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Michael Sam Uses Twitter To Announce His Engagement To Long-Time Boyfriend
Michael Sam, who made history by being the first openly gay man drafted by the NFL in 2014, announced his engagement to long-time boyfriend Vito Cammissano this week in an Instagram photo.Sam then...
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Here's How The US Navy's New Laser System Burns Up Its Targets
The Laser Weapon System, or LaWS, is the first weaponized laser on a US warship.The 100 kilowatt turret was installed aboard the USS Ponce this summer as part of a $40 million R&D project to...
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Here's How The World's Most Advanced Missile Defense System Works
The most advanced missile system on the planet can hunt and blast incoming missiles right out of the sky with 100% success rate — from a truck. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), with the...
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The 20 Most Famous Students In College This Semester
Winter break is over, and students are heading back to school for their second semesters.And for the most famous students, a new semester brings more than just schoolwork as they balance Olympic...
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America Is In The Middle Of A New Cold War
In this excerpt from The Russia-China Axis: The New Cold War And America's Crisis Of Leadership authors Douglas E. Schoen and Melik Kaylan argue that only a rebirth of American global leadership can...
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The Biggest Flaw Of 'The Obama Team'
In this excerpt from National Insecurity: American Leadership In An Age Of Fear, David Rothkopf, CEO of the FP Group and National Security Council expert, compiles candid interviews with more than a...
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Benedict Cumberbatch Couldn't Wait To Tell His Actor Parents About His First...
Thursday was a big day for Benedict Cumberbatch.The "Sherlock" star received his first Oscar nomination for his role as mathematician Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game."The son of two actors, Wanda...
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Obama proposes closing tax loopholes on the wealthiest
Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama proposed closing tax loopholes for the wealthiest Americans as part of the new economic strategy he plans to unveil in this year's State of the Union...
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The future is men's fashion, says Italian talent Pompilio
Milan (AFP) - He's wowing fashionistas at Milan Men's Fashion Week, and rising star designer Andrea Pompilio says this is just the beginning, with a host of young labels like his ready to revitalise...
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Injured Del Potro pulls out of Australian Open
Melbourne (AFP) - Grand Slam winner Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday pulled out of the Australian Open after a recurrence of his troublesome wrist injury.The giant Argentine spent almost a year on the...
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China growth hit 24-year low in 2014: AFP survey
Beijing (AFP) - China's annual GDP growth slowed to its weakest rate in more than two decades in 2014, according to an AFP survey, projecting further deceleration in the world's second-largest economy...
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ECB poised to pull QE trigger on deflation
Frankfurt (AFP) - The stage is set this week for the European Central Bank to unleash its biggest weapon yet in the battle against deflation in the eurozone, analysts said.Financial markets and ECB...
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Russians keep calm and shop on in face of rising prices
Moscow (AFP) - For shoppers like pensioner Tatiana Ivanovna buying their weekly groceries in a Moscow supermarket, these are increasingly tough times.Fuelled by a double whammy of a plummeting ruble...
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Sanchez carries Arsenal hopes of Etihad upturn
London (AFP) - Arsenal will look to in-form Alexis Sanchez when they attempt to repair a sequence of diminishing returns at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Sunday.Sanchez...
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Fury as Indonesia executes foreigners by firing squad
Jakarta (AFP) - Brazil and the Netherlands recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia and expressed fury on Sunday after Jakarta defied their pleas and executed six convicted drugs offenders by firing...
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Channel Tunnel services resume after fire
Lille (France) (AFP) - Trains through the Channel Tunnel between France and Britain resumed early Sunday, a day after a lorry fire forced its closure and the suspension of rail services, operator...
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Swiss lose battle in currency war that could spread
Paris (AFP) - Historically neutral Switzerland's foray into the global currency war ended in defeat this past week after its central bank left markets shell-shocked by abandoning the franc's exchange...
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Papal mass manila: LIVE REPORT
Manila (AFP) - 06:30 GMT - WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT - WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT on Pope Francis's mass in the Philippines, the highlight of his five-day visit to the Catholic Church's passionate...
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Weeping Philippine girl challenges pope on prostitution
Manila (AFP) - A weeping 12-year-old Philippine girl, asking how God could allow children to become prostitutes, moved Pope Francis on Sunday to hug her and appeal for everyone to show more...
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A Special Kind Of Prejudice Is Damaging US Universities
It is a long time since the groves of academe were paced only by men, but even now some of them are more populated by women than others are. Why, is a mystery. Though the phenomenon is most discussed...
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