China plans to double its investment in water conservation projects as cities face shortages and the worst drought in decades persists in northern China's...
A guard at a US state prison has been found strangled inside the prison's chapel.Washington State Prison spokesman Chad Lewis said 34-year-old Jayme Biendl...
Burma has opened its first parliament in more than two decades, an event greeted with cautious optimism by opposition politicians despite the military's tight...
Egypt's most prominent democracy advocate took up a loudspeaker and called for President Hosni Mubarak to resign, speaking to thousands of protesters who defied...
A wearable "artificial pancreas" could dramatically reduce the risks pregnancy poses to women with insulin-dependent diabetes, research has shown.In tests, the device was shown...
Bursaries for trainee teachers are to be scrapped in most subjects as part of the coalition's money-saving drive.The annual £6,000 payments will be dropped...
David Cameron and US President Barack Obama have called for an "orderly transition" to a democratic government in Egypt.As the crisis engulfing President Hosni...
