Facing down the skeptics, Mexico’s president urged governments and companies on Friday to cough up the cash to fight climate change and avoid a repeat of the failure at Copenhagen to set binding targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

It was a meteorological mystery: global temperatures hadn’t increased dramatically over the Past decade, even though greenhouse gas levels did. It turns out that a temporary decline in water vapor in the Earth’s upper atmosphere has been holding global warming in check.

Police on Friday seized weapons used by two New Zealand men to slaughter more than 30 dogs owned by a neighbor in what animal welfare authorities said could be the country’s worst animal cruelty case.

J D Salinger, famous American author best known for his classic 1951 novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ died on Thursday following prolonged illness at his home in New Hampshire, England.

UK house prices rose by 1.2% in January compared with the previous month, the Nationwide says.

From the start, the man accused of killing motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker told a startling tale: He said Locker asked for help stabbing himself to death so his family could collect life insurance money.

Toyota recalls 1.1 million more US cars over concerns about faulty accelerator pedals and says European cars are also affected.

The late Pope John Paul II, who has been put on the fast track to sainthood by the Vatican, regularly whipped himself as an act of penance to feel closer to God, according to a new book.

A McDonald’s worker sacked for giving a colleague extra slice of cheese has won her battle for compensation against the multinational burger chain.

Serena fends off feisty foe in Australian Open semis.

A friend in need is a friend indeed - that is the age-old adage. Going to the help of a neighbour, a fellow man, even before making friends with him or her is a step higher than what was required of me, a neighbour, in the saying on friendship.

Iceland’s central bank on Wednesday cut its key interest rate by half a point to 9.5 percent to help the economy as the inflation rate eases and the national currency stabilizes.

As China and the United States promise emissions cuts, coal consumption takes center stage. By Monday, as many as two dozen countries will have listed their emissions targets. Experts say countries need to weigh the costs and benefits of continuing to use a technology that produces the largest amount of greenhouse gases.

The gap between rich and poor is wider now than 40 years ago, a government-commissioned panel has reported.