Though our forebears cooked with fire some 800,000 years ago, the consensus so far was that people hadn’t used fire to heat-treat materials until around 25,000 years ago. The new finding pushes that back at …

Retail sales fell unexpectedly in July, while first-time claims for jobless benefits rose slightly last weekMany economists still expect the nation’s gross domestic product, the broadest gauge of the economy, to grow 2 to 3 …

Ahuge explosion rocked the diplomatic district of the capital on Saturday morning, killing seven people and wounding 91, most of them on their way to work. The brunt of the explosion was borne by civilian …

China will not force the mass installation of the software on PCs, but the software will be installed on computers in schools, Internet cafes and in other public places, the minister added.The industry and information …

Reactions among European governments were mixed. Finance Minister Christine Largarde declared that France has pulled out of recession. German Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was less confident. “There is still a long way to go …

The county magistrate gave the premier a report that in his judgment about 300 were dead,” a Government Information Office section chief said, referring to the village of Hsiao Li.About 300 people are estimated to …

The latest study compares records of snow and ice thickness and densities over the years, the factors used to calculate mass. The glaciers have lost mass as melting outpaced new snow and ice accumulation, and …

Crude fluctuated in a narrow $71.48-$71.96 a barrel range in Asia. The drop was in response to a stronger dollar and a forecast by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that it now expects …