NEW YORK - SCIENTISTS have created what is believed to be the first genetically-altered human embryo, a development watchdog groups have slammed as a step towards 'designer babies'.
CANBERRA - AUSTRALIA plans to spend A$40 billion (S$52 billion) on modernising its infrastructure to enable Canberra to capitalise on a mining boom and the economic growth of China and India.
NEW YORK - A MANHATTAN man who is suing JetBlue Airways Corp for more than US$2 million (S$2.7 million) says a pilot made him sit on the toilet for more than three hours during a flight from California.