Wild Tiger Population Rises For First Time In Over 100 Years
The global population of wild tigers has risen for the first time in over a century, a survey by the WWF and the Global Tiger Forum showed.
Tata Steel Begins Formal Process For Sale Of Loss-Making UK Plants; Sells Scunthorpe Steel Plant To Greybull Capital
The steel giant, whose British business has been badly hurt by the influx of cheap Chinese imports, began the formal sale process Monday.
India May Invest Up To $20B In Iran’s Energy Industry In Return For Land, Cheap Gas
India may also boost imports of natural gas and oil from Iran, whose energy industry has been battered by years of international sanctions.
NASA’s Asteroid Hunting Spacecraft Discovers 72 Near-Earth Objects, Including 8 Potentially Hazardous Ones
Since December 2013, the spacecraft has discovered a total of 250 asteroids and comets as part of its mission to identify potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.
China’s Forex Reserves Rise By Over $10B As Capital Outflows Ease And Dollar Weakens
China’s foreign exchange reserves, which the central bank has been tapping into to shore up the yuan, rose by over $10 billion in March.
Nearby Supernovae Seeded Earth’s Oceanic Crusts With Radioactive Iron
In the not-so-distant past, two stars in our cosmic backyard went supernova, blasting Earth with enough radioactive debris to influence its climate.
Samsung Electronics Q1 Operating Profit Expected To Top Estimates With 10% Rise
The Korean electronics giant, whose profit margin has been squeezed by its American rival Apple, expects first quarter profit to rise to $5.7 billion.
European Central Bank Meeting Minutes To Provide Clues To Future Policy Moves
The minutes of the March meeting, when the central bank slashed its interest rates to record lows, will be released at 7:30 a.m. EDT Thursday.
New Horizons Helps NASA Fill Gaps In Space Environment Data
Creating an accurate and detailed map of the space environment of our solar system is a top priority for scientists planning future deep space missions.
Amnesty Documents ‘Dramatic’ Rise In Global Executions In 2015
Last year, 1,634 people were executed across the world — the highest number recorded by the human rights group in 27 years.
Glencore PLC (GLEN) To Sell $2.5B Stake In Agricultural Business To Canada’s Largest Pension Fund
The troubled commodities giant, which reported a net loss of nearly $5 billion in 2015, is seeking to reduce its massive debt burden.
US Federal Reserve March Meeting Minutes To Shed Light On Likely Path Of Monetary Policy
The minutes of the March meeting, to be released Wednesday, would provide details on Fed policymakers’ views on global economy and interest rate projections.
Monsanto Company (MON) Q2 2016 Earnings Preview: Seed Giant Likely To Report Drop In Revenue, Profits
The American seed giant is likely to report earnings of $2.44 per share in the quarter ending February 2016, down from $2.89 per share in the year-earlier period.
Scientists Create World’s Smallest Diode Using A Single Molecule Of DNA
The diode, developed by a team from the University of Georgia and Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, may lead to the creation of nanoscale electronics.
Global Stocks Drop As Weak Data, Economic Uncertainty Worry Investors
Investors fled to safe assets as a fresh drop in oil prices and uncertainty over the U.S. Fed policy pulled stock markets down.
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Armenia, Azerbaijan Ramp Up Rhetoric As Crisis Escalates
Both sides in the conflict — Armenia and Azerbaijan — blame the other for the flare-up, which marks the worst violence in the region in over two decades.
India’s Central Bank Slashes Key Rate To Five-Year Low To Boost Growth Amid Easing Inflation
For the first time in six months, the Reserve Bank of India slashed its repo rate by a quarter percentage point citing a drop in retail inflation.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenue Misses The Mark
However, the retailer’s revenue in the period, which came in at $30.18 billion, fell short of consensus estimates.
Infant Earth Spotted Around A Young Sun-Like Star
The images, captured using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile, show a protoplanetary disk in unprecedented detail.
Nagorno-Karabakh Clashes: Azerbaijan Announces ‘Unilateral Ceasefire’ After Fighting Kills Over 30
The announcement was made a day after clashes in the disputed region killed at least 18 Armenian troops and 12 Azeri soldiers.
Australia Says All Asylum-Seeker Children In Mainland Detention Centers Have Been Released
The announcement, made by the Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton Sunday, was welcomed by refugee advocates and human rights groups.
ITC Ltd, India’s Biggest Tobacco Company, Halts Cigarette Production Over New Government Regulations
The company, which is India's largest tobacco manufacturer, said the shutdown will stay in place “until clarity emerges in the current uncertain state of the rules on health warning.”
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Announces Third Successful Rocket Landing
The private spaceflight company, owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, marked its third successful rocket landing on Saturday.
Rosetta Beams Back Stunning New Image Of Backlit Comet 67P
The spacecraft, which has been orbiting the comet since the summer of 2014, captured the photograph from a distance of just over 200 miles.
Astronomers Discover Planet In Extremely Rare Triple Star System
KELT-4Ab, located nearly 700 light-years from Earth, is only the fourth known planet that is part of a three-star system.
Leonardo DiCaprio Faces Indonesian Government’s Flak Over Palm Oil Comments
The actor could be banned from the country if his comments about palm oil are ruled an "incitement or provocation," an immigration official said.
Israeli Soldier Accused Of Killing Wounded Palestinian Placed In ‘Open Arrest’ At Military Base
The soldier, whose name was not revealed, was caught on video fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian in the West Bank city of Hebron last week.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin To Launch Its Reusable New Shepard Rocket Again
Saturday's event would be the third time the company is attempting a “soft” landing of its New Shepard rocket after previous successful tests in November and January.
Tata Steel Crisis: UK ‘Not Ruling Anything Out,’ Except Nationalization, David Cameron Says
The British prime minister's comments were made after an emergency meeting convened Thursday to discuss the steel giant's financial crisis in the U.K.
UN Tribunal At The Hague Acquits Serbian Ultra-Nationalist Vojislav Šešelj Of War Crimes
Vojislav Šešelj, who had consistently refused to cooperate with the U.N. tribunal, was accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes.