German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Friday a sweeping climate protection plan worth at least 100 billion euros by 2030, as hundreds of thousands protested for action against global warming.Merkel's coalition government, after marathon overnight talks, sealed a deal to tackle emissions in the energy and industrial sectors, boost zero tailpipe emission electric vehicles, and get passengers out of planes and onto trains.
The Cup is being held outside the sport's traditional strongholds for the first time in a bid to expand rugby's fanbase
Market liquidity tends to spike when options and futures on indexes and stocks expire, spurring trading volume as large derivative positions roll over.
The hosts overcame a nervous start to run out winners
Twitter has launched a new feature that allows Twitter users to hide replies to their tweets.
NASA has spotted an asteroid that is currently flying towards Earth. Based on the size of the asteroid, it will most likely explode mid-air and cause a huge fireball if it enters Earth’s atmosphere.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor is said to have been born in a simple wooden hut on the slopes of a sacred mountain, and guide Kim Un Sim has no doubts: "Welcome to our holy land."The North is avowedly atheist, with its own Juche ideology proclaiming that "Man is the master of all things", but quasi-religious terminology abounds at Mount Paektu, a dormant volcano straddling the border with China.
Experts have cautioned against the fickle nature of weather-based energy
'I couldn't be more angry,' a man who evacuated from Fukushima told supporters at a rally after the verdict was announced
Vasily Artemyev will captain Russia in Friday's Rugby World Cup opener against Japan
With her car-loving nation poised to miss 2020 carbon reduction targets, Merkel says Germany must act -- while so far resisting a broad carbon tax
E-cigarettes have been pushed as a safer alternative to smoking but critics say the flavours appeal particularly to children
Experts accuse the Japanese government and utility companies of being unprepared as tens of thousands of homes were still without power nearly two weeks after Typhoon Faxai hit
Floyd Mayweather claims his fighter is a mix of Manny Pacquiao and Mike Tyson.
School uniforms in Japan are often sold through a handful of specific vendors designated by schools
The two leaders have threatened to wipe each other “completely off the map” but now seem willing to talk about North Korea's nuclear ambitions using traditional diplomatic methods.
Amazon Music now offers a premium tier will lossless, CD-quality audio streaming.
South Koreans have mounted a boycott of Japanese goods since Tokyo revoked Seoul's favoured export partner status
The meeting comes in the wake of data that show the economy may be slowing and demands from the president that rates be cut to zero or less.
The FOMC opens its two-day meeting amid pressure from President Trump to cut interest rates drastically.
Lower open expected for the U.S. stocks Tuesday after main equity gauges including Dow Jones looked down.
WeWork has done the prudent thing and postponed its IPO on account of lackluster investor interest.
