US & Canada
US penalizes Asiana Airlines over crash
U.S. regulators are fining South Korea\'s Asiana Airlines $500,000 for failing to adequately help the families of passengers involved in a fatal ...US expels Venezuelan diplomats in tit-for-tat move over unrest
The United States has expelled three Venezuelan diplomats, a week after Venezuela expelled three U.S. diplomats it accused of conspiring with student ...US plans to shrink army and cut warplanes
The Pentagon said on Monday it would shrink the U.S. Army to pre-World War Two levels, eliminate the popular A-10 aircraft and ...US president to host Dalai Lama at White House
U.S. President Barack Obama will host exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House Friday, despite a stern warning ...Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion
Facebook Inc. (FB), the world\'s largest social network, agreed to acquire mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp Inc. for as much as $19 billion in ...US warns of shoe bomb threat to overseas flights
The U.S. government has warned airlines about a potential shoe bomb threat on international flights to the United States.Two biggest US cable companies to merge
The two biggest U.S. cable communications operators are merging.US braces for another deadly storm
A deadly winter storm that has coated much of the southeastern United States with ice is moving up the east coast, taking ...Pioneering TV comedian Sid Caesar dies at age 91
Pioneering U.S. television comedian Sid Caesar, who set the standard for TV comedy in the early 1950s, has died at 91.Obama declares emergency as storm hits US Southeast
U.S. President Barack Obama has declared an emergency in Georgi,a where forecasters predict a crippling ice storm.