WhatsApp, the mobile messaging app acquired over a plate of chocolate strawberries for a cool $US19 billion ($21b) on Thursday, was founded by two former Yahoo engineers, one once rejected by Facebook. As the story goes, WhatsApp co-founder Jan ...

Leading chemical experts are calling for a radical overhaul of chemical regulation to protect children from everyday toxins that may be causing a global ''silent epidemic'' of brain development disorders such as autism, dyslexia and attention-deficit ...

Toyota's decision to shut down local manufacturing, which is expected to cost thousands of jobs and billions in investment, comes despite the Japanese car maker receiving government grants of up to $492 million over the past four years. The decision, which ...

Moscow: A gunman opened fire on worshippers at a Russian Orthodox cathedral on Sakhalin Island off Russia's Pacific coast, killing a nun and a parishioner in an attack that rattled nerves across the vast Russian federation. The gunman's motives were ...

Tokyo: The heaviest snow in decades in Tokyo and other areas of Japan has left at least five dead and 600 injured across the country. As much as 27 centimetres of snow was recorded in Tokyo by late Saturday, the heaviest fall in the capital for 45 years, the ...