Barack Obama will Wednesday propose major cuts in US and Russian nuclear stocks, making a pitch for his own place in history in an evocative open-air speech during his first visit as president to Berlin. Ahead of the address to around 6, 000 people at the fabled Brandenburg Gate, the US leader also

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The Afghan government on Wednesday lashed out at US efforts to broker peace with the Taliban, suspending crucial security talks with Washington and threatening to boycott prospective contacts with the insurgents in Qatar. Kabul issued two strongly worded statements threatening to sabotage US ...

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David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt smashed a record ninth-wicket stand to lift South Africa to 175 in the Champions Trophy semi-final against England at the Oval on Wednesday. Miller hit an unbeaten 56 and Kleinveldt chipped in with a career-best 43 during a 95-run partnership after South Africa were

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The Airbus next-generation A350 plane took off commercially at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, winning multi-billion-dollar deals and the European manufacturer said that more deals were in the air. The news comes just days after the new plane took to the skies in its first ever test flight on ...

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Brazil deployed special federal police Wednesday to protect Confederations Cup venues, as mass "Tropical Spring" protests against government spending for the 2014 World Cup turn violent. A day after more than 250, 000 people took to the streets of major cities in mostly peaceful rallies, Brazil's ...

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Rafael Nadal was named fifth seed for Wimbledon on Wednesday, leaving his major title rivals to ponder meeting the 2008 and 2010 champion as early as the quarter-finals. Nadal, the holder of 12 Grand Slam titles, and fresh from his record-breaking eighth French Open triumph in Paris, was seeded ...

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Bankers found guilty of "reckless misconduct" in Britain could end up in prison and be stripped of bonuses, under draconian proposals on Wednesday to clean up London's scandal-hit financial sector. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, established by the government after the Libor ...

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Alan Pardew has vowed to stay at Newcastle United, he said in comments published on Wednesday, despite the controversial appointment of Joe Kinnear as director of football that has been interpreted as a threat to his job. "I am staying -- to take the club up the league, " he said in a short message

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Boeing said on Wednesday that US plane leasing firm CIT Aerospace had ordered 30 of its new, medium-haul 737 MAX aircraft in a deal worth $3 billion (2. 2 billion euros) at catalogue prices. The announcement complements an already solid order book for the US aviation giant at the Paris Air Show, ...

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Strapped in an orange suit in his spaceship, Yuri Gagarin smiles as the rockets roar and chirpily tells mission control: "Let's go! "A new Russian film -- "Gagarin. First Man in Space" -- is the first full biopic on the pioneering cosmonaut ever to be released in Russia or the Soviet Union. Until ...

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Cancer-causing radioactive substances have been found in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said Wednesday, as it pledged to prevent them getting into the sea. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said tests showed the highly toxic strontium-90, a by-product of ...

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The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia. The report presents "an alarming scenario for the days and years ahead -- what we could face in our lifetime, " said ...

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US satellite television provider Dish Network said on Tuesday it has dropped plans to submit a revised bid for Sprint Nextel, paving the way for a rival offer from Japan's SoftBank. Dish said it still saw "strategic value" in a merger with Sprint but that it would not submit a revised offer by ...

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North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual. Kim handed out translations of the German dictator's manifesto to select officials at the time of his birthday in January, reported ...

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General Motors will invest $11 billion in China through 2016, executives said Wednesday, as the US car giant broke ground on a plant to produce luxury Cadillacs for the world's biggest auto market. The figure includes four new plants, including the $1. 3 billion Cadillac factory in Shanghai, GM ...

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North Korea has angrily denied a report that its ruler used Adolf Hitler's memoir as a leadership guide, threatening to kill the authors of the report. The article by New Focus International, an online news portal run by North Korean defectors, said Kim Jong-Un had given copies of "Mein Kampf" to ...

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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff tried to get ahead of a wave of popular protest, vowing to listen to the complaints of youths angered by the cost of staging the World Cup. A day after more than 250, 000 people took to the streets of major cities in mostly peaceful rallies, and with thousands more

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Japan extended a string of trade deficits in May, official data showed on Wednesday, as the country's import costs rose on the weak yen but shipments to the United States and China soared. The strong export data -- up 10. 1 percent over last year -- comes after earlier figures showed the world's ...

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England and South Africa will hope lady luck does not desert them when they clash in the Champions Trophy semi-final at the Oval in London on Wednesday. Both sides, aiming to end a frustrating wait for a major one-day title, are fortunate to make the last four in the eight-nation tournament, saved ...

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A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were forced to live in an Ohio basement with snakes and pitbulls and were treated like slaves for more than two years, US prosecutors said. The case came to light after the woman was caught stealing a candy bar and told police she'd rather go to jail than ...

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Sprint hierarchy could be established this week as the United States and Jamaica hold their trials for the athletics World Championships scheduled for Moscow August 10-18. Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin spearhead the US challenge to six-time Olympic gold medallist and double world record-holder Usain ...

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British comic Russell Brand told Katy Perry he was divorcing her by text message, the US pop star said in a new magazine interview, adding that she hasn't heard from him since. Brand issued a statement in December 2011 announcing that he had filed for divorce 14 months after the pair were wed in ...

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Google said it asked a special US court handling national security investigations for permission to publish the number of government requests for data to the Internet giant. The court filing in Washington came amid a firestorm of protests over revelations that the National Security Agency had ...

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Pregnant women who take an iron supplement twice a week receive the same health benefits as expectant mothers who take a daily dose of the essential mineral, new research showed. The study, carried out by a team from the University of Melbourne, found that taking a daily dose of iron during ...

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The Mali government and Tuareg rebels signed a ceasefire accord Tuesday paving the way for presidential elections in the troubled west African state next month. The agreement, reached after 10 days of tense negotiations, will enable Malian troops to enter the Tuareg-held city of Kidal to secure the