In a sign that Canada's resistance to paying into an IMF bailout fund for Europe might be fading, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Thursday the idea would be generally supported if all the Group of 20 nations agreed to pay in more.
At least 43 journalists were killed worldwide in direct relation to their work this year according to the year-end survey on journalists killed in the line of duty by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) .
Policy paralysis, corruption scandals and a government fearful of political backlash to any bold moves have worsening domestic finances, and Incredible India is no longer incredible.
An Albanian artist has landed himself in the Guinness World Records again thanks to a mosaic he made out of one million coffee beans.
The president of the European Commission appealed to EU leaders on Thursday to set aside their differences and unite to rescue the euro from a sovereign debt crisis that is menacing the world economy.
A Japanese government official said on Thursday he had not heard of a reported $600 billion IMF lending facility to help the euro zone, although Japan would consider providing bilateral loans to the Fund if warranted by developments in Europe.
Some members of the G20 group of major economies are jointly urging European policy makers to resolve the region's sovereign debt crisis as quickly as possible, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday.
Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for coercive powers to reject national budgets in the euro zone that breach EU rules, as a market rout of European debt eased temporarily on hopes of outside help for Italy and Spain.
Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for intrusive powers to reject national budgets in the Eurozone that breach EU rules, as a market rout of European debt eased temporarily on hopes of outside help for Italy and Spain.
City workers dismantled tents and cleared debris from a downtown park on Wednesday as part of a restrained, daylong operation by police to peacefully end a five-week encampment by Occupy Toronto protesters.
The leaders of France and Germany will voice their support for new Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti at a tripartite meeting on Thursday, seeking to stem the risk of the debt crisis gripping the heart of the euro zone.
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Diplomatic deadlock is curbing China's will to provide cash to help end the euro zone crisis after Europe spurned the simplest of Beijing's three key demands, two independent sources have told Reuters.
The student protests against tuition fee hikes in London on Wednesday are over.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's pledge to resign after implementing economic reforms did nothing on Wednesday to staunch a perilous collapse in market confidence in Italy.
French President Sarkozy was overheard telling President Obama that Prime Minister Netanyahu is a liar after a G20 summit press conference.
In a private conversation with U.S. President Barak Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has termed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a liar and said, I can't stand him (Netanyahu).
President Obama and French President Sarkozy spoke ill of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in private. Unknown to the leaders, their comments were heard by a team of journalists. Whoops.
Italian government bond yields soared to near 15-year highs, putting the Eurozone's third largest economy front and center of the region's debt crisis, despite scrambling efforts by policymakers to stem the growing contagion.
Gold and silver mining company stocks got a boost Monday from the rising price of their metals and a global resurgence of safe-haven investing.
Euro zone governments rushed to placate feverish bond markets on Monday as the 17-nation currency bloc's debt crisis threatened to accelerate out of control.
Germany Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said on Monday the country's gold reserves with the central bank cannot be touched, adding his voice to opposition to an idea reportedly discussed at the G20 summit of using reserves to boost euro zone bailout funds.
