The United States is moving toward the militarization of space and this will change the face of war in the near future, an academician with the Russian Academy of Engineering Sciences has warned. Judging by recent developments, the idea of formidable space weapons prowling the last frontier is no longer limited to the realm
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According to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the Mayans were right and the apocalypse is near. In a spoof 50-second video appearance promoting a local radio station's breakfast show, Gillard provided hair-raising details that she said would come when the world ends this month, as the ancient Mayans calendar predicted. With the straight face she
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**Pace of annual increase also slows** A small indication that the rise in unemployment might have peaked came last week with a data release showing that the number of unemployed registered at the District Labour Offices fell on a seasonally adjusted basis for the third time in six months in November. The number of (seasonally
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Demetris Voyiatzis from Greece won the Quantum Nicosia Marathon on Sunday, setting the fastest pace of 2 hours, 44.06 minutes in the 42 km race among 101 runners, with a further 7,500 people of all ages taking part in the half-marathon, the 10-km run and the 5-km run, as well as the charity 1000 metre
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Imagine texting while driving, or placing a call while showering, without holding your phone in your hands. It's not sci-fi any more – a new technology allows information like text messages and driving directions to be projected onto a contact lens. The hardware behind this invention is a spherical curved LCD display that can fit
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Authorities from the Bahamas and Cyprus are investigating what caused two giant vessels to collide in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, sending one to the seabed and killing as many as 11 sailors. Officials from Cyprus's accident investigation branch boarded the Corvus J, the Cyprus-registered container ship in the Dutch port of Vlissingen
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is weighing up whether to make a bid for The Financial Times Group, which includes the namesake paper and a half interest in The Economist magazine, the New York Times reported, citing three people close to the mayor. Pearson Plc, the publisher of FT, is about to lose two
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U.S. software pioneer John McAfee, facing deportation from Guatemala to Belize to answer questions over the death of a neighbor, has bought himself some time with legal appeals, the Guatemalan government said on Sunday. McAfee's lawyers have filed a request with a local court to grant him leave to stay in Guatemala until his legal
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Asian shares touched a 16-month high on Monday as investors took heart from rising factory output growth in China and a falling unemployment rate in the United States that raised hopes about the outlook for the world's top two economies. The positive mood was tempered by Chinese trade data that saw both exports and imports
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Chelsea interim coach Rafael Benitez feels no pressure to win the Club World Cup in Japan despite his team crashing out of the Champions League in midweek, the Spaniard said on Monday. Benitez, runner-up as Liverpool manager at the 2005 Club World Cup in Japan, brushed off fears that a slip-up this time might cost
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