02/18/2013 08:35 PM
World demand for flooring and carpets is expected to rise 4.9 percent annually to 18.6 billion square meters in 2016.
02/18/2013 07:00 PM
World demand for home medical equipment is projected to increase 7.0 percent annually to $28 billion in 2016.
02/11/2013 08:52 PM
Dozens of people died in northern India on Sunday when chaos at an overcrowded railroad station sparked a stampede. It is unclear what exactly caused the stampede at the Allahabad station in Uttar ...
02/11/2013 06:14 PM
In a surprise announcement on Monday, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the papacy after 8 years. He cited his old age and failing strength. The announcement marked the first time a ...
02/06/2013 04:58 PM
A tsunami triggered by a powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake killed at least 5 people and damaged dozens of homes in the Solomon Islands this morning.
02/04/2013 06:56 PM
British scientists say human remains found buried under a Leicester, central England parking lot has been identified through DNA tests as those of King Richard III. Richard III was the last ruler o...
02/01/2013 05:59 PM
A terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey on Friday killed one person and wounded another. Neither of the victims were Americans; officials said the man who died was a Turkish securi...
02/01/2013 05:07 PM
The death toll in Thursday’s explosion at the Pemex office complex in Mexico City, Mexico rose to 32 overnight, according to the state-owned oil company’s CEO Emilio Lozoya. Although it remains unk...
01/31/2013 09:59 PM
Three days after disappearing during flight training off the coast of Italy, a 32-year-old United States Air Force pilot has been found dead. The family of Capt. Lucas Gruenther says his body was f...
01/31/2013 09:18 PM
To prevent more damage to the Tubbataha Reef, the U.S. Navy says it must cut their grounded minesweeper into pieces to remove it. The original plan was to lift the USS Guardian off the reef in one ...
01/28/2013 08:57 PM
Search and rescue teams have located wreckage from a plane that crashed in Antarctica, and New Zealand authorities believe all three people on board perished. The remote area of the crash site coup...
01/25/2013 10:41 PM
U.S. Navy officials say the minesweeper that ran aground on a coral reef in the Philippines last week is too badly damaged to be towed. The USS Guardian has taken on water and is no longer operatio...
01/24/2013 06:35 PM
The world market for fuel additives is forecast to grow 4.7 percent per year to 26.5 million metric tons in 2016, with demand in value terms advancing 8.0 percent per year to $59.4 billion.
01/18/2013 10:45 PM
The U.S. Navy is still trying to free a minesweeper than ran aground Thursday on a coral reef in the Philippines. Efforts to free the 1,312-ton USS Guardian at high tide failed.
01/17/2013 08:00 PM
A busy intersection in central London turned into a chaotic scene Wednesday during rush hour when a helicopter slammed into a crane, burst into flames and plunged to the ground. Authorities confirm...
01/17/2013 12:31 AM
The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today that its fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 earnings conference call will be held on Thursday, February 7 at 11:00 a.m. E.T. The Company’s earn...
01/10/2013 09:18 PM
In preparation for the royal baby, Queen Elizabeth has overturned her grandfather’s decree that any daughter, including a firstborn, born to the Prince of Wales will not hold the title of princess....
01/08/2013 09:45 PM
Five Americans were killed in Peru Monday afternoon when a helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in Pucallpa. The cause of the crash is unknown.
01/04/2013 10:23 PM
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was shot in the head and neck by Taliban militants last October, left the UK hospital where she had been receiving treatment since the attack. She is now st...
12/20/2012 10:14 PM
More than a dozen bodies washed ashore in northern Somalia this week following the sinking of a boat carrying at least 60 illegal migrants.
