US & Canada
Obama announces changes to NSA data-gathering programme
President Barack Obama has ordered curbs on the use of bulk data collected by US intelligence agencies, saying civil liberties must be ...Boeing hit by fresh 787 battery problem
Battery problems have prompted the grounding of another Boeing 787, one year after a similar issue led to a months-long global suspension ...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 ...US sends troops and tanks to South Korea
The Pentagon has announced the deployment of an additional 800 troops to South Korea, along with combat tanks and other military hardware, ...Robert Gates says Barack Obama lost faith in US strategy in Afghanistan
A new book by former U.S. secretary of defense Robert Gates describes President Barack Obama as "a man of personal integrity" who ...US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as US Federal Reserve chief
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as the new chair of the country\'s central bank, making her one of the most ...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 ...First legal commercial Key West–Cuba flight in 50 years lands in Havana
The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years has landed in Havana, capping several years ...Afghan war most unpopular in US history: Poll
A new poll shows that the war in Afghanistan is even more unpopular among Americans than the war in Vietnam was more ...