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Travel Tip :Five free things to do in TaosSubscriber Only

January 13, 2014 14:27 IST

The northern New Mexico town has plenty more to offer visitors year-round, on and off the slopes.

A councillor’s lonely fight for genetically modified cropsSubscriber Only

January 12, 2014 23:57 IST

Greggor Ilagan was the only one in Hawaii’s Kona County Council to say no to ban.

The world at her fingertipsSubscriber Only

January 12, 2014 23:46 IST

She evokes genuflection from designers and has pop stars for friends. Now the founder of online luxury retailer Net-a-Porter, Natalie Massenet, is moving to print.

Reinventing BatmanSubscriber Only

January 12, 2014 23:43 IST

On the first page of the recent Batman No 24, the Caped Crusader does not swoop high above Gotham City, and the Joker does not stalk dark alleys. But it is one of the best moments ever in a Batman comic. In this tender scene, Bruce Wayne’s butler and mentor, Alfred, is giving him a […]

Sea change in Antarctic, or is it just a debate?Subscriber Only

January 12, 2014 06:35 IST

On social media sites, they pointed out that a group whose journey was meant to highlight the effects of global warming was trapped by a substance.

Easing people’s lives with innovative designsSubscriber Only

January 12, 2014 00:02 IST

Students at Stanford University’s design school are taught to forgo computers, solve real-world problems like infant mortality and clubfoot.

Qaeda in Syria trying to recruit Americans for attacks on USSubscriber Only

January 11, 2014 04:19 IST

MICHAEL S SCHMIDT & ERIC SCHMITT Islamic extremist groups in Syria with ties to al-Qaeda are trying to identify, recruit and train Americans and other Westerners who have travelled there to get them to carry out attacks when they return home, according to senior American intelligence and counter-terrorism officials. These efforts, which the officials say […]

Osama bodyguard to be freed from GitmoSubscriber Only

January 11, 2014 04:14 IST

Bin Laden was killed in a covert US raid in May, 2011, in Pakistan’s garrison city Abbottabad.

US mulls targeted sanctions against South SudanSubscriber Only

January 11, 2014 00:30 IST

No decisions have been made yet, the sources added. Targeted sanctions focus on specific individuals, entities or sectors of country.

‘Obama believes US has to continue building on ties with India’Subscriber Only

January 10, 2014 12:20 IST

Barack Obama "believes strongly" that US needs to continue to build on the relationship with India

Afghan Taliban caused helicopter crash in December: USSubscriber Only

January 10, 2014 11:58 IST

US officers had earlier suggested that the helicopter went down due to a mechanical failure.

3 Indians allege police abuse, file complaintSubscriber Only

January 10, 2014 06:26 IST

Singapore previously witnessed violence of such scale during race riots in 1969.

Polar freeze turns deadly, moves to US East and South after killing 21 peopleSubscriber Only

January 8, 2014 14:20 IST

The Midwest and the East experienced temperatures colder than much of Antarctica.

Several Midwestern states received snowfall upto 30 cm on Sunday. Reuters

US in the grip of ‘dangerous cold’ as polar vortex pushes sub-zero temperaturesSubscriber Only

January 6, 2014 17:45 IST

Several Midwestern states received snowfall upto 30 cm on Sunday.

US in grip of ‘dangerous cold’ as polar vortex pushes sub-zero temperaturesSubscriber Only

January 6, 2014 14:54 IST

US braced for dangerously cold temperatures that could break records.

US: First marijuana retailers prepare for New Year’s opening in ColoradoSubscriber Only

January 1, 2014 16:09 IST

20 states in the US have legalised private use in some degree.

Snowden leaks have identified areas of concern: Barack ObamaSubscriber Only

December 6, 2013 10:28 IST

Barack Obama said he is proposing self-restrain on NSA.

400,000-year-old DNA from human relative sets age recordSubscriber Only

December 5, 2013 16:26 IST

DNA was retrieved from a thighbone found in a cave in northern Spain.

US analysts to post online messages to blunt Qaeda influenceSubscriber Only

December 5, 2013 15:59 IST

Each of the online posts carries a warning: "Think again. Turn away."

US sends new reconnaissance planes to Japan amid tensionSubscriber Only

December 3, 2013 09:27 IST

The move comes days after US flew two B-52 bombers over the disputed East China Sea.

Powerful earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes south Atlantic,no Tsunami threatSubscriber Only

November 25, 2013 15:32 IST

There have been no initial reports of damage or casualties.

NSA hired IT specialists to hack sensitive info: ReportSubscriber Only

November 24, 2013 15:45 IST

NSA documents revealed that the agency was able to infiltrate over 50,000 computer networks.

US Mehtodist pastor stands to lose position for performing son’s gay weddingSubscriber Only

November 19, 2013 14:47 IST

A United Methodist minister convicted under church law of performing his son’s same-sex wedding ceremony could learn if he’ll be defrocked. A jury of his pastoral peers convicted the Rev. Frank Schaefer Monday of breaking his vows by officiating the 2007 ceremony in Massachusetts after a trial that has rekindled debate over the denomination’s policies […]