How are thousands of fake papers polluting science? Study takes a look
Fraudulent scientific research is now being produced and published on a large scale, with some unethical researchers colluding…
Syria signs $14 billion in investment deals, including $4 billion airport expansion
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria signed agreements worth $14 billion with regional and international companies on Wednesday for 12…
China tackles chikungunya virus outbreak as thousands fall ill
TAIPEI, Taiwan — An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in China has prompted authorities to take preventive measures…
How Russia blocks websites and isolates its internet from the world
TALLINN, Estonia — YouTube videos that won’t load. A visit to a popular independent media website that produces…
Oprah Winfrey picks Richard Russo’s ‘Bridge of Sighs’ for her book club
NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo i s the latest author to be welcomed into the…
Morrocan truck drivers kidnapped by Islamic State group released in Mali
BAMAKO, Mali — Four Moroccan truck drivers, who were kidnapped in January in West Africa by the Islamic…
Trial opens in Bali for US man charged with receiving illegal ADHD pills
DENPASAR, Indonesia — A man charged with importing drugs to Indonesia faces up to 15 years in prison…
Identical twins Colin and Graham Whines deny beating and kidnapping Northland man
The charges include wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, wounding with intent to injure, threats to…
Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese…
Driver trying to set record at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats dies after losing control
WENDOVER, Utah — A driver trying to set a speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed…
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars
WASHINGTON — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion…
China rejects US demands to stop buying Russian, Iranian oil
WASHINGTON — U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a…