STRIKES and protests by workers defending their right to retire at 60 has cost France up to E400 million ($570m) a day. FinanceMinister Christine Lagarde told...
ENERGY giant BP will not quit the United States over the Gulf of Mexicooildisaster that had "threatened the very existence" of the energy giant, its new chief...
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Toronto-born Omar Khadr, Guantánamo's youngest and last Western detainee, pleaded guilty Monday to committing warcrimes in 2002 Afghanistan under a plea deal meant to send him home to his native Canada next year. His attorney, Army Lt. Jon Jackson, entered...
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union moved closer to starting membership talks with Serbia on Monday but warned Belgrade any further progress will depend on its full cooperation with a United Nationswar tribunal. EU foreign ministers agreed to ask the bloc's executive commission for...
TOKYO - The leaders of India and Japan signed a sweeping agreement Monday to boost trade and agreed to speed up talks toward a civilian nuclearenergy deal - despite sensitivity in Japan over India's past atomic test blasts. Prime Minister Naoto Kan called the conclusion of nearly 4-year...
A CRITIC of the Iraqwar has thrown two shoes at former Prime Minister John Howard during last night's live episode of the ABC's Q&A program. Neither shoe hit Mr Howard during the program which also saw the former PM blindsided when he was quizzed by David Hicks about why he was left...
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmirpolice is suspecting a step-up in militancy in Kashmir valley in the wake of US president Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi early next month. Soon after Malooru encounter wherein three Jaish-e-Mohammad militants were killed, Operational chief of Jaish-e-Mohammad...
BP has said it will sell four Gulf of Mexicooil fields to Japanese company Marubeni as part of its asset sale to help pay for the oil spill there. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to raise $650m...
