Researchers examined ancient DNA extracted from the bones of two elephant birds and found a close genetic connection to the kiwi.
Liu Han is the former chairman of Sichuan Hanlong Group, an energy conglomerate with stakes in Australian and U.S. mines.
Golfer Rory McIlroy broke off his engagement to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, the latest in a long line of public splits.
Would you pay $43,000 for a plane ticket? Etihad Airways is banking on it.
The Core i5 version will be available in the U.S. and Canada on June 20, while additional configurations will be available from August.
The government trimmed 2014 growth forecasts as important areas like tourism and private investment feel the pinch.
"Godzilla" just missed edging out "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" for the biggest opening of the year.
Meanwhile, a trailer of a film based on the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was unveiled Saturday at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Only 23 percent of Swiss voters wanted what would be the world's highest minimum wage.
A fossil holding the world’s oldest sperm was recently discovered in an ancient bat cave in Australia.
Quarterly earnings should provide direction on a day that seems set for a slow start after a string of record-breaking sessions.
The moon occults Saturn on Wednesday but observers can observe Saturn in the night sky on Tuesday.
A weak yen helped lift Japanese stocks while Asian stocks climbed despite Chinese data narrowly missing expectations.
While Chinese indexes rose on President Xi Jinping's comments, Indian stocks rallied on the last day of the country's mammoth election.
Kate Middleton is rumored to be expecting a second child with Prince William.
Nigeria's space agency is using two satellites to assist the ongoing search for 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram.
Friends no more, Australian organic farmer Steve Marsh is suing neighboring farmer Mick Baxter over alleged GMO contamination.
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin: "Today I was proud to sign the nation's first law requiring GMO labeling."
Canada grapples with reforming its foreign worker policy as the number of foreign temps is set to exceed permanent immigrants by 2015.
The search for the missing Boeing 777 is expected to become the most expensive of its kind in aviation history.
Initial reports about the discovery of an element with atomic number 117 were released in 2010.
Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston says he is certain that the missing Flight MH370 is in the southern Indian Ocean.