PARIS -- The $35 billion deal to combine Publicis Groupe and Omnicom collapsed due to differences over how to implement a "merger of equals" in creating the world's biggest advertising firm, the CEO of the French company said Friday. Maurice Levy, the ...

LOS ANGELES -- Many of today's smartphones share similar features, from responsive touchscreens that let users unlock the phone with a flick of a finger, to pop-up animations that offer a shortcut to dialing a number or storing it in a digital address book.

LOS ANGELES -- Many of today's smartphones share similar features, from responsive touchscreens that let users unlock the phone with a flick of a finger, to pop-up animations that offer a shortcut to dialing a number or storing it in a digital address book.

LOS ANGELES -- Many of today's smartphones share similar features, from responsive touchscreens that let users unlock the phone with a flick of a finger, to pop-up animations that offer a shortcut to dialing a number or storing it in a digital address book.

LOS ANGELES -- Many of today's smartphones share similar features, from responsive touchscreens that let users unlock the phone with a flick of a finger, to pop-up animations that offer a shortcut to dialing a number or storing it in a digital address book.

As part of its Q1 2014 financial earnings reporting, Twitter announced that it now has 255 million active monthly users. This means the social network picked up 14 million new users over the first three months of the year, indicating a growth rate of just 5.8 per ...

NEW YORK -- "Star Wars: Episode VII" finally has its stars. May the Force be with them. After months of carefully guarded secrecy and endless Internet speculation, the cast of the latest incarnation of the space epic was unveiled Tuesday on the official "Star ...

DAMASCUS, Syria -- A massive double car bombing and a mortar strike targeted pro-government neighbourhoods Tuesday in two of Syria's largest cities, killing at least 54 people a day after President Bashar Assad declared his candidacy for re-election.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The countries looking for Flight 370 are working to assess the credibility of a survey company's claim to have found possible plane wreckage in the northern Bay of Bengal, Malaysia's defence minister said Tuesday. The location ...

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine -- As Western governments vowed to impose more sanctions against Russia and its supporters in eastern Ukraine, a group of foreign military observers remained in captivity Saturday accused of being NATO spies by a pro-Russian ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- All 15 people involved in navigating the South Korean ferry that sank and left more than 300 people dead or missing are now in custody after authorities on Saturday detained four more crew members, a prosecutor said. Yang Jung-jin ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- All 15 people involved in navigating the South Korean ferry that sank and left more than 300 people dead or missing are now in custody after authorities on Saturday detained four more crew members, a prosecutor said. Yang Jung-jin ...

Although it hasn't been made official, Mt. Everest's peak climbing season seems to be over. It's been one week since the deadliest disaster on the world's highest mountain, which claimed the lives of 16 Sherpas. Today, more Sherpa mountain guides ...

Although it hasn't been made official, Mt. Everest's peak climbing season seems to be over. It's been one week since the deadliest disaster on the world's highest mountain, which claimed the lives of 16 Sherpas. Today, more Sherpa mountain guides ...

Although it hasn't been made official, Mt. Everest's peak climbing season seems to be over. It's been one week since the deadliest disaster on the world's highest mountain, which claimed the lives of 16 Sherpas. Today, more Sherpa mountain guides ...

Although it hasn't been made official, Mt. Everest's peak climbing season seems to be over. It's been one week since the deadliest disaster on the world's highest mountain, which claimed the lives of 16 Sherpas. Today, more Sherpa mountain guides ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Officials say suspected Islamic extremists have abducted about 100 female students from a school in northeast Nigeria -- but some of the teens managed to escape from the back of an open truck. Borno state police commissioner Tanko ...

US Airways has apologized after a graphic sexual image was posted on its official Twitter account in response to a customer complaint, in one what may be the most obscene tweets ever shared by a corporate brand. “We apologize for an inappropriate image ...

While most of us were sleeping, star-gazers across the Western hemisphere were up overnight trying to catch a glimpse of the rare "blood moon" eclipse. As the sun, Earth and the moon moved into perfect alignment, eclipse lovers snapped dozens of pics of ...

HORLIVKA, Ukraine -- Pro-Russian insurgents who have seized government buildings across eastern Ukraine dug in on Tuesday, fortifying their positions and erecting fresh barricades, despite another government announcement that it was acting to restore ...