The next revolution in space, making humdrum what was long the special preserve of tax-funded giants like NASA, will be launching next year from a paddock in New Zealand's South Island.
Internet giant Alphabet Inc, the new holding company for Google, expects to begin delivering packages to consumers via drones sometime in 2017, the executive in charge of its drone effort said on Monday.
Egypt's president has dismissed claims that a Russian passenger jet was downed by a branch of Islamic State as propaganda, after the airline said the crash, which killed all 224 people on board, was due to "external" factors.
Melting ice in West Antarctica is a major concern for global sea levels, and a key area may already be unstable enough to unleash 3 meters of ocean rise, scientists said.
The visiting UN special envoy to Syria said on Monday that working groups he proposed to discuss solutions to the deadlocked Syrian crisis are going to be launched soon.
Iran has begun shutting down uranium enrichment centrifuges under the terms of a deal struck with six world powers in July on limiting its nuclear program, Teheran's atomic energy chief said on Monday during a visit to Tokyo.
South African state prosecutors were due on Tuesday to argue in court for Oscar Pistorius to be convicted of murder and sent back to prison, two weeks after he was released on house arrest.
The Volkswagen emissions scandal widened on Monday when the US government accused the German automaker of cheating for a second time. Although VW denied the charge, it faced the prospect of steeper fines and lost sales, as well as more intense scrutiny from disbelieving US lawmakers.
Leftwing Israeli NGOs accused the government of a witch-hunt on Monday after the justice minister proposed tough new measures on organizations receiving funding from foreign governments.
A school of 10 whales that washed up on Monday in northern France may have done so voluntarily after the death of the dominant male, an expert said.
A 17-month-old baby miraculously survived after biting a poisonous snake to death in southern Brazil, media reported on Monday.
Lebanese judicial authorities charged a Saudi prince and nine other people with drug smuggling via Beirut airport, and referred the case to an investigating judge, judicial sources and the National News Agency reported on Monday.
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