Hurricane Rina is currently a category 2 storm, but it will intensify to category 3 Wednesday as it heads towards Cancun, Mexico. With winds currently breaking 110 miles per hour, Rina's projected path takes it over the Yucatan state, where residents have stocked up on supplies and close resort towns and fishing villages.
A proposal to appoint a Commonwealth human rights commissioner to steer a more proactive rights agenda looks set to test a summit this week as the 54 member nations try to make more of a mark in world affairs.
European stock index futures fell on Wednesday, after Asian shares traded lower for most part on growing concerns that the outcome from a key meeting of European policymakers to contain the debt crisis may fall short of expectations.
A proposal to appoint a Commonwealth human rights commissioner to steer a more proactive rights agenda looks set to test a leaders' summit this week, with host Australia backing the plan but India and South Africa reported to oppose it.
Asian shares declined on Wednesday ahead of a key meeting of European policymakers later in the session, with concerns heightening that the outcome to contain Europe's sovereign debt crisis could fall short of expectations.
Asian shares declined Wednesday ahead of a key meeting of European policymakers later in the session, as investors feared the effort to contain Europe's sovereign debt crisis could fall short.
A strange message directed at a young Australian pop star is trending on Twitter
After it seemed like the NBA world tour during the NBA lockout was in jeopardy just 48 hours ago, the biggest NBA lockout event players have ever staged is officially on, after an agreement was reached among tour organizers, according to Yahoo Sports.
The rider was considered among the most recognizable in the sport.
The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have all issued similar warnings against travelling to India.
Many fear a rogue shark is on the loose in Western Australia after the third fatal attack in two months. The government is now taking new precautions through aerial patrol and a controversial shark hunt.
Former world number one Ernie Els will be joined by a host of other major winners in next month's Singapore Open which has secured a strong field despite clashing with an Australian event headlined by Tiger Woods.
The MotoGP star died at age 24.
On Monday, WikiLeaks, the whistleblower Web site, said it was temporarily stopping publication of classified documents and focusing on survival in the face of funding blockades.
Rihanna is a girl who seems to know what she wants and wastes no time in getting it. Reports are that the singer recently went on a spending spree in Paris Sex Shop called Lovestore where she blew $1,500 in just five minutes.
Marco Simoncelli, one of the world's most popular high ranking young motorcycle riders, was killed in a horrific crash at the Malaysian MotoGP race in Kuala Lumpur. Simoncelli's death came as a shock to international fans of the 24-year-old Italian. His death is only one week after British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon's tragic death following a 15-car collision. Simoncelli lost control of his Honda at Turn 11, four minutes into the Malaysian MotoGP race. As he swerved across the track,.....
Wikileaks, a whistle-blowing Web site known for releasing secret government files, on Monday said it is suspending its publication in order to seek funding to sustain its work. Wikileaks has been forced to shift focus toward fundraising because 95 percent of its revenue has been destroyed.
A letter released from the Vatican on Monday calls for sweeping reforms to the global economy for the return of a system in favor of ethical behavior and achievement of a universal common good for both rich and poor countries.
Three of the most popular governing bodies in motorsports have tended to dozens of fatalities. It begs the question: Are Motorsports Too Dangerous?
Janet Jackson is putting her Australian tour on hold and returning to the United States to be with her family in the midst of the trial of her brother Michael's doctor.
U.S. grain and soybean futures rose over 1 percent on Monday in a broad commodities rally as investors bet that European leaders would reach a deal to tackle a euro-zone debt crisis and took heart from an improved manufacturing indicator in China.
In its opening weekend, Paranormal Activity 3 shatters the fall box-office record, while other films under performed.
