The metal iridium is rare in Earth’s crust. A compound of it was found to attach to a blood protein, enter the nucleus of cancer cells inside the body, and destroying them when activated with light.

Even as the two countries continue negotiations to end the trade war set off by President Donald Trump, China imported a lot more crude oil from Russia than it did from the United States.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump called the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “illegitimate” and officially recognized Juan Guaido as the country’s interim leader instead.

A large planet in the outer reaches of the solar system has been hypothesized for years, and the behavior of some small trans-Neptunian objects is often held up as evidence for the existence of ...

Carbon emissions from heavy industry and transport, leading contributors to human-induced climate change, can be made net-zero by 2060, or even earlier, a new report says.

In an announcement Tuesday, American Airlines said high fuel costs and competition were responsible for the reduction of its services to China and Japan.

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen’s commercial space venture Stratolaunch Systems announced Monday its launch vehicles — three rockets and the largest airplane ever by wingspan — and proposed first...

The all-cash deal to buy all outstanding shares of SodaStream would be funded by PepsiCo’s existing funds. The offer price reflects almost 11 percent premium to SodaStream’s Friday closing share...

The apps that Apple removed from its App Store in China were in violation of the country’s laws by providing platforms for gambling and selling fake lottery tickets, among others.

CEO and chairman of Tesla, Elon Musk, made a surprising proposal Tuesday on his Twitter account to take the electric car manufacturer private, at a valuation of roughly $71 billion.

The State Department announced a new set of sanctions Wednesday against Russia for its alleged role in a chemical attack in the United Kingdom. The sanctions are to take effect in about two weeks.

Each new version of Apple’s popular iPhone devices adds new shortcuts and tricks that make using them easier. Here are a few useful ones that you may not know.

Grab is popular in Southeast Asia and had received $1 billion in funding from Toyota in June. The ride-hailing company had also acquired Uber’s regional business in March, reducing competition.

A report Wednesday by the Intercept said Google was working on a censored version of its search engine for China that would filter out results and terms the Chinese government wants blacklisted.

Alex Jones and his Infowars talk show are well-known for their absurd claims involving conspiracy theories, and Spotify is under pressure from several users to discontinue the podcast.

The South Korean company makes the popular Galaxy line of smartphones, but Samsung also supplies displays and chips to other smartphone manufacturers, including global rival Apple.

Fast-food chain McDonald’s is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its well-known burger, Big Mac, with the launch of MacCoin, a limited edition “currency” that will be redeemable for a Big Mac.

BHP, the world’s largest mining company, is selling all of its onshore shale oil and gas assets in the United States in two deals, one worth $10.5 billion with BP and the other worth $300 million...

President Donald Trump began his “Keep America Great” campaign for 2020 soon after entering the Oval Office, but the tariffs he has imposed on China could lead to some hiccups.

The investment by pharmaceutical company Pfizer, widely known as the maker of Viagra, will also create over 450 jobs in Michigan, the company said in a statement Tuesday.