China launches first moon mission

China launches first moon mission
What inspires China's space tools?
David Beckham enters hotel game
America's tilt eastwards
Thai protest leader urges prime minister to resign
U.S. 'deeply concerned' about veteran held in North Korea
U.S. airlines comply with China's demands over air zone
6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 06:06 PM PST

China launched its first lunar probe early Monday, which, if all goes well, will make it only the third nation -- after the United States and the Soviet Union -- to soft-land on the moon.

What inspires China's space tools?

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 06:11 PM PST

It's the stuff of urban legend that NASA in the 1960s spent hundreds of thousands developing a ballpoint pen that could operate in zero gravity while the cash-strapped Soviet space program resorted to a cheaper and more elegant solution -- the pencil.

David Beckham enters hotel game

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 06:03 PM PST

Global resort developer Las Vegas Sands (LVS) and Beckham Ventures just announced a partnership that will have the retired footballer (or soccer player, depending on your birth certificate) team up with the brand's integrated resort properties in Macao and Singapore.

America's tilt eastwards

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 06:05 PM PST

By his own admission, one of the U.S Navy's top commanders says his Pacific fleet "gets all the best stuff" when it comes to state-of-the-art weaponry -- an undeniable reflection of President Barack Obama's so-called pivot towards Asia.

Thai protest leader urges prime minister to resign

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 05:28 PM PST

Vowing to press on until they boot the Thai prime minister, anti-government protesters on Sunday stormed the state television studios and a police club compound hoping to find Yingluck Shinawatra.

U.S. 'deeply concerned' about veteran held in North Korea

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 08:14 AM PST

The U.S. government pleaded Saturday for North Korean authorities to release 85-year-old Merrill Newman.

U.S. airlines comply with China's demands over air zone

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 05:49 PM PST

Three major U.S. airlines on Saturday confirmed that pilots were complying with Chinese government demands that it be notified of plans to traverse the newly declared air defense zone over the East China Sea.

6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 06:04 PM PST

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck early Sunday off Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.