Three populous Chinese regions plan to relax restrictions on the children of workers from rural areas trying to enter university-track high schools

For more than 300 years, Yale University has prided itself on training top students to question and analyze, to challenge and critique.Now, Yale is seeking to export those values

“When there is no noise in my room it scares me”, emails one of my undergraduate students. “It seems I can’t stand silence”, writes another.The noise the first student is referring to is the background…

US President Barack Obama has increased pressure on Republicans to accept a deal aimed at stopping the country going over a "fiscal cliff".

Pyinyananda was chanting with dozens of fellow Buddhist monks when an object landed in the folds of his orange robes and blew up.

China has tightened its rules on internet usage to enforce a previous requirement that users fully identify themselves to service providers.

Recycled paper makes an unexpected appearance as the main building material in this temporary project in Essen, Germany.

International correspondents look back at events that helped define the year for them.

The browser-based netbook/notebook hybrid offers a low-cost, low-maintenance alternative to more traditional mobile computing devices.

Sustainability leaders discuss the highlights of 2012 and what they expect for 2013.