(AFP/File) - White herons spread their wings at the Palo Verde National Park in Costa Rica. A study has found that before taking off each fall for warmer climates, migratory birds consume huge amounts of the most nutritious berries loaded with antiox... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - US Federal Reserve in Washington, DC. Borrowings by Americans rose for the first time in a year in January, the Federal Reserve said Friday in a sign that the US economic recovery is on track.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Countries must brace for a return to wild oil price swings as the global economy recovers, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned Friday.(AFP/File/Kenzo Tribouillard)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Germanwings planes are pictured during a strike by pilots at Cologne airport February 22, 2010. Germanwings, owned by Lufthansa, expects that flights from Feb. 22 to Feb. 25 will be affected by the strike, a statement on their website sai... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - Frozen chicken wings line a supermarket shelf in Beijing in September 2009. China said Friday it would slap stiff penalties on a variety of US chicken meat it says is being sold at an unfairly low price, in the latest move sure to increa... [Full Article]
(AP) - People view drawings by acclaimed Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, at the press view of an exhibition of the artist’s paintings and letters entitled ’The Real Van Gogh’ at the Royal Academy of Arts in central London, Tuesday Ja... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Visitors view hundreds of drawings of U.S. servicemen and women who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan by artist Emily Prince at the Saatchi Gallery in London January 7, 2010. The exhibit, on show from Thursday at the Saatchi Gallery in c... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A raven stretches its wings as it sits on a post inside the 30 km (18 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor near the village of Babchin, some 370 km (217 miles) southeast of Minsk, December 23, 2009. The sign reads: &... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger swings an incense burner during a mass for the souls of deceased Cardinals, presided by Pope John Paul II, in the Vatican Basilica in 2004. Pope Benedict XVI has approved the beatification of Father Jerzy... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A girl wears angel's wings as she accompanies Catholic pilgrims transporting the icon of Our Lady of Conception during an annual river procession along the Caraparu River in Santa Izabel do Para, in the Amazon jungle December 8, 2009.... [Full Article]