Russia detects first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans
MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from...
Navalny faces decisive rulings in Moscow legal marathon
MOSCOW - The Kremlin's most prominent opponent Alexei Navalny faces two court decisions on Saturday that could seal a judge's ruling to jail him...
Google fires another lead AI ethics researcher
SAN FRANCISCO - Google said Friday it fired a lead artificial intelligence ethics researcher, following controversy last year over the tech giant's dismissal of...
‘I fight hardest in finals’ – Osaka’s Australian Open warning to...
MELBOURNE - Naomi Osaka says nobody remembers a loser -- and she doesn't plan to be one when she tries to win a fourth...
Australia and Facebook in talks over sweeping news ban
SYDNEY: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg held talks with the Australian government on Friday over a law that would force the social media giant to...
US sturgeon scientist accused in caviar scheme
WASHINGTON - The fish eggs were supposed to be for research, not for eating -- but a US biologist reportedly known as Wisconsin's "sturgeon...
Dozens arrested after second night of Spain rapper protests
MADRID - Dozens of people were arrested in Spain following a second night of clashes over the jailing of a rapper for controversial tweets,...
Power outages, water shortages as Texas shivers
HOUSTON - Millions of people were still without power on Wednesday in Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, with some...
Gunmen kidnap ‘hundreds’ of schoolboys in central Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria: Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping hundreds of others...
Digital warfare: Myanmar’s cyber crackdown explained
Myanmar's military has imposed repeated internet blackouts, blocked some social media sites and drafted a cybersecurity bill as it attempts to grind down resistance...
