The former Irish finance minister Brian Lenihan has died from pancreatic cancer.
Tuesday's Senate vote to reduce the fees banks levy on individual debit card transactions represents a significant defeat for the financial industry and its formidable lobbying machine.
The State of Alaska will release more than 24,000 pages of former Governor Sarah Palin’s official state e-mails on Friday morning in Juneau at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.
Robert M.Gates, U.S Defense Secretary slammed NATO nations for failing to meet their commitments in Afghanistan.
Hackers group Anonymous has taken down the Turkish telecom agency official website on Friday in a protest against Internet censorship imposed in the country.
China's constant search for natural resources to fuel its burgeoning economy has driven Beijing's helmsmen to the far reaches of Africa, South America and the embattled Middle East.
A proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site is facing threat to its green cover which may also lead to extinction of the Amur tiger with the shrinking habitat in Russia’s Primorsky Province.
Hillary Clinton' aides have painstakingly refuted a media report that said she was eying the top job at the World Bank. If not running the World Bank, what will Hillary Clinton do after she steps down as Secretary of State? Would she be Obama's Vice-President? Or Defense Secretary? Or will she be gathering herself for yet another White House bid in 2016? Or indeed, a race as early as 2012?
Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda emerged on Thursday as a leading candidate to replace the increasingly unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan, possibly this month.
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s White House campaign lay in shambles on Thursday as more than a dozen top officials and advisers deserted him en masse.
NATO warplanes hit a town west of Libya's capital, the local media reported soon after Western and Arab powers promised more than $1 billion to help rebels fighting to end Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule.
Representative Gabrielle Giffords fought against odds to stage a remarkable recovery from a bullet wound to head five months ago, but hasn’t yet regained her full communication abilities, an aide has said.
Britain's Prince Philip, the feisty husband of Queen Elizabeth, has turned 90 on Friday. The son of the exiled Prince Andrew of Greece, is the longest-serving consort and oldest-serving spouse of any British monarch.
The wife of Representative Anthony Weiner is pregnant with the couple's first child, according to a New York Times report citing three sources with knowledge of the situation. Weiner's wife had earlier made it clear that she would stand by her husband even after he had admitted to have sent sexually charged material over internet to several women. Huma Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had married Rep. Weiner a year ago.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde takes her campaign to become the IMF head to social networking sites Twitter and Facebook.
Pakistan-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana was found guilty on Thursday by a U.S. jury of supporting an Islamic militant group blamed for the 2008 attack in Mumbai that killed 166 people.
Hillary Clinton has denied reports that she is planning to quit her job next year to become president of the World Bank, a State Department spokesman said.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seeking to become president of the World Bank, according to a report.
Huma Abedin was photographed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Thursday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's top aides have resigned from his presidential campaign, according to reports.
Mitt Romney is the king of flip-flops. He does it so much that it’s almost pathological. For Romney, the usual excuses of “times change,” “gotcha” moments, and “you’re taking it out of context” just don’t cut it.
This week we had two key central bank leaders discuss their views on the risk that the recent rise of inflation is more than simply transitory. And while the mandates that govern these two central banks are different, their views/actions can have significant impact on global currency movements.
Congressman Anthony Weiner, D-NY again said Thursday he would not resign, after his Monday admission to sending a photo of his bulging crotch in underwear to his 45,000 Twitter followers and then lying about it for more than a week.
The Los Angeles Police Department is in danger of staffing shortages unless the union agrees to overtime rules, according to Police Chief Charlie Beck.
While Representative Anthony Weiner continues to refuse resigning his post, despite being entangled in scandal because of sexually explicit text messages he said he exchanged with women over the past three years, the research side of Congress has circulated a report on some of the detriments of text messaging, including a primer on sexting, the New York Times reported.
A British politician has been arrested over charges of sexual assault.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco has made clear his disdain for modern politics. And in an interview Tuesday, has made known his disdain for President Barack Obama's foreign policy.
What does the Anthony Weiner saga have to do with the travel industry? Not much at all, but one airline company is promoting a special Weiner Sale with fares starting at $9.00.
Christine Lagarde, who has been touring prominent developing nations to solidify her efforts to become the next chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is apparently a shoe-in for the post, according to a rival for the top job.
As Syrians continue to flee across the northern border, Turkey keeps its doors open.
