The African continent is seeing some monumental changes, and is rife with conflict and potential.
Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" took in $84.8 million at the box office this weekend. It's being reported as a "December record," but that's not the whole story.
The state-owned newspaper China Daily is now printing its Africa Weekly, and its editors aren't shy about telling the West how they really feel.
in 2012, Germany's population has jumped by 389,000, largely due to immigration from southern Europe.
A new report from the World Wildlife Fund shows how illicit animal poaching has become a national security problem.
Live stream footage the 3-mile wide asteroid Toutatis flying by Earth.
NASA satellites give an interesting nighttime view of the planet.
Shaun White bought a $3.85 million beach home in Encinitas, Calif., and is apparently ready to tackle surfing.
Venice is no stranger to floods. In fact, the city experiences “acqua alta” (high water) every winter. But by Monday morning, some 70 percent of the popular tourist town was underwater as the city’s high-tide mark hit its sixth-highest level since records began in 1872.
The troika that decides how and when to financially rescue Greece has apparently given it a two-year extension on fiscal reform.
An Earth-like planet has been found right outside of our solar system.
Asteroid 2012 TC4 will be flying past Earth, and Slooh is providing live-streaming footage of its journey.
Felix Baumgartner's space jump will be aired live on video when the skydiver embarks on a record-breaking dive to Earth on Tuesday -- thanks to a live stream sponsored by Red Bull.
The people of Taiwan have enjoyed tremendous economic development in recent decades, but this prosperity has harmed the quality of life for many. For example, there is too much noise on the overcrowded island.
Extraterrestrial life could have originated here on Earth and escaped our solar system on meteorites, according to authors of a new study.
Caribbean immigrants are diverse: they may be black, white, Latino, East Indian, Chinese, Arab, Christian, Muslim, or Hindu.
A new fixed figure replaces the complicated equation that served as the previous definition of an astronomical unit..
The death toll in a series of earthquakes that struck southwest China's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces Friday has mounted to 80. Over 730 people suffered injuries.
At least 43 people were killed and over 150 injured when a 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces Friday, Chinese media reported.
As climate change warms the world's oceans and Arctic sea ice recedes to its lowest -ever recorded levels, China has taken advantage of it -- and may soon reap commercial benefits
Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, may become the first in the world to run out of water. And that's on top of all the other problems in the Arab world's poorest, insurgency-torn country. Among the culprits, a popular narcotic plant
By looking at earthquake data, scientists were able to get a clear picture of the interaction between the continental South American plate and the Caribbean Plate, which is mostly oceanic.
