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Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang is considering filing a lawsuit against The Sunday Times after the British newspaper published a report claiming the swimmer had violated anti-doping rules. In a…

A rock sample collected by Apollo 14 astronauts in 1971 from the moon's surface might well be the oldest piece of the Earth, according to recent research. The investigation of…

  Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone will be arraigned in Washington, D.C., next week. He was arrested Friday at his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Stone has been charged…

  Australians across the country are celebrating Australia Day to commemorate the birth of the nation. But again, the issue of the date, January 26, is at the center of…

The Chinese pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou has been nominated by the BBC as one of the most influential scientific figures of the 20th century, alongside Marie Curie, Alan Turing, and…

A dam that held back mining waste collapsed Friday in Brazil, inundating a nearby community in reddish-brown sludge, killing at least seven people and leaving scores of others missing. Parts…

Submitting to mounting pressure amid growing disruption, President Donald Trump agreed to a deal Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, backing down from his demand that Congress give…

A shooting in the U.S. state of Georgia has killed four and left at least one wounded, local police said Thursday evening. Polk County Sheriff's Office confirmed the shooting took…

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C44 carrying Kalamsat and Microsat-R, officials said Friday. The satellites were launched from Satish Dhawan Space…

A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, but the twin setbacks prompted a burst of bipartisan talks aimed…