Study suggests Neanderthals died out earlier
Theories about when the last Neanderthals walked the Earth may have to be revised, according to a study that suggests they became extinct in their ...
British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the ...
Ericsson posts Q4 loss, but sales up
Wireless equipment maker Ericsson posted a 6.46 billion kronor ($1.02 billion) loss in the fourth quarter due to a massive one-time charge, but said ...
Correction: Europe-Science Bonanza story
In a story Jan. 28 about a European Union science award, The Associated Press reported erroneously that €1 billion euros was equivalent to $1.
Cyprus jobless turn to illegal songbird trapping
It's just before first light and the bird-catcher strings nets among the orange, pomegranate, fig and carob trees in his orchard. The sound of ...
Dutch court rejects most of Shell spill case
A Dutch court has ruled that a subsidiary of international oil giant Royal Dutch Shell should be held responsible for a pipeline leak poisoning ...
Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement
BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a U.S
Genetics may explain severe flu in Chinese people
A genetic variant commonly found in Chinese people may help explain why some got seriously ill with swine flu, a discovery scientists say could help ...
Google sued in UK over Safari tracking
A British law firm says that about a dozen Apple customers are suing Internet search leader Google in the U.K. over its alleged secret tracking of ...
AP Interview: CERN chief firmer on 'God particle'
The world should know with certainty by the middle of this year whether a subatomic particle discovered by scientists is a long-sought Higgs boson, ...
Powers of prophesy: Davos looks to the future
Forget the endless debates about the euro or government debts. What does the future hold? The World Economic Forum at Davos is always a showcase for ...
UN group OKs new video format to save bandwidth
The U.N. telecommunications agency says its members have agreed upon a new compression format that could dramatically cut the amount of Internet ...
Subway work in Greece unearths ancient gold wreath
Excavation work during construction of a new subway network in Greece's second largest city has discovered an ancient wreath made of gold that was ...
Russian activist in intensive care after stabbing
A 63-year-old municipal legislator who opposed a construction project that would destroy a forest just outside Moscow was in intensive care Friday ...
Hashtag goes Gallic in French lawbooks
The French government is redefining hashtag with a Gallic touch. The country that has an academy devoted solely to the use of the French language has ...
Buoyed by Obama, leaders press for climate action
Hurricanes, floods, droughts and a newly climate-conscious Barack Obama are helping boost efforts around the world to fight climate change.
Court sides with Jewish group against Twitter
A French court has sided with a Jewish group seeking to identify authors of anti-Semitic messages that circulated the social network Twitter last ...
Toyota, BMW working on new battery technology
Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW Group are working together on next-generation batteries for green vehicles called "lithium-air" as their collaboration, ...
In crisis, Greeks turn to wood-burning - and choke
Fireplaces were long a status symbol for Greece's up-and-coming middle class, like the second car and the flat-screen TV. Now, they are increasingly ...
Feds: 3 nabbed for widespread Gozi computer virus
A computer virus that spread to more than a million computers worldwide, including some at NASA, and produced at least $50 million in illegal profits ...
Study: Digital information can be stored in DNA
It can store the information from a million CDs in a space no bigger than your little finger and could keep it safe for centuries. Is this some new ...
Italy steel exec arrested in UK over ILVA plant
An Italian steel executive turned himself into British authorities on Tuesday after being placed under investigation in Italy over environmental and ...
Telefonica: 'No involvement' with Cuba cable
Spanish telecom Telefonica denied Tuesday that it has anything to do with an undersea fiber-optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela, even as an analyst ...
About 2 million without running water in Chile
Too much rain means too little water for about 2 million Chileans. Heavy rains and warm weather have melted snowy peaks in the Andes mountains, ...
UK tabloid journalist charged over police bribes
The defense editor of Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid The Sun and a former police officer have been charged in connection with the bribing of public ...
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