NEW YORK - Google Monday announced that it is acquiring Titan Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered drones that could be used to boost Internet access to remote areas. "It's still early days, but atmospheric satellites could help bring Internet access to ...

The flutter to fill our skies with privately owned, stuff-delivering drones got another major participant today as Google snapped up start-up Titan Aerospace. Word was Facebook was in talks to buy the solar-powered drone maker earlier this year, but Google put ...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A local official in Central African Republic says Muslim fighters have overrun his town, killing several residents and sending others fleeing to the bush. Eric Kongbo said Monday that the fighters arrived in Grimari, ...

Johannesburg - The ANC Youth League distanced itself on Monday from a comment made by its national convenor Mzwandile Masina about two party stalwarts on photo-sharing site Instagram. Masina uploaded a photo of former intelligence minister Ronnie ...

Google acquired Titan Aerospace, a drone company, today, just one month after it was reportedly being eyed by Facebook. “It's still early days, but atmospheric satellites could help bring internet access to millions of people, and help solve other problems, ...

... Print. * Gaddafi sons' trial seen as test for Libyan state. * Saif al-Islam being held by former Zintan rebels. * Human rights groups allege shambolic justice in Libya. * Ex-Gaddafi officials say have inadequate legal counsel (Adds adjournment, quotes, ...

Researchers explain why one surprising factor behind some cases of domestic violence may be blood sugar levels. Anyone who's been on a diet knows that hunger can make you cranky. With less fuel, your brain doesn't exert as much self control, so you let ...

Titan Aerospace's Solara 50 aircraft. Google Inc. has acquired Titan Aerospace. Previously, Facebook was in talks to buy the company, according to reports released on March 4, 2014. Google Inc. (GOOG) is adding drones to its fleets of robots and driverless ...

NASA has fixed problems on International Space Station resupply mission and has set SpaceX to launch at 4:58 p.m. Monday, April 14, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. During its Sunday morning meetings, NASA ensured that it was safe to fly the ...

Internally displaced women and children at the main mosque in Bangui during Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visit. UN Photo/Evan Schneider. Print. 14 April 2014 – More than 70,000 people are now living in horrendous conditions crammed into the Central ...

Internally displaced women and children at the main mosque in Bangui during Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visit. UN Photo/Evan Schneider. Print. 14 April 2014 – More than 70,000 people are now living in horrendous conditions crammed into the Central ...

On 15 April Google Google will sell Google Glass for one day only, at $1500. I had to read that twice to make sure it wasn't an April Fool. They're really going to charge that much and then withdraw it immediately. Someone with a spreadsheet has worked out ...

Look up! There's two total lunar eclipses happening this year and the first one takes place between tonight and tomorrow morning. You don't want to miss it, because the next one won't take place for another six months. As the moon passes through the Earth's ...

State prosecutor Gerrie Nel questions Oscar Pistorius during cross examination in the Pretoria high court. Photograph: Pool/Getty Images. Oscar Pistorius was accused on Monday of deliberately breaking down into tearful histrionics to avoid difficult questions ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has issued a list of 10 false claims it said Russia was making in order to justify an alleged operation in Ukraine following Moscow's annexation of the Crimea region last month. Pulling off its diplomatic gloves, ...

Provo • Bail was set at $6 million Monday for a woman accused of giving birth to six infants and then killing them. Megan Huntsman, 39, appeared in 4th District Court Monday morning via closed circuit TV from the Utah County jail. Tweet. Photos. Mugshot of ...

Provo • Bail was set at $6 million Monday for a woman accused of giving birth to six infants and then killing them. Megan Huntsman, 39, appeared in 4th District Court Monday morning via closed circuit TV from the Utah County jail. Tweet. Photos. Mugshot of ...

The bullet-riddled toilet door through which Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Sttenkamp is exhibited in court in Pretoria. Photo: Antoine de Ras/Inderpendent Newspapers/AP. Oscar Pistorius (L) arrives ahead of his trial for the murder of his ...

An early morning explosion that ripped through a bus station on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, killed at least 71 people and injured 124, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which happened during the morning ...

An early morning explosion that ripped through a bus station on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, killed at least 71 people and injured 124, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which happened during the morning ...