SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (BNO NEWS) — With Cyclone Yasi expected to reach Australia’s northeastern coast early Thursday morning, several areas, including entire suburbs, will be evacuated on Tuesday, local media reported.

Yasi’s 280 kilometer (174 miles) pe…

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA (BNO NEWS) — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ safety Troy Polamalu on Monday was selected as the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, the NFL’s official website reported.

Polamalu, 29, of Garden Grove, California, received 17 votes over…

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — The death toll in Friday’s ferry boat fire in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait has risen to 20 after two more bodies were found on Monday, officials said.

Investigative teams found two more bodies on the Laut Teduh II Ferry, b…

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Oscar and Grammy award-winning composer John Barry died on Sunday of a heart attack at the age of 77, his family said Monday.

Barry, of Yorkshire, England, is probably best known for his composition of the James Bond Theme, but …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — The National Weather Service (NWS) on Monday issued a blizzard warning that will be affecting several states in the Midwest and continue its way up to New England with heavy snow fall and strong wind currents.

The NWS ha…

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — With a gain of just under one point in January, the Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) on Monday signaled an improving U.S. economy as it rose from 46.1 in December to 46.9 in January, consolidating a positive 2.2 point…

BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) — President Barack Obama, along with a delegation of U.S. mayors, will be meeting with Mercedes Bresso, President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR), and discuss greater trans-Atlantic cooperation on climate action on Friday, th…

AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN (BNO NEWS) — Chrysler Group on Monday announced that it recorded a net loss of $652 million in 2010; $199 million in the fourth quarter (Q4).

The $199 million net loss during the Q4 is $115 million worse than in the third quart…

GAZA STRIP (BNO NEWS) — Two rockets on Monday hit the western Negev area in southern Israel leaving four people injured, the Haaretz newspaper reported.

The attacks were perpetrated using two Grad rockets that were fired from the Gaza Strip into the …