Scientists: Moon over the hill at 4.51 billion years old
Thursday, 12 January 2017, 06:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
It turns out the moon is older than many scientists suspected: a ripe 4.51 billion years old. That's the newest estimate, thanks to rocks and soil collected by the Apollo 14 moonwalkers in...
Combative Trump concedes Russia's role in election hacking
Thursday, 12 January 2017, 06:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
In a combative and freewheeling news conference, President-elect Donald Trump said for the first time Wednesday that he accepts Russia was behind the election year hacking of Democrats that roiled the...
Updated: Italy's premier hospitalised, reported in good condition
Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 11:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni's office says that he has been hospitalized after falling ill on his return from a bilateral meeting in Paris. Chigi Palace wouldn't comment on the nature of the...
Dylann Roof sentenced to death for killing 9 church members
Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 06:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate...
World Bank forecasting brighter prospects for 2017
Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 06:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
The World Bank is forecasting the global economy will accelerate slightly in 2017 after turning in the worst performance last year since the 2008 financial crisis. The 189-nation lending agency...
'Yes we did' - Obama bids farewell in nostalgic last speech
Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 06:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
President Barack Obama bid farewell to the nation Tuesday in an emotional speech that sought to comfort a country on edge over rapid economic changes, persistent security threats and the election of...
Journalist Clare Hollingworth, who broke news of WW II, dies
Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 15:54
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Clare Hollingworth, a British war correspondent who was the first to report the Nazi invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II, died in Hong Kong on Tuesday. She was 105. The...
Norwegian mass murderer Breivik makes Nazi salute at court
Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 13:12
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik made a neo-Nazi salute as he walked quietly into a courtroom at a high security prison where judges on Tuesday began reviewing a government appeal...