By Dmitry Solovyov and Irene Klotz ALMATY/CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan with two crewmates on Tuesday, wrapping up a five-month mission aboard t... [Full Article]
By David Jones NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A U.S. magistrate judge sentenced Grammy-winning hip hop artist Lauryn Hill to three months in prison, three months in home confinement and a $60,000 fine on Monday for federal tax evasion. Hill pleaded g... [Full Article]
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt predicted on Tuesday that there will be more than a billion smartphones in use featuring its Android software within the next six to nine months. Schmidt also no... [Full Article]
DRAPETSONA, Greece (AP) - In rain and shrieking wind, the ferry strains at its ropes, the gangplank creaking and scraping against the pier. A sailor on night watch duty huddles over a portable heater at the entrance to the cavernous hull. (Source: As... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - Gaza militants on Tuesday fired a rocket into Israel for the first time in three months, rattling a cross-border truce that has held since Israel's last major military offensive against the Hamas-run territory. (Source: Associat... [Full Article]
BERLIN (AP) - A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia on Friday, injuring hundreds of people as its fragments fell to the ground in the Ural Mountains. Here's a look at those objects in the sky: (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist returned to the United States on Wednesday night after a 9-month detention on accusations of conspiring to overthrow the communist government of Vietnam. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made his first public appearance in months on Sunday, calling for a "full national mobilization" to fight against rebels he described as al Qaeda terrorists. "We meet today and suffer... [Full Article]
ROME (Reuters) - Overhauling Italy's rigid labor rules was supposed to be Mario Monti's flagship reform. It required drawn out, often heated bargaining with unions, employers and political parties. Yet six months after their approval the me... [Full Article]
NATO officials say no ships have been hijacked off the Somali coast in the second half of this year, reflecting a sharp decrease in piracy along one of the world's busiest shipping routes. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]