James Murdoch resigned from his position as executive chairman of News International on Wednesday amid a phone hacking scandal that has sent shockwaves through the media empire of his mogul father, Rupert Murdoch. The question now is: who is next in line to succeed Rupert?
Saturday, March 4 marks the start of the Iditarod 2012 when mushers from around the world will embark on a 1,150-mile trail of some of the roughest, most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer.
Forbes released its new list of the richest countries in the world on the basis of each nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), calculated after 2009. Others countries that made it to the top spot are: Luxembourg, Singapore, Norway, Brunei, UAE, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Netherland, Australia, Ireland, Canada and Kuwait.
President Barack Obama, following through on a promise to beef up enforcement of trade agreements, on Tuesday will sign an executive order creating a new government team to make sure China and others play by the rules, the White House said.
Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten 133 as India chased down a mammoth 321-run target in under 37 overs against Sri Lanka in Hobart on Tuesday to stay alive in the one-day international Tri-series.
It was celebrity attorney Gloria Allred's intention to notify the press about attending an Oscar party at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunday with Ginger White, the woman who alleges she had a 13-year affair with Herman Cain. However, she accidentally copied her 380-people press list instead of blind copying them, making each recipient visible to all others. See the lengthy press list here.
Gillard told reporters that she was grateful for the ''overwhelming endorsement'' from her colleagues.
The annual military exercise, known as Key Resolve, will involve around 200,000 South Korean and 2,100 U.S. troops in what officials from both countries have stressed is a routine training exercise.
The 2012 Miss India Worldwide Pageant was concluded Sunday at Paramaribo in Suriname, South America, with Alana Seebarran of Guyana winning the coveted title.
The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said it would begin publishing more than 5 million e-mails Monday from a U.S.-based global security think tank, apparently obtained by hackers.
The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said it would begin publishing more than five million emails Monday from a US-based global security think tank, apparently obtained by hackers.
Former Prime Minister Rudd, who was ousted by Gillard in June 2010, said Australians had lost trust in her leadership of the Labor party, which was headed for disaster at the next elections due in late 2013.
Sri Lanka chased down 280 with four balls to spare to clinch a confidence-boosting three-wicket win over Australia in their one-day match in Hobart on Friday and take top spot in the tri-series tournament.
On Friday new evidence was heard about the 1980 death of nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain. Lindy Chamberlain, Azaria’s mother has always maintained that a dingo took the baby from her tent in the Australian Outback.
A new treatment given to 132 skin cancer patients in the U.S. and Australia almost doubled their survival, according to New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers used the drug Vemurafenib (Zelboraf) on patients and found that they lived for average 16 months as compared to those who underwent conventional treatment and survived for only nine months on average.
In a lucky encounter, the Australian Antarctic Division research team spotted a group of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales off the coast of Australia. The rare whales have been caught on film for the first time in history. Watch footage of the Shepherd's beaked whale here.
The judge presiding over the trial of the Gabe Watson, the so-called Honeymoon Killer, angrily sneered at the prosecution and derided them asking if they needed lessons in court room procedure.
Soon you can travel to the Great Barrier Reef from the comfort of your home computer as Google teams up with marine biologists to put the world's largest coral reef system online.
Finding Nemo is about to get a lot easier with the launch of a scientific survey that will allow anyone with access to the internet to take a virtual tour of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
The United States said on Wednesday it was still considering whether to support Japan's bid to join talks on a trans-Pacific regional free trade agreement, three months after Tokyo announced interest in the negotiations.
The world's largest supercomputer won't be a room-sized processor, but a $2 billion telescope, if building starts as planned by 2016.
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned on Wednesday after a row with fellow party member Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
