It might shock you that Botswana, South Africa, Ghanna and The Czech Republic are among the 45 countries that have greater press freedom than the United States, but thats exactly what Reporters Without Borders' is saying in its latest "World Press Freedom ...

As soon as Reporters Without Borders released its annual World Press Freedom Index this week, the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda department issued a directive banning its publication and dissemination. “Although this measure is not surprising, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Leftist lawmakers in Mexico City have introduced a bill to legalize the sale of marijuana in the nation's capital. The initiative proposed by members of the Democratic Revolution Party seeks to supply marijuana to users and regulate the ...

For schoolteachers looking to extend their Valentine's Day activities beyond exchanging little cards, the National Education Association has a resource page with 10 free Valentine's Day activities. Ideas range from worksheets and coloring pages for younger ...

In his State of the Nation address, President Jacob Zuma highlighted his administration's successes but also expressed worry over violent protests. President Jazob Zuma. (AFP). President Jacob Zuma has warned that further conflicts within the mining ...

As changes in Italian governments go, this week's switch to a newer, younger prime minister probably rates among the less dramatic in the country's recent history. Matteo Renzi, Enrico Letta Source: Getty Images. Enrico Letta is out. Matteo Renzi, the mayor of ...

The social network on Thursday added more options beyond 'male' and 'female,' adding such categories as “'transgender,' 'cisgender' and 'intersex' as well as many other nuanced options,” Facebook spokesman Slater Tow told MarketWatch. Users can also ...

The termite, typically reviled as the wood-eating nemesis of buildings and homes, has ironically inspired a new batch of construction robots. The automated machines, each about the size of a small brick, can work as a team to build any predefined structure ...

Aden — A South African held by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen is still alive five days after the expiration of a ransom ultimatum in which his captors had threatened to kill him, a pro-government militia leader told AFP. Pierre Korkie, 56, was abducted along with ...

Belgium has become the first country in the world to allow euthanasia for any age group, after its parliament backed amendments to the existing law which would in very rare cases permit doctors to help end the life of a terminally ill child. Paediatricians and ...

Keepers in Copenhagen caused outrage on Sunday by shooting the first animal in front of horrified onlookers, including children, and feeding his corpse to lions. Now Jyllands Zoo says it is ready to put down Marius II over fears he will fight with a rival over a ...

In the eyes of the journalism advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, the press freedoms in the United States got much worse over the past year, thanks to cases like the pursuit of whistleblower Edward Snowden and prosecution of Bradley-Chelsea ...

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-3 lunar probe, comprising a lander and the Jade Rabbit rover, blasts off in China in December. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters. The story has unfolded like many of mankind's great narratives, with a heroic feat, a tragic death, ...

Rome — Aged just 39, Italy's brash centre-left leader Matteo Renzi could be in line to be the next prime minister with a wave of support from Italians who seem to like his brand of plain-speaking and web-savvy politics. Elected leader of the Democratic Party in ...

BEIJING — Yutu, China's lunar rover, is alive after all, though possibly too impaired by unspecified mechanical problems to resume its mission exploring the moon. Uncredited | ASSOCIATED PRESS Dec. 15, 2013 - a file photo taken by the on-board camera ...

We told you yesterday [Wednesday] about a Belgian proposal that would have made the country the first in the world to allow terminally ill children to choose euthanasia. Today [Thursday], lawmakers in the country voted overwhelmingly to allow just that.

(Updates to add bonds falling in fifth paragraph and Lopez arrest warrant in 10th paragraph.) Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro banned street demonstrations and ordered the arrest of opposition leaders after at least three people ...

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni news agency: militants attack prison in Sanaa, killing 7 people; several inmates escape. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. A flock of ...

This undated image provided by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows a deuterium and tritium capsule, sphere in window at center, inside a cylindrical hohlraum container about 0.4 inches tall. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Eddie ...

File photo: Researchers have faced daunting scientific and engineering challenges in trying to develop nuclear fusion - the process that powers stars including our sun - for use by humankind. Related Stories. Potential Eureka! moment for physics · Nuclear ...