IBT Staff Reporter

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, also known as Kate, attended the 'BAFTA Brits to Watch' event on Saturday with husband Prince William in downtown Los Angeles where they helped promote forty-two emerging British individuals selected by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Lexus' streak as the top U.S. luxury car brand for the last 11 years will be coming to an end.

Wall Street heads into earnings season this week playing a typical game: Worrying about results a lot, and then rallying on pleasant surprises.

Deutsche Bank AG edged closer to endorsing investment banking chief Anshu Jain and Germany chief Juergen Fitschen as co-chief executives, but key hurdles remain before a formal announcement can be made.

Yankees fan Christian Lopez caught Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit and decided to give it back.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reelecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region's third largest economy.

A new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association indicates cell phone usage and texting are helping cause one-fourth of all accidents on the road.

British Royal couple Prince William and his beautiful and elegant wife, Duchess Catherine of Cambridge (Kate Middleton), arrived in Los Angeles, California on Friday, July 8 for a 3-day visit.

A photo of an iPhone5 prototype running on China Mobile’s current 3G TD-SCDMA network has been posted to several websites and was picked by AppleInsider, suggesting Apple might bring the touchscreen handset to the world’s largest mobile carrier in September.

It was presented as a sacrificial -- and healing -- act, the severing of a limb to save the body.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has convened an emergency meeting of top EU officials for Monday morning to discuss efforts to assemble a second rescue package for Greece and growing concerns about market pressure on Italy, three EU sources told Reuters.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch arrived in London Sunday to tackle a crisis that has spiraled beyond a phone-hacking scandal at one of his papers and threatened to scupper a multi-billion-dollar deal.

Media baron Rupert Murdoch flew into London on Sunday to tackle a telephone-hacking scandal that has sent tremors through the British political establishment and may cost him a multi-billion dollar broadcasting deal.

Just after Facebook and Skype introduced video calling for Facebook users, scammers have teamed up to spam your Facebook friends by luring you into video calling option.

Prime Minister David Cameron came under growing pressure on Sunday to halt Rupert Murdoch's bid for pay-TV operator BSkyB, at least until an investigation into phone-hacking at the media magnate's newspapers has been completed.

Navel swabs of volunteers threw up nearly 600 new strains of bacteria

China's import growth fell sharply to its slowest pace in 20 months in June in further evidence of the broad impact of monetary tightening on the economy, while a wider trade surplus suggested capital inflows will remain a challenge for authorities.

Samsung Hercules, an upgraded Galaxy S II is coming to T-Mobile this September to join the smartphone battle, a potential rival of iPhone 5.

While Apple’s iPhone 5 is being delayed, Motorola Atrix and HTC Sensation are making the most of the void market. Why has Samsung Galaxy S II, the biggest contender of iPhone 5 not arrived in US yet?

The official release date is still in the fall

With the Google+ emergence into the market, social network rivals have another threat other than the social media giant Facebook. Google+ will be pitted against other major social networks such as MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter as it looks to climb its way to the top.

As Prince William & Kate Middleton's private jet landed around 4:00 pm PST at the Los Angeles International Airport last Friday, flying in from Canada, the royal couple’s California tour has set off.

As Prince William & Kate Middleton's private jet landed around 4:00 pm PST at the Los Angeles International Airport last Friday, flying in from Canada, the royal couple’s California tour has set off.

The discovery of Mach Picchu celebrated its 100 year anniversary with a gorgeous show of dance , lights, fireworks, and music. Peru president Alan Garcia was among 200 guests to attend the event. The 'lost city' was found on July 25, 1911 and was voted as one of the New Seven Wonders of the world four years ago.

Amazing evidence has been discovered by scientists at the University of Indiana which examines possible origin of sex and its connection to parasites. The known fact is that greater genetic diversity is generated through sex and that holds off attacks from malignant bacteria. With asexual organisms, the variation of genetic diversity is low thus increasing the risk that a population of identical genes can be wiped out by a bacteria.

Offshore Wind Power promises currently the highest growth rates among the renewable energies. Ideal is an area with constant strong winds and less than 150 feet deep water. For Germany, though the US made up a lot in recent years still one of the world leaders in renewable energy, this is an area like the North Sea.

A Tsunami with waves 10 centimeters high hit the northeastern coastline of the country on Sunday after a 7.3 magnitude quake struck, prompting officials to warn residents to evacuate for about two hours.

A major 7.1 -magnitude earthquake struck off the Japan's northeastern coast on Sunday and the quake has triggered a small tsunami which has reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan.

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis has begun its final mission with a 12-day mission to the International Space Station since 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 8. It is the 135th and final flight in NASA's shuttle program. Once the space shuttle comes back from space, the shuttle era will be over.