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BBC News Feb 18 The classic image of a koala is a quiet little marsupial, sitting contentedly in a tree chomping eucalyptus leaves. But these unassuming bear-like animals can make a racket - producing a deep, growling bellow. Now researchers in Australia have discovered that male...

Express Feb 17 Four people have been killed by Libyan government forces during protests against leader Muammar Gaddafi, an opposition website has said. The deaths in the city of Beyida came as activists using Facebook and Twitter called for nationwide anti-government demonstrations...

BBC News Feb 17 Buckingham Palace has confirmed US President Barack Obama will come to the UK on a state visit in May. It is the first state visit by a US president since that of President George W Bush and his wife, Laura, in 2003. President Obama came to the UK for the G20 summit...

Discovery News Feb 16 Two false mummy big toes may have been the world's earliest functional prosthetics, according to a study which has successfully tested replicas on volunteers. Discovered in the necropolis of Thebe near present-day Luxor, the two artificial toes -- the so-called...

BBC News Feb 17 China has warned the US not to use calls for internet freedom as an excuse to meddle in other countries' affairs. The foreign ministry comments came after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced an initiative to help dissidents around the world get past government...

AP Feb 16 1.40pm MADISON, Wis. – Thousands of people descended on the Wisconsin state Capitol again Wednesday to protest a bill that would strip most public employees of their collective bargaining rights, but Gov. Scott Walker insisted he has the votes to pass the measure. On the second...

BBC News Toronto police 'seize $1m of marijuana' from pizzeria Toronto police say they have seized marijuana with a street value of 1m Canadian dollars ($1m; £618,811) from a takeaway pizza restaurant. Pizza Gigi's owner, 57-year-old Salvatore Crimi, sold the drug from the restaurant...

BBC News Feb 15 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed her firm support for the thousands of opposition supporters who protested in Iran's capital on Monday. Mrs Clinton said they deserved to have "the same rights that they saw being played out in Egypt" and that Iran had to...

Telegraph Feb 13 A 61 year-old woman in the US has given birth to her own grandson Kristine Casey acted as a surrogate for daughter Sara Connell after she was unable to have children of her own. Mrs Connell and her husband Bill are the biological parents of the boy, who is called...

BBC News US planemaker Boeing has unveiled the latest version of its jumbo jet. The 747-8 Intercontinental will seat 467 passengers - 51 more than the current 747 - while burning less fuel, the firm says. But Boeing has won just 33 orders for the passenger version of the plane so far -...

Discovery News Men: If you're looking to score points with that new phone, don't bother. Get a dog instead Young women find dogs sexier than smartphones. The bad news for geeks was released Thursday in a Retrevo.com study aimed at finding out whether gadgets make people more attractive as...

Telegraph Feb 13 Donald Rumsfeld, the former US defence secretary who sent American forces to war alongside British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, has criticised President Barack Obama for undermining the relationship between the two close allies "My impression is that the Obama...

Express Feb 13 Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has hired a long-standing Republican political strategist as chief of staff of her political action committee. The hiring of Michael Glassner fuelled fresh speculation about her possible intent to run for president in 2012. Mrs Palin...

Mail Feb 11 Divers have found the shipwrecked vessel of a doomed sailor who inspired the classic American tale Moby Dick off the coast of Hawaii. When, in 1820, a fierce sperm whale sank George Pollard's first whaling ship — Essex — it captured the imagination of author Herman Melville...

BBC New Feb 11 The Obama administration has proposed an overhaul of the US mortgage market that would limit the government's role in supporting home ownership. Under the proposals, the state-backed mortgage guarantee giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be wound down. The two firms...

Mail Those who struggle with their conscience every time they buy a new leather handbag will appreciate this innovation from an American restaurant.. Marlow & Sons is offering fashion accessories that diners will know the origin of. They will even know what it tasted like. Because the...

BBC News Riot police have been deployed in the centre of the Algerian capital, Algiers, ahead of a planned anti-government rally. The government has banned the protest, but opposition and rights groups say they intend to go ahead with the march. Algeria - like other countries in the...

Express Feb 10 The Medical Board of California has denied a provisional decision which would have allowed the fertility doctor who helped a woman give birth to octuplets to keep his licence. Instead, the state's medical licence agency will decide at a meeting in May whether Dr Michael...

Discovery News Feb 10 Last year, something strange happened to Jupiter. Not only was the gas giant recovering an asteroid smash, it also underwent a... change. Jupiter lost one of its trademark stripes -- a.k.a. the South Equatorial Belt (SEB) -- for no apparent reason. Although...

BBC News The opening salvoes have been fired in a new political battle in the US over greenhouse gas emissions. Having failed to pass legislation through Congress, President Obama wants the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate emissions. But draft measures before Congress...