Two people were wounded in a shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in downtown Washington D.C. on Wednesday, local police said. The D.C. Police Department said a man walked to the museum and shot a security gua...
The European Commission is waiting for clarification from the Russian side on its bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), a commission spokesman said here on Wednesday. "We are now seeking clarity from the Russian au...
The Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU), on Wednesday condemned the suicide bomb attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. "No cause can justify such acts," said the Czech Republic in a statem...
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon stressed on Wednesday that nuclear disarmament is the "most urgent political problem at present" for the world. In a television address at the opening of the International Scientific S...
The supernova discovered last year by a New York teen is a new type of stellar explosion, 1000 times more powerful than a nova but 1000 times less powerful than a supernova, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said Wednesday in a press releas...
Susan Helms, former astronaut and brigadier-general of the United States Strategic Command, highlighted how international cooperation could lead to improved space situational awareness at the 52nd session of the United Nations Committee on the Peacef...
The U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. has launched negotiations with U.S. federal government and governments of three states to determine where the bankrupt automaker will build a new small car, the automaker said in a statement Wednesday. &...
Wall Street capped lower Wednesday, as technology and consumer shares retreated on concerns that rising interest rates will block the economic recovery. Stocks opened moderately higher, as oil prices touched a new high for th...
