Microchip pioneer Jack Kilby, who won the 2000 Nobel Prize for co-inventing the integrated circuits that ushered in the digital age of personal computers, mobile phones and the internet, has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 81.

OHIO, home state of seven US presidents and the state that denied John Kerry the White House, is used to being in the centre of presidential elections.

Japan’s patent office has blocked a company from making “pachinko” pinball machines named after Adolf Hitler, Moses and other historical figures, officials said today.

One hundred years after the Wright brothers’ first flight, an attempt to recreate the moment failed in the USA when a replica craft could not get off the ground and sputtered into the mud.

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Massive firework displays in US cities rounded off America’s July 4 celebrations – the nation’s 227th birthday.

The British actor-comedian Steve Coogan and martial arts ace Jackie Chan have taken the unusual step of leaving the set of Around The World In 80 Days mid-way through production in order to promote it at the Cannes Film Festival.