Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border (Series 3)

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Mysterious clouds discovered on Venus are not only helping scientists learn more about Earth's closest planetary neighbor, they also serve as a cautionary tale for one proposed method of combating climate change on our own planet.

Are Venus' mystery clouds warning sign for Earth?

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There's no dearth of sophisticated gear for the aspirational ATM thief. But skimmers don't exactly have an aisle at Wal-Mart. Gizmodo takes a look at the scary Internet black market where fraudsters get their tools — or get swindled themselves.

How crooks fake an ATM and steal your money

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An encrypted cache of documents that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has circulated across the Internet may ensure a deluge of secrets if the website is shut down.

WikiLeaks' 'insurance' file to ensure work goes on

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The budget imbalances and debt in states and localities remind some analysts of the run-up to the subprime mortgage meltdown, or of the crisis hitting Europe.

NYT: Rising state debts stoke fears of crisis

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WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange turned increasingly to Switzerland on Sunday, dodging a barrage of threats online and in the real world to keep access to a trove of U.S. State Department cables under a Swiss Web address.

WikiLeaks server goes down, Swiss say

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A French court found Continental Airlines and an airline mechanic guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2000 Concorde crash that killed 113 people.

Continental convicted in deadly Concorde crash

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An Italian port official says the remains of two American balloonists missing over the Adriatic since Sept. 29 have been found by a fishing boat.

Remains of missing U.S. balloonists found

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The government said late Monday it had reached a deal to sell its remaining holdings of Citigroup common stock and will end up turning a profit of $12 billion on its bailout of the giant bank.

U.S. announces $12 billion profit on Citigroup

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Elizabeth Edwards, a best-selling author and the driving force behind her husband John Edwards' political career before it was destroyed by his infidelity, has died of cancer. She was 61.

Elizabeth Edwards dies of cancer at 61

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NYT: Despite anger from Congressional Democrats, President Obama's tax compromise is intended to help short-term job creation.

NYT: For Obama, tax deal is back-door stimulus