U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials are testifying before Congress about the deadly September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The House and Senate Intelligence Committees began closed-door hearings Thursday on the attack in which U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. Many lawmakers are concerned over whether there was adequate […]
Ancient Stone Weapons Find in South Africa Pushes Human History Back in Time
Archaeologists digging at a site on the southern coast of South Africa have found a trove of sophisticated stone tools they believe were made 50,000 years before the technology to create them emerged in Europe and other regions of Africa. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, could mean that the first modern humans evolved […]
Retailer Wal-Mart Expands Its Bribery Investigation
The world’s largest retailer, U.S.-based Wal-Mart Stores, says it is expanding its internal investigation into whether company officials paid bribes to foreign officials to help expand the company’s operations abroad. A year after Wal-Mart revealed that U.S. officials are investigating its Mexican subsidiary, the company said Thursday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and […]
US Congress Probes Libya Attack
U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials are testifying before Congress about the deadly September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The Senate Intelligence Committee is holding a closed hearing on the attack, which resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. A House panel is hearing testimony from foreign […]
Archeologists Identify Oldest Spear Tips
There is new evidence that early human hunters were attaching stone points to the tips of their spears half a million years ago — 200,000 years earlier than previously thought. A University of Toronto-led team of anthropologists examined 500,000-year-old stone points from a site in South Africa, and determined that they had been used as […]
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Ends Hunger Strike
Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is ending the hunger strike she began in protest of alleged fraud in the country’s recent elections. Ukraine’s deputy health minister, Raissa Moissenko, says Ms. Tymoshenko agreed to end her 17-day hunger strike on Thursday, after meeting with a group of German doctors at her hospital in Kharkiv. The […]
Indian Parents Blame Irish Abortion Laws for Daughter’s Death
The parents of an Indian woman who died last month in an Irish hospital after being denied an abortion are criticizing Ireland’s abortion laws. Savita Halappanavar, who lived in Galway in western Ireland, was 17 weeks pregnant when she suffered severe pain as a result of a miscarriage. Doctors allegedly refused her demand for an […]
Romney: Obama’s Government ‘Gifts’ to Voters Cost Him Election
Defeated U.S. presidential contender Mitt Romney is telling his campaign donors that he lost last week’s national election because President Barack Obama showered “financial gifts” from the government on segments of the American electorate who then voted for him. In a post-election call to the donors Wednesday, the Republican challenger said the Democratic incumbent had […]
Ancient Stone Weapons Find in South Africa Hints at Complex Society
Archaeologists digging at a site on the southern coast of South Africa have found a trove of sophisticated stone tools they believe were made 50,000 years before the technology to create them emerged in Europe and other regions of Africa. The finding, reported in the journal Nature, could mean that the first modern humans evolved […]
U.S. Congress Probes Libya Attack
U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials are testifying before Congress about the deadly September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The Senate Intelligence Committee is holding a closed hearing on the attack, which resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. A House panel is hearing testimony from foreign […]