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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?

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) say Earth's deep oceans tend to absorb enough heat and hide it for about a decade. That action could explain periods when global warming slows even when satellite data show there's no change in the amount of energy trapped in the planet's atmosphere.

Australia's first physical bullion exchange, an over-the-counter spot market for gold, silver and platinum, will begin operations Oct 4, the Australian Bullion Exchange (ABX) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Streaks of green light were captured along the earth’s southern hemisphere in a video as the International Space Station (ISS) hovered over Aurora Australis or Southern Lights.

Breast cancer is rising at an alarming rate as reported by researchers in the first global review of breast and cervical cancer.

Ever since Samsung introduced the Galaxy S line of smartphone in June 2010, it has entrenched its position as one of the best smartphone manufacturers in the market and put up a strident attack on Apple iPhone's dominance.

The deep ocean currents and circulations absorb the sun's heat before releasing it finally, putting global warming temporarily on hold as reported by scientists.

Samsung Electronics Co is considering legal action to ban sales of Apple's new iPhone, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, in what could be its strongest step to defend against claims by the U.S. firm that the South Korean firm had copied its product designs.