A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.
A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.
Scientists from 16 countries will converge in the Indian Ocean next month and pool their resources to conduct a six-month field study on how tropical weather developed in that ocean affects weather patterns in other parts of the world.
When an Aboriginal man from Western Australia gave a lock of his hair to a British anthropologist in the early 20th century, it opened up a way for researchers to piece together his genome.
Australia ran riot over the United States of America, in the Rugby World Cup 2011, putting their tournament back on track after last week's 15-6 loss to Ireland.
Here are the 10 most frequent queries that will help you gear up for one of this fall’s most ground-breaking shooter games.
A 100-year-old lock of hair is telling scientists a new story of humanity's early migration, indicating that our ancestors moved from Africa to the rest of the world in two separate waves -- one through southern Asia to Australia, the other to Europe.
Gold prices fell about 3 percent Friday, setting up the third weekly decline for what has recently been touted as the pre-eminent safe haven.
An open beta for EA’s most-awaited FPS (First Person Shooter) game, “Battlefield 3,” is set to arrive on Sept. 29 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
With Presidents Cup aspirations looming large among other major incentives this week, John Senden put himself under extra pressure by making an erratic start to the Tour Championship on Thursday.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is writing a memoir about his rise to fame and unlikely transition from Austrian-born champion bodybuilder to Hollywood action star to California governor, his publisher said on Thursday.
A genetic study done by an international team of scientists reveals Aboriginal Australians are descended from the boldest early humans who left Africa almost 75,000 years to strike out across Asia and finally settle down in Australia.
Two significant speeches from senior Reserve Bank officials in the past day or so have added to the arguments and view the central bank has about the current state and direction of the Australian economy, which appeared in this week's minutes of the September 6 RBA board meeting.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is writing a memoir about his rise to fame and unlikely transition from Austrian-born champion bodybuilder to Hollywood action star to California governor, his publisher said on Thursday.
A drug that makes brain cancer cells glow during surgery is being used for the first time in Australia, ABC Melbourne reports. The drug is given to the patient in a drink three to four hours before surgery, accumulating in the cells of the tumour which then glow under the blue light of an operating microscope.
Typhoon Roke is currently pounding central Japan, causing massive blackouts, flooding and at least three deaths.
Brewing giant SABMiller agreed to buy Foster's Group for a sweetened price of A$9.9 billion ($10.2 billion) on Wednesday after talks between the two last week ended in a couple of beers which sealed the deal this week.
Turner noted that, at age 72, he is too old to run a corporation while Murdoch is even older.
It seems that Samsung is not only continuing on its Galaxy S II to battle against the fifth generation Apple iPhone as the South Korean tech giant is reportedly preparing to make iPhone 5 illegal in Korea and Europe.
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The Titanic star plays the controversial FBI director in a new film by Clint Eastwood.
Delegates from a political organization called The Pirate Party won 15 seats in Germany's state parliament after winning almost nine percent of a vote in Berlin on Sunday. So who exactly are these pirates?
