Mexico paraded one of its most violent drug lords on Tuesday after a police raid that President Felipe Calderon's government hopes will mark a breakthrough in its campaign against powerful cartels.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility for killing four Jewish settlers in the West Bank in an attack that blighted a Middle East peace summit before it even began in Washington Wednesday.
President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and told war-weary Americans his central responsibility now is to restore the sagging U.S. economy.
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan, home of takeover target Potash Corp
, would have lots of concerns about a Chinese sovereign fund or state-owned company buying part or all of the company, Energy Minister Bill Boyd said on Tuesday.The outlook for the U.S. economy would have to deteriorate appreciably to spur fresh support from the Federal Reserve, according to minutes of the central bank's last policy meeting released on Tuesday.
Ray Irani, who has been criticized for excessive pay, plans to announce his retirement date as chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum Corp at a board meeting in October, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Women with mutations in the well-known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who have their breasts and ovaries removed are much more likely to survive than women who do not get preventive surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Full-term babies born a bit on the early or late side are at higher risk of cerebral palsy, according to a new study in nearly 1.7 million Norwegian children.
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty directed state agencies on Tuesday to decline all discretionary participation in federal healthcare reform, throwing up roadblocks to President Barack Obama's goal of providing health insurance to all Americans.
A patent lawyer with a penchant for bow ties has won a round in a fight with Brooks Brothers over expired patent markings that has implications for dozens of similar suits across the country.
The U.S. Commerce Department decided on Tuesday not to investigate whether China subsidizes exports to the United States by undervaluing its currency, prompting renewed calls for Congress to act on the issue.
Iraq celebrated its sovereignty as the U.S. military formally ended combat operations on Tuesday, despite political deadlock and persistent violence, and warned other countries not to interfere as U.S. troops depart.
The battle for the digital books market intensified on Tuesday, as office supplies retailer Staples Inc said it would start selling Amazon.com Inc's Kindle, and bookseller Borders Group Inc said it was cutting its prices on some e-readers.
Yahoo Japan Corp and U.S. firm Google Inc are broadening the scope of their video delivery services in Japan, the Nikkei business daily reported.
China pressed regional powers on Tuesday to restart talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and Seoul offered aid to its destitute neighbour despite a new round of U.S. sanctions against Pyongyang.
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it did not have sufficient legal grounds to investigate if China's currency practices effectively subsidize its exports in separate trade cases brought by U.S. aluminum and paper producers.
Iraq celebrated its sovereignty as the U.S. military formally ended combat operations on Tuesday, despite political deadlock and persistent violence, and warned other countries not to interfere as U.S. troops depart.
The top shares closed up on Tuesday, as miners gained on firmer U.S. economic data which eased investor anxiety on the global economic recovery, while ARM Holdings jumped on renewed takeover talk.
A new proposed diabetes test could miss millions of cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes and also over-diagnose black Americans if it was used as a screening tool, suggests a new study.
The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a ruling that blocked federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, asking the judge who issued the injunction to put it on hold pending the appeal.
An experimental drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer reduces the risk of stroke by more than half compared with aspirin, with no significant rise in major bleeding, researchers said on Tuesday.
Conservative news commentator Glenn Beck launched his own news website, The Blaze, on Tuesday, saying it was time to stop complaining about mainstream media and do something on his own.
