A magnitude 6.4 quake has hit China’s southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake’s epicentre was 163 km north-northwest of Yunjinghong and 10 km deep, the USGS said.

A 19-year-old Edmonton man who kidnapped, dismembered and cooked the cat of a friend he mistakenly believed had stolen his iPad was given 10 months in jail Tuesday.

Jodie Foster has sold her Hollywood Hills home for $5 million – 16 months after she initially listed the abode.

Kano is a new kind of computer company, a startup that’s totally devoted to teaching a new generation about the craft of silicon. Its first product, a Raspberry Pi-based system so easy a child could build it, makes it easy to build a PC practically from scratch.

An Edmonton couple is calling for beefed up security on school buses after their six-year-old son was beaten up by another student.

A quick brain scan may be able to pick up the early signs of dementia before symptoms start to appear. If the results of tests by researchers in Switzerland are confirmed, the procedure could become a standard add-on to scheduled brain scans.

The messaging service Twitter is suing the US government over America’s surveillance laws. It is part of the ongoing battle with federal agencies as the internet industry tries to portray itself as the champion of free speech.

Astronauts Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of ESA have successfully completed what was the first US EVA of the year on Tuesday. The pair outside performed clean-up, replacement, and installation tasks on the exterior of the station. EVA-27 began at 12:30 PM GMT when the duo egress the Quest airlock, ending six hours and 13 minutes later.

During an appearance on “Ellen,” Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. confirmed that “Iron Man 4” is currently in the works, as reported by The Wrap. While the actor confirmed the existence of the film — responding, “Okay, yes” when pressed by Ellen DeGeneres — he did not actually state whether or not he would star in it.

1 in 10 emergency department (ED) patients required admission to hospital in 2013–2014, and they spent 4.7 times longer in the ED than those who were not admitted, reveals new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Of the 1 million patients admitted, 1 in 10 spent more than 28.4 hours in the ED first.

Some of North America’s most influential online companies warn that Canada is losing its international edge on the Internet because businesses are slow to take up digital technology.