Science & Environment
World weather in 2013 was fourth hottest on record
Last year was tied for the fourth warmest year on record around the world.Iran suspends 20% uranium enrichment as historic deal implemented
Iran has started halting uranium enrichment to 20 percent and has begun down-blending uranium enriched to higher levels, the state-run Fars news ...Hariri assassination trial opens at The Hague
A U.N.-backed tribunal has opened the trial against four men accused in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.Iran nuclear deal to take effect on January 20
Iran and six world powers have agreed to carry out an interim nuclear agreement reached in November.Iran says nuclear talks find solutions
Iran\'s deputy chief nuclear negotiator says talks with world powers on Tehran\'s nuclear program have concluded with solutions on all points of ...NASA extends space station life to 2024
The U.S. space agency NASA says it will keep the International Space Station operating for an additional four years, until 2024.First H5N1 bird flu death in North America confirmed in Canada
Canadian health authorities say the first avian flu death in North America, in the western plains province of Alberta, of a patient ...Syrian chemical weapons transfer begins
Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in a crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament programme that ...Russian, Chinese ships free from Antarctic ice
Reports from Antarctica say a Chinese icebreaker and a Russian research vessel broke free from thick ice on Tuesday, with both vessels ...Polar freeze grips United States, disrupting travel, business
The dangerously cold weather that has turned the midwestern United States into one huge deep freeze is expected to move east and ...




