Sci-Tech

Mars: why haven’t we gone there yet?

Chris Zappone 3:27 PM   The disappointment with our technological failure has implication for geopolitics.

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Key US role in botched Philippines raid: report

US counter-terrorism personnel were at a Philippines command post during a bungled commando raid, says a government investigation.

UK spooked by mounting child abuse cover-up

A toxic mix of misuse of power and official silence has become Britain's shame.

Toilet paper should go over the roll: original patent settles the debate

Luke Malpass 4:05 PM   As old as modernity, the argument known to tear couples asunder has been settled by 124-year-old visual evidence.

France, Germany and Italy defy US, flag plan to join China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

David Jolly 3:46 PM   Some of the United States' major European allies move to join a new development bank largely funded by Beijing and which Washington views as a rival to the World Bank.

Benjamin Netanyahu declares victory but Isaac Herzog won't concede Israel election

Ruth Pollard 2:40 PM   Most likely outcome is a centre-right coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, political scientist says.

Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst mistaken for murder suspect Robert Durst

Luke Malpass 2:03 PM   In an unfortunate mix-up, Associated Press has confused Robert Durst, property baron who once shot and dismembered a woman, with the leader singer of Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst, stating that the second had been arrested on murder charges.

Pregnant former Food Network star Cristie Codd and husband murdered in US

1:53 PM   A pregnant former television cooking show contestant and her husband were murdered by a neighbour at their home in the US, officials say.

US school suspends an 11-year-old for one year over a leaf that wasn’t marijuana

Christopher Ingraham 1:01 PM   Earlier this school year, a sixth-grader in the gifted-and-talented program at Bedford Middle School in Bedford, Virginia was suspended for one year after an assistant principal found something that looked like a marijuana leaf in his backpack.

Envelope sent to White House may contain cyanide

Justin Sink 12:41 PM   An envelope sent to the White House contained a chemical that testing indicates may be cyanide, the U.S. Secret Service said.

Pentagon to 'adversaries': Space is not a good place to start war

John M. Donnelly 12:33 PM   The US is boosting protection of its satellites as their importance in the American way of war increases.

Cervantes remains found in Madrid convent, investigators believe

Raphael Minder 12:00 PM   Part of the remains of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, may have been found, investigators say.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges voters to counter high Arab Israeli turnout

Ruth Pollard 11:55 AM   The campaigning went down to the wire, with frantic text messages and Facebook videos from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rally Israelis to re-elect him for fourth term.

Man rushes cockpit in mid-flight, forces flight to return to airport

Dana Hedgpeth 10:30 AM   A woman aboard a United Airlines plane texted her husband that she was experiencing the “scariest moment” of her life after a passenger raced screaming toward the cockpit before being subdued by others on the plane, the woman’s husband said on Tuesday.

US veteran Tairod Pugh charged with jihad conspiracy

10:41 AM   New York: A US Air Force veteran has been charged with two counts of trying to join Islamic State jihadists in Syria after being sacked as a plane mechanic, prosecutors say.

Rookie NFL linebacker retires over brain concerns

Terrence McCoy 7:50 AM   Chris Borland, an emerging star with the San Francisco 49ers, has retired, forgoing a multi-million dollar career, citing his concern of developing mental trauma as a result of the game. He has only had two diagnosed concussions.

Pakistan lawyer for doctor who helped CIA find Osama bin Laden shot dead

Jibran Ahmad 7:18 AM   Two militant groups claimed responsibility after a Pakistani lawyer under death threats for defending a doctor who helped CIA agents hunt al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead.

Pacific nations to highlight Cyclone Pam in climate talks

7:04 AM   Pacific Islands devastated by Cyclone Pam at the weekend will be using the disaster to drive home the need for a globally funded insurance pool to aid in the recovery from such events when they attend climate-change talks in Paris later this year.

Vanuatu island residents are running out of food after the devastation of Cyclone Pam

Stephen Coates 6:35 AM   'We are running short of food, water, shelter and electricity. We have no communications, we are still waiting for the people from parliament, the chief and the president, but still nobody is coming.'

Pakistan hangs 12 prisoners in largest execution since moratorium lifted

Katharine Houreld 6:00 AM   Islamabad: Pakistan hanged 12 convicts on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said, amid a growing uproar over plans to execute a man whose lawyers say was 14 when he was tortured into a confession of killing a child.

Japanese historians dispute US textbook's 'comfort women' account

Anna Fifield 5:43 AM   A group of Japanese historians is urging McGraw-Hill, the American publisher, to "correct" a college textbook that they say contains "many erroneous expressions" about sex slaves used by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

Indian PM Narendra Modi faces mass protests after gang-rape of nun and spate of attacks on churches

Sailendra Sil 3:53 AM   Hundreds of priests, school girls and other protesters staged a peaceful rally Monday in the Indian city of Kolkata to support an elderly nun who was gang-raped at her convent school.

Putin 'could set off a third World War': Klitschko

11:46 PM   World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has lashed out at Russian president Vladimir Putin, saying that his actions in eastern Ukraine could set off a third World War.

Hijacking claim: United Airlines flight turned back to Washington after passenger becomes 'violent'

Su-Lin Tan 11:20 PM   A United Airlines flight headed for Denver in the US has been turned around after a man failed to comply with crew instructions and had to be pinned down on board the plane after take off, according to reports by CBS New

Lee Kuan Yew's health worsens with infection in hospital

Bhavan Jaipragas 9:17 PM   The health of Singapore's founding leader Lee Kuan Yew has worsened due to an infection after nearly six weeks in hospital, the government said Tuesday.