A U.S. and European push to impose U.N. Security Council sanctions on Syria for its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators is meeting fierce resistance from Russia and China, U.N. diplomats said.
Sipping coconut water and honey, Anna Hazare ended a hunger strike on its 13th day on Sunday, a protest that had sparked huge rallies across the country, exposed a weak government and ushered in a new middle-class political force.
Researchers are debating the validity of a study that links El Niño to civil strife.
Shaanxi Coal Industry plans an initial public offering in Shanghai to raise as much as 17.3 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) in what could be mainland China's biggest IPO this year.
Anna Hazare edged closer Thursday to a deal to end his 10-day public fast after Prime Minister Manmohan's Singh government agreed to discuss his anti-graft proposals.
When the weather heats up, people get more uncomfortable and perhaps a little testy. But until now, no one has ever accused heat of causing war.
China's main state-owned companies will double their investments in the restless far western region of Xinjiang over the next five years to 991.6 billion yuan ($155 billion), a major Chinese newspaper reported on Thursday.
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, deemed irreplaceable by millions of fans of the operating system, Wednesday announced his resignation after signs of poor health approached.
The globally-popular Apple iPhone sums up Steve Jobs' legacy perhaps better than anything else.
Steve Jobs' greatest legacy as Apple's leader is without a doubt the Apple iPhone. The globally popular product sums it all up in regard to Jobs' legacy.
Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs once reflected upon his thoughts about Microsoft founder Bill Gates that actually reflected a lot about Jobs’ past and pre-Apple days.
A new study has revealed a stronger evidence for the climate-conflict link, with data showing that tropical countries affected by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation are twice as likely to suffer internal unrest compared to the phenomenon's cooler, wetter counterpart, La Niña.
The problem is growing worse because children of stateless parents are themselves stateless.
Ailing Nokia Oyj unveiled two cheap cellphone models inspired by consumer needs in Africa, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals.
Ailing Nokia Thursday unveiled two cheap cellphone models inspired by the African markets, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals.
Ailing Nokia unveiled on Thursday two cheap cellphone models, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals.
Routine bribery shakedowns have driven middle-class Indians to pour into the streets to say enough is enough.
The El Nino climate cycle brings not only high temperatures and dry weather, but also possibly civil wars, a new study claims.Between 1950 and 2004, the risk of civil wars doubled in 90 tropical countries when bit by El Nino every three to seven years, according to a study published in Wednesday's Nature.
On Tuesday, the day the earthquake struck the east coast of the U.S., there were at least 30 seismic actions around the world of at least magnitude-2.5.
A former Moody's Investors Service analyst who bolted for India and cannot be found was ordered to pay $34.56 million in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit over his alleged illegal insider trading.
The Group of 20 leading and emerging nations has not done enough to correct global imbalances, and this could provoke more financial instability, a top Bank of Canada official said Wednesday.
The U.S. ambassador made a surprise trip to a southern Syrian town Tuesday, his second visit to an area rocked by protests against President Bashar al-Assad and a move likely to antagonize the authorities in Damascus.
