THE United States and India said yesterday that they had agreed on a defence pact that takes a major step toward allowing the sale of…
DEFIANTLY low-tech yet accurate to the second, Big Ben is having its 150th birthday tomorrow, its Victorian chimes carrying the sound of Britain into the…
SCIENTISTS are airlifting dozens of one of the world’s largest frogs off Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus. The dense forest of…
THE first Broadway revival of “Bye Bye Birdie” has found a home. The Roundabout Theatre Company says it will open the musical on October 15…
The New York Times Co has threatened to shut The Boston Globe unless the newspaper’s unions quickly agree to US$20 million in concessions, the Globe…
ROUGH seas whipped by strong winds today prevented the rescue of the last pilot whale still stranded after a group of dozens of whales and…
HILLARY Clinton, starting her first foreign excursion as United States Secretary of State with a week-long trip to Asia, said yesterday the US-Japan alliance remains…
A volcano erupted near Tokyo early today, spewing a plume of smoke more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) high and raining ash down on parts…
AS Americans get ready to turn the page on George W. Bush, the president offered his own first draft of history, saying that while his…
EVERY civilization has its deluge mythology. Before and after Noah set sail with his animals, flood stories have appeared in countless other versions, sacred and…