hands on Apple’s new 4-inch device.

International customers buying the 4-inch smartphone can expect to pay a premium anywhere up to $186.

Flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board, shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing.

The arrest of a 16-year-old schoolgirl raised concerns over “a trend of teenage children” being involved in such activities, authorities said.

Tuesday's service interruption was the third in two months for the country's largest telecom company.

Investors are trying to determine whether one of the worst starts to a year will become the strongest quarter in decades.

An unprecedented rise in ocean temperatures and acidity, caused, to a large extent, by human-induced climate change, has triggered the death of large chunks of corals in the region.

After three weeks of gains, Asian stocks took a step back Monday in reaction to a retreat in oil prices.

The top 16 teams will be competing for a first-place prize of $1 million.

The reforms, which pave the way for early elections, would make it harder for smaller parties to enter parliament through vote-sharing deals.