Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-line allies fared far worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, likely forcing him to reach across the aisle to court a popular political newcomer to cobble together a new coalition.While Netanyahu appeared positioned to serve a third term as prime minister, the results marked a major setback for his policies and could force him to make new concessions to restart long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians.More than 99 percent of t

Boeing suffered another huge blow on Wednesday as U.S. regulators ordered airlines to stop flying 787 Dreamliners until a fire risk linked to the plane's lithium batteries has been resolved.Japan's two biggest airlines had already taken almost half the global fleet out of service, but the announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) means 30 of the world's 50 Dreamliners have now been grounded."As a result of an in-flight, Boeing 787 battery incident earlier today in Japan, the FAA

Coca-Cola is rolling out two different ads addressing obesity, one for policy makers and one for the general public, company officials said."It's the first time we're really leaning into the conversation," Diana Garza Ciarlante, a Coca-Cola spokeswoman, told Advertising Age. "We're doing it in a way that's anchored in what people expect of Coca-Cola. They expect us to be part of the dialogue, to lead where we can and to be responsive."A 2-minute ad, "Coming Together," began airing Monday on nati

침팬지에게 공평함을 느끼는 감각이 있다는 연구결과가 밝혀졌다. 에모리대학의 여크국립영장류연구센터는 침팬지에게 공평함을 느끼는 감각이 있는지 여부를 밝히기 위해 최후통첩 게임을 이용한 연구를 진행하였다.최후통첩 게임은 한 플레이어가 다른 플레이어에게 보상을 나누자고 제안하고 다른 플레이어가 동의해야만 성립하는 게임이다. 침팬지들이 최후통첩 게임을 할 때 인간과 마찬가지로 공평하게 보상을 나누었다고 연구진은 밝혔다. 이때까지 공평함을 느끼는 감각은 인간에게만 있는 특성이라고 알려졌다. 이번 연구는 영장류가 공평함을 느낄 수 있다는 것을 증명하는 최초의 연구이다. 이번 연구결과는 침팬지를 비롯한 영장류가 공평함 이외에도 인간이 가지고 있는 성향 및 특성을 지닐 수 있다는 가능성을 열어주었다. (코리아헤럴드)<관련 영문 기사>Apes have a sense of fairness: reportFrom news reports A study has found that Chimpanzees hav

대구도시철도는 여성승객을 보호하기 위한 일환으로 ‘여성 전용칸’ 운영을 검토 중이라고 밝혔다.도시철도 관계자는 복잡한 출근시간대인 오전 7시부터 9시까지 1,2호선 지하철 6량 중 1량을 여성 전용칸으로 운영하는 방안을 고려하고 있다고 언급했다.이번 방안은 급증하는 지하철 성추행사건을 막기 위한 예방책으로 제안되었다. 실제로 경찰청이 밝힌 ‘지하철 성추행 범죄 현항’에 따르면, 2011년 1,313건의 성추행 건이 집계되었다. 이는 2008년 466건에서 3배 이상 증가한 수치다. 실제 일본에서는 여성 전용칸을 운영하는 노선이 있다. 2000년 게이오(京王) 전철은 취객들의 횡포로부터 여성들을 보호하기 위해 여성전용칸을 만들어 현재까지 운영 중이다. 서울시와 서울도시철도공사는 2011년 여성전용칸 설치를 추진하려 했으나 남성에 대한 역차별 행위라는 주장 등의 반대 여론에 밀려 무산된 바 있다. 대구도시철도공사의 최종 결정은 이달 말 발표될 예정이다. (코리아헤럴드)<관련 영문 기사>

Worldwide sales of mobile phones, including smartphones and feature phones, reached 1.74 billion last year, growing 1.8 percent from the previous year, data showed Sunday.The on-year growth was attributed to robust demand for some of the latest models in the smartphone market, such as Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 phones as well as Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5, according to the data by Strategy Analytics.Strong shipments of the Samsung and Apple phones, combined with seasonal de

Failure to appear interested in the job during an interview was the No. 1 mistake made by job seekers, a survey of hiring managers found.In a survey conducted for employment agency CareerBuilder by Harris Interactive, 62 percent of hiring managers said an apparent lack of interest was among the mistakes made during interviews by job candidates."A lack of enthusiasm can leave the employer feeling less than enthusiastic about you as a candidate," CareerBuilder said in a news release Wednesday.The

Arsenal threw away a winning position to draw 2-2 with Premier League rival Swansea following a late goal flurry in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.Michu slotted Swansea ahead with a neat finish the 58th minute, but Lukas Podolski leveled in the 81st and Kieran Gibbs volleyed Arsenal in front inside two minutes after playing a one-two with Mikel Arteta.But after Podolski only half-cleared a corner, Danny Graham pounced to equalize in the 87th and the sides will have to contest a replay. “We sho

Turns out Adele ruled 2012, too _ and set a record while she was at it.The British singer’s “21” was the highest-selling album in the U.S. for the second consecutive year, according to 2012 sales figures released by Nielsen SoundScan on Thursday. That’s a first in the SoundScan era.Adele sold 4.4 million copies of the album in 2012 after selling 5.8 million in 2011. She crossed the 10 million threshold in November and was only rivaled by Taylor Swift, whose “Red” was second on the list. If her a

Moderately overweight people are less likely to die than people of normal weight, a U.S. government study published Wednesday indicates.Being substantially obese, with a body mass index of 35 and higher, does raise the death risk 29 percent, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s National Center for Health Statistics said in the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.But overweight people with a BMI of 25 to 30 -- who make up more than 30 per

Babies start learning language in the womb and at birth can differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language, U.S. scientists say.Researchers at the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma report unborn babies are listening to their mothers talk during the last 10 weeks of pregnancy and at birth can demonstrate what they‘ve heard.That’s because sensory and brain mechanisms for hearing have developed by 30 weeks of gestation, they said.“The

The use of antidepressants during pregnancy is not linked to a higher overall risk of stillbirth and death in newborns, a study said Tuesday, confounding a long-held opposing view of such drugs.The Swedish study of more than 1.6 million births in five Nordic countries included nearly 30,000 women who had filled in a prescription for an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) during pregnancy.The researchers found that the 1.79 percent of mothers exposed to an SSRI had higher rates of still

Vladimir Putin, eight months into his third term as president, urged fellow Russians Tuesday to be more “responsive and benevolent” in the New Year.In a message delivered shortly after midnight, Putin talked about love of family and country, RIA Novosti reported. His brief speech was short on specifics.Putin said at the end of the year everyone becomes more conscious of how time is “fleeting.” “We should become more responsive and benevolent, more generous and caring toward our loved ones, our c

 　About 3 million years ago the diet of our very early ancestors in central Africa is likely to have consisted mainly of tropical grasses, researchers say.　A new study led by Oxford University of the fossilized teeth of three early hominim Australopithecus bahrelghazali individuals analyzed carbon isotopes in the teeth and found the signature of a diet rich in foods derived from tropical grasses and sedges, flowering plants resembling rushes, a university release reported.　The discovery suggests

South Korean mobile carriers KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. said Wednesday they plan to introduce a service that enables long-term evolution (LTE) data sharing among multiple mobile devices, as a growing number of people own more than one mobile gadget."The number of mobile gadgets owned by an individual is increasing as people are using them for different functions. The LTE data sharing plan will increase customer satisfaction since they can share LTE data among various devices," a KT official sai

  The probability of a white Christmas -- with snow at least an inch deep on Christmas Day -- is low for many areas of the United States, forecasters say.While northern New England, the Upper Midwest, the Rocky Mountains and Intermountain West have a 75 percent of a white Christmas, New York City, Philadelphia and the District of Columbia have less than a 25 percent chance, AccuWeather.com Wednesday.Regional differences in normal December snowfall and temperatures are both critical factors in wh

After taking a "selfie" photo on her cell phone with Hillary Clinton at the Kennedy Center honors reception, Meryl Streep donated the photo to Shutter to Think, a charity supporting girls education.It's like the ultimate Text From Hillary.Meryl Streep snapped a cell phone photo of herself and Secretary of State Clinton at the dinner celebrating this year's Kennedy Center honorees, and now she has donated the picture to charity.The Shutter to Think project, which will sell framed prints of the Cl

The first book for "grown-ups" by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be adapted into a television series, the BBC announced Monday."The Casual Vacancy", Rowling's darkly comic novel set in a seemingly idyllic English village, was published in September and the TV version is set to air on the BBC's flagship BBC One channel in 2014.The 47-year-old's series about the young wizard was adapted into eight blockbuster movies, but Rowling insisted that television was the best medium for an adaptation

Israeli and Palestinian leaders are called on to "breathe new life" into the Middle East peace process, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.A resolution to upgrade that status of Palestine passed Thursday in the U.N. General Assembly. The move gives the territories greater access to world institutions, including the International Criminal Court. The U.S. and Israeli governments were among the few that voted against the resolution.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the "unf

Convict to be executed for girls' murdersAn Arizona convict is just days from execution for raping and killing two teenage girls while his co-defendant is now a free man.Richard Stokley, 60, will, barring an unlikely stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court, be executed Wednesday in Florence, while Randy Brazeal, 41, was released from prison last year and has married, The Phoenix Arizona Republic reported Saturday.Evidence ultimately showed the two raped, strangled, stabbed and stomped on