Australia is the second-highest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions because of its reliance on coal in the list of developing countries. But it was the first to repeal a carbon tax that aimed to curb the effects of global warming.
The UAE announced it will send a probe to Mars by 2021, 50 years after the combined emirates were formed into one country. The oil-rich country has the financial means to succeed, but speculation exists on a new space agency tackling Mars (before the moon) since veteran programs have struggled in the past.
Four Israeli soldiers were wounded in Gaza as Israel continued their offensive against Hamas. Gaza was inundated with Israeli tanks Saturday as the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza's eastern border continued into the weekend.
In honor of what would have been Nelson Mandela's 96th birthday, Google created an interactive animated logo to commemorate the South African leader on Friday.
At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday, diplomats stood up and held a moment of silence for all those who had lost their lives on the downed Malaysian Airliner plane over eastern Ukraine.
At a White House press conference on Friday, President Barack Obama delivered a statement on the airliner disaster in Ukraine. "This was a global tragedy," Obama said. "An Asian airliner was destroyed in European skies filled with citizens from many countries, so there has to be a credible international investigation into what happened."
Friday, the world celebrates Mandela Friday marks Nelson Mandela's birthday and a day of service for citizens around the world. This is the first Nelson Mandela International Day since his death Dec.
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday morning to discuss who and what brought down Malaysian Airlines' Flight MH17 Thursday.
Babar Ahmad was the mastermind behind Jihadist websites that aided Islamist extremist groups. A Connecticut court on Wednesday sentenced Babar Ahmad to prison for helping the Taliban and other Islamic extremist terrorist organizations.
The spy base used to be a Russian listening post dating back to the height of the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied allegations that Russia plans to reopen a Cold War-era spy base in Cuba.
Coffee chain has plans to open 50 more in the country in five years. Starbucks has been roasting and selling Colombian-grown coffee for 43 years but hadn't had a location in the famed coffee capital until now.
Chinese president proposes railroad across South America to firm up relations China's President Xi Jimping has been in Brazil the last few days in an effort to improve relations with Latin America, which China sees as a valuable future ally, according to Channel News Asia.
