With many of the world's ecosystems threatened or endangered by human activities like logging and urbanization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published its criteria for a new "Red List" of endangered ecosyst... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars continue to argue about what it means. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Icelanders were voting Saturday in a parliamentary election that could return to power the center-right parties that led the country into economic collapse five years ago - and stall plans to join the European Union. (Source... [Full Article]
By Elaine Porterfield SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle's interim police chief has apologized for appearing in a 1986 video that showed him and other officers mocking the homeless in what the city's police department this week called an "ugl... [Full Article]
ZONNEBEKE, Belgium (AP) - The Tyne Cot cemetery sweeps gently down the slope, the nearly 12,000 headstones aligned in solemn rows of gleaming white. Beyond the walls stretch Flanders Fields, dotted by red farmhouse roofs. For the stage of some of Wor... [Full Article]
By William Schomberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chancellor suffered a double setback on Friday when the head of the IMF said it might now be time for a change in his austerity push and the country lost its AAA status from a second ratings agency. George ... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross warned on Thursday that security was deteriorating across Afghanistan as militants flood the battlefield and conduct attacks in what could be the most defining spring fighting sea... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks climbed on Wall Street, led by materials and energy companies after a rally in commodity prices. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists said on Wednesday they may be close to tracking down the mysterious "dark matter" which makes up more than a quarter of the universe but has never been seen. A final identification of what makes... [Full Article]