China must speed up resource tax reforms to fight heavy pollution and also make a priority of energy-saving to stave off risky dependence on foreign supplies, the nation's Vice Premier Li Keqiang said in remarks published on Friday.
Egyptian vice President Omar Suleiman announced on Friday that President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down and was handing over power to the Egypt Supreme Council of Armed Forces.
Following Mubarak's declaration of refusal to step down or leave Egypt, US President Barack Obama issued a statement urging the Egyptian government to move swiftly and explain the changes that have been made to facilitate democracy.
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who boycotted his war crimes trial for a third day on Friday, was granted the right to appeal over key documentation for a case that has drawn international interest.
Margin compression is a nasty thing in business. According to government data, this is precisely what UK manufacturers are facing.
A South African judge on Friday decided not to extradite a son-in-law of former President Nelson Mandela to the United States, saying he doubted the merits of the U.S. rape case.
UPDATE 2: The White House announced that President Barack obama will deliver a statement on Egypt this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. EST.
Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down as president of Egypt and handed over power to the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces, according to an announcement read by Vice-President Omar Suleiman on state TV.
A diplomatic standoff between America and Pakistan may intensify after a Pakistani police official said the police will recommend murder charges for American diplomat Raymond Davis for committing a “clear murder” of two Pakistanis last month.
China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has arrived in Zimbabwe to start a five-nation tour of Africa, amidst reports the two nations have signed a $10-billion trade deal.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday the Islamic Revolution in 1979 has become a 'global movement' in the Middle East referring to Egypt protests.
Arizona governor Gov. Jan Brewer is suing the U.S. Federal Government, saying it has failed to protect the state's citizens from the hazards of illegal immigration.
President Barack Obama said late Thursday it was not yet clear how Egypt's government is moving to transfer authority, on the same day when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would be handing some of his powers to his vice president but would remain in office until September's elections.
Switzerland has frozen the funds of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and 20 other officials, the Muslim Brotherhood said on its website on Friday.
The European Union’s (EU) energy commissioner has said that the EU’s new partnerships with Central Asian nations do not pose a threat to Russia’s gas sales to Europe.
Spain, reeling under the weight of massive unemployment and a collapsed property market, saw its economy shrink by 0.1 percent last year, although it grew by 0.2 percent during the fourth quarter, according to the country’s National Statistics Institute.
A book authored by a WikiLeaks defector claims that the founder of the whistleblower website, Julian Assange, has four 'love children' across the world. An excerpt of the tell-all book was leaked to gossip website Gawker.
Calling for restoration of normalcy in the country, the Egyptian army on Friday released a statement endorsing the transfer of powers from embattled President Hosni Mubarak to Vice President Omar Suleiman.
President Obama announced his latest wireless Internet initiative, which aims to cover 98 percent of Americans.
A costly mistake by the CIA chief caused more embarrassment to the U.S. foreign policy establishment, which is already in a double bind over the escalating Egyptian situation, and worsened confusion over the timing of the purported exit of Hosni Mubarak.
As both inside and outside pressure mounted on him, Egypt President Hosni Mubarak has apparently fled the country on Friday morning
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Australia's natural disaster risk was increasing and urged its governments to cover the rising damages bill using insurance instruments like catastrophe bonds as opposed to one-off disaster levies.
Egypt's three decade ruler Hosni Mubarak has fled the country Egypt and noted that the address he is scheduled to deliver in a few hours is taped, according to Ahlul Bayt News Agency news agency.
Sen. Mitch McConnell said Democrats' recent tributes to late President Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday were an attempt to draw attention away from thei policies over the past two years.
Sen. Mitch McConnell R-KY on Thursday urged conservatives to stick to their principles and realize that battles over issues such as reform for health care or campaign finance required a long-term, lifetime commitment effort to get right.
Hong Kong's securities regulator is seeking to freeze the assets of the chief executive officer of China Forestry Holdings Co Ltd , which is being investigated for accounting irregularities, a court document showed.
Rep. Paul Ryan R-WI said on Thursday that reducing the U.S. national debt is a moral challenge.
A group of prominent business executives and national security figures will visit China next month as part of their drive to reduce U.S. dependence on oil.
The arrest of a Taiwanese general accused of spying for China is a warning to Taiwan to be wary of its old foe despite warming economic links that are likely to stay unscathed by the case.
The Treasury will remain intensely focused on correcting China's substantially undervalued yuan despite a decision not to name Beijing a currency manipulator, a senior Treasury official said on Thursday.
