Portugal asked Mexico on Saturday to tell fellow G20 members next week that the United States should offer financial help to resolve the euro zone sovereign debt crisis, describing it as a systemic and global problem, a Portuguese government source said.
A major early-season snowstorm is expected Saturday as an area of low pressure tracks up the U.S. East Coast, bringing with it the possibility of significant snowfall in a broad band.
The Commerce Department on Friday set preliminary anti-dumping duty rates on products from China, Taiwan, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates it said were being sold in the United States at unfairly low prices.
Apple sales in China and Japan reached $14.3 billion in 2011, an increase of 174 percent from a year ago. The region accounts for nearly a quarter of revenue.
About 285,000 acres of desert land in six Western States have been designated as ideal candidates for the development of solar energy projects..
Thousands of tourists and residents have fled from the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico after hurricane Rina, downgraded to a tropical storm, churned on its projected path.
Whether playing on a rugged pitch surrounded by armed guards in Nicaragua or Mexico City's altitude, former Werder Bremen captain Torsten Frings said on Friday he was enjoying his first season in the North American Major League Soccer.
Placido Domingo appeared at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden late Thursday both as a tenor and in his new guise as a baritone.
Gary Johnson, the long-shot alternative to Ron Paul for the libertarian vote in the Republican primaries, has staked his campaign almost entirely on New Hampshire. But if he doesn't hurry up, his name might not even be on the ballot there.
Shares of Newmont Mining Corp., the world's second-largest gold miner, fell Friday after its third-quarter profit slipped eight percent on markdowns of two recently acquired companies.
Current and former service members in same-sex marriages argue the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it intrudes on states' authority over marriage laws.
Canada-based Goldcorp Inc. said its third-quarter soared 88 percent over the year-earlier period on sharply higher prices and increased production.
Hurricane Rina's projected path has forced numerous flight cancellations and diverted nearly a dozen cruise ships.
There may be aliens among us. The filmmakers behind the movie Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond have released what they believe to be photographic evidence of a pre-Mayan, ancient alien civilization to TheWrap. Producer Raul Julia-Levy submitted a photograph to TheWrap of a giant carved head in a jungle in southern Guatemala. The photograph was taken in the 1930s.
Millions across the U.S. were treated to a spectacular display Monday as the Aurora Borealis dipped south to the delight of spectators across 30 states. Stargazers as far south as Arizona, New Mexico, and Alabama caught the vivid red patterns of the northern lights, which arrived approximately eight hours ahead of schedule.
The popular game we all know is hitting developing economies to target the non-smartphone market.
Canada's fifth-largest independent oil producer, warned that full-year production would miss its own expectations, and reported a drop of almost two-thirds in quarterly profit on lower production rates at some assets.
With Hispanic voters upset at Republican presidential candidates over immigration, President Barack Obama played to a Latino audience on a trip to the West this week to shore up support from a group that is key to his re-election hopes.
The federal government on Wednesday announced that it is now protecting 140 square miles of California shoreline for the endangered black abalone ? a type of shellfish once common in Southern California tide pools.
Occupy Oakland protestors will attempt to retake Ogawa Plaza again tonight, following the news that an Iraq war veteran was severely injured during a violent clash between police and protestors last night. As Mayor Quan is threatened with recall and mass arrests spread through occupied zones in the U.S., will the Oakland riots' violence spread?
Nokia found out too late that the name for its new Windows Phone, lumia, means prostitute in Spanish. Here are five other hilariously bad translation mistakes.
Following these simple travel etiquette tips will not only make you less likely to stand out as a tourist, it will bring better service and more respect from locals.
