BEIJING (Reuters) – China has no intention of “buying up” a debt-ridden Europe and any help Beijing offers will be for purely economic reasons, a top state-run newspaper said on Monday ahead of a China-EU summit. While Chinese leaders have repeatedly expressed confidence in…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – On January 13, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services cut the credit ratings of nine euro zone countries, stripping France and Austria of their triple-A status and ringing alarm bells in global financial markets about the region’s financial health. …
LONDON (Reuters) – Western states hope new oil sanctions will deter Tehran from pursuing its disputed nuclear program but ultimately it will be China, India and other Asian powers that …
The White House released the proposed FY 2013 U.S. government budget document on February 13, 2012.
Apologies for this big slice of cheese, but Chipolopolo conquered Africa with love.
I have read every word, listened to radio reports and watched all TV programmes, including President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation speech, taking note particularly
President Waheed yesterday announced the members of the new Cabinet of the National Unity Government. They took the oath of office in a ceremony presided over by Justice Arif of the Supreme Court. President Waheed said:“A key responsibility of any government …
Reuters – Nigeria’s ruling party candidate has been elected governor of President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state, election officials said on Sunday, ending months of political uncertainty over who is in charge of the oil-producing state.
(Adds details, quotes) LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – British police on Saturdayarrested five people at The Sun newspaper, its parent companyNews Corporation said, as part of an investigation intoillegal news …
Last week, the Tehran Times noted that the Iranian oil bourse will start trading oil in currencies other than the dollar from March 20. This long-planned move is part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s …
Brazil is “very likely” to choose France’s Rafale fighter jet to refurbish its air force, government sources say, a decision that would award one of the emerging-market world’s most coveted defense …
MUMBAI (Reuters) – French retailer Auchan has held talks with Dubai-based Landmark Group for a possible joint venture in India, the Times of India reported on Monday…
The last time Germany needed a bail-out from world creditors, it secured better terms than shattered Greece last week.
By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian LONDON (Reuters) – For decades, the two-island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis exported sugarcane to keep its economy afloat. When sugar prices fell, St. Kitts began to sell an …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has no intention of “buying up” or “controlling” a debt-ridden Europe that it still has confidence in, and any help Beijing may offer will be for purely economic reasons, a top …
FORMULA ONE: Seven members of the UK House of Lords and a leading MP called on Formula One’s governing body today to cancel this year’s Bahrain grand prix.
* Other Sun employees arrested last month * Arrests raise questions about Sun newspaper’s future * Rupert Murdoch to fly to UK, “totally committed” to Sun (Adds
Notwithstanding some predictions of a muted or near nonexistent market for advanced biosimilars, a host of companies are positioning themselves for market entry. The move may refle
Diio, LLC, a world leader in business intelligence tools and technology for the transportation and travel industries, today announced the launch of the company’s new website www.di
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Old World Industries , LLC announced today an agreement to sell its Chemical Business, including the Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol manufacturing facility …
Dhaka, Feb 13 (IANS) The World Bank Sunday launched a wildlife conservation project here that will also cover three neighbouring countries, including India and Bhutan.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary can realistically start formal talks with the European Union and the IMF about a vital funding deal in early March and an agreement can be reached by the middle of the second quarter, a ruling Fidesz party lawmaker said on Saturday. Hungary, at odds with…
Travelzoo Inc. , a global Internet media company announced today that in the last six months more than one hundred luxury hotels, including Europe’s most celebrated, have advertised in its publications.
CHONGQING, China – A beaming Stephen Harper petting a panda may be the signature photo of the prime minister’s four-day trip to China and also the signature symbol.
The British Cabinet minister responsible for the media says the press must face tougher penalties for breaches of standards in the wake of the tabloid phone-hacking scandal.
Mr. Madhusudan Ganapathi, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and India’s special envoy visited Maldives from yesterday morning to assess the current political situation In a Press Conference held in the Indian High Commission yesterday afternoon, Mr. Ganapathi said that India has a policy…
Reuters – Egyptian authorities have detained an Australian journalist and an American student on suspicion they had distributed cash to workers and incited them to take part in a strike demanding an end to army rule, the state news agency said.
The de facto capital of Poorvanchal followed the trend of high voting percentage in the first phase, registering a 58% turnout on Saturday. In 2007, the district had registered an
The husband of U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is providing a multimillion loan and taking an ownership stake in the financially struggling company that owns The Portland Press Herald, officials said Friday.MaineToday …
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai authorities have beefed up security in parts of the capital and other areas popular with tourists after the United States and Israel …
An anti-ACTA protester in Poland wears the Guy Fawkes mask that has become the symbol of the movement against similar regulations they fear could limit internet
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin has tamed the gangster capitalism which accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union to make Russian corruption “normal and civilised,” his presidential election campaign chief said in an interview published on Friday. Russia is ranked as the most corrupt major power and in leaked documents …
State-owned Russian lender VTB (VTBR.RS) will compensate “Mom and Pop” investors that took part in its disastrous 2007 initial public offering by buying back up to 500,000 rubles ($16,800)
A newspaper editor who wrote a scathing article claiming a local Mountie bullied him into a roadside breathalyzer test may be forced to eat his words after the RCMP revealed it has
RIGA – The international pop-music contest and festival ”New Wave” will not take place in the Latvian coastal resort city of Jurmala anymore, because all cooperation possibilities with Jurmala City Council have been exhausted and its organizers will choose some other city as the festival venue; Riga is …
Many years ago, before Sven and his harem, Steve and his brolly and Fabio and his captain – before Glenn and his reincarnation and Kevin and his cubicle even – a…
Buenos Aries (Argentina), Feb.10 (ANI): Argentineans have reacted with fury after a Falkland Islands’ newspaper accidentally called their president Cristina Kirchner a ‘bitch’.
Fabio Capello’s decision to quit England dominated the Italian newspapers and was splashed on all the front pages as well as on the TV.
