
Does France have right plan to revive its economy?
The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.
UK retailers relax rules on GM poultry feed
Three major British grocery chains have ended their bans on providing genetically modified feed to chickens. Sainsbury's, the Co-operative Group and ...

Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip
A solar-powered airplane landed in Phoenix early Saturday morning after flight from California that included several hours in the air after sundown.

Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the ...
EU OKs $2.7bn Siemens takeover of UK rail firm
The European Union's antitrust body has cleared a 1.74 billion pound ($2.7 billion) takeover of a British rail technology company by German industrial ...
Dutch banks' online services hit by cyberattack
Dutch banks say a cyberattack has affected their online services, but did not breach the security of customers' accounts. The Netherlands Association ...

Solar-powered plane plans flight across US
A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe is set to travel across the United States with stops in Phoenix, Dallas, Washington, D.C.
Chinese team joins 2014 Formula E championship
Team China Racing is the second team to sign up for next year's environmentally friendly Formula E championship, which will feature zero-emission cars ...

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 ...

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, ...
NASA, Europeans uniting to send spaceship to moon
NASA is teaming up with the European Space Agency to get astronauts beyond Earth's orbit. Europe will provide the propulsion and power compartment for ...
Russia plans unmanned moon mission in 2015
The Russian Space Agency says it will send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015 from a new launch pad in the country's Far East. Roscosmos head ...
Mock Mars trek finds down-to-Earth sleep woes
Astronauts have a down-to-Earth problem that could be even worse on a long trip to Mars: They cannot get enough sleep. And over time, the lack of ...

Soyuz capsule docks with space Station
A Soyuz capsule packed with three astronauts successfully docked Friday with the International Space Station, taking the size of the full crew at the ...

N. Korea displays Kim Jong Il a year after death
North Korea unveiled the embalmed body of Kim Jong Il, still in his trademark khaki jumpsuit, on the anniversary of his death Monday as mourning mixed ...

Soyuz put in place for mission to space station
A Soyuz spacecraft atop a towering rocket was placed into launch position Monday at Russia's manned-space facility in the freezing steppes of ...
Kazakhstan mulls ending Russia's cosmodrome lease
The head of Kazakhstan's space agency said Monday that Russia's lease of a launch facility in the Central Asian nation, the only site worldwide ...
Arianespace launches satellite from French Guinea
A Russian-made rocket has put an observation satellite into orbit after blasting off from a European space consortium's launchpad in French Guiana.

US twin astronaut, Russian to spend year in orbit
A former space shuttle commander whose twin brother is married to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attempt the longest spaceflight ever by an ...

US defends 'enormous' climate efforts at UN talks
The U.S. defended its track record on fighting climate change on Monday at U.N. talks, saying it's making "enormous" efforts to slow global warming ...