Thousands of Egyptians defied a ban on protests by returning to Egypt's streets on Wednesday and calling for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office, and some scuffled with police.
The U.S. budget deficit will hit $1.5 trillion in 2011, or 9.8 percent of the GDP, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The gathering of business elites at Davos may witness the greatest concentration wealth in any one locale in history.
Web sites run by the Egyptian government are experiencing service problems, possibly as a result of denial of service attacks mounted by the collective known as Anonymous
The Fianna Fail, the principal party in Ireland’s ruling coalition government, has elected former foreign minister Micheal Martin as its new boss, a few days after Brian Cowen resigned from the post.
Senator Paul Ryan delivered the official Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Thursday. The following is the full text.
Dmitry Medvedev, the President of Russia, already reeling from the airport suicide bombing in Moscow, will open the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
He did not use the name, but in his State of the Union address last night President Obama made clear that he is keeping the DREAM Act alive.
Heritage Oil plc, the independent British exploration company, said it has made a major gas discovery in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
The European Commission said it has blocked a proposed merger between Greece’s two major airlines, Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines SA, because it would have created a quasi-monopoly and lead to to higher fares for four of the six million Greek and European passengers flying to and from Athens each year.
The Egyptian government, besieged by a wave of public demonstrations against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, said it will get tough and arrest and prosecute anyone participating in street riots. At least four people, including a police officer, have already died in widespread protests.
The group called Anonymous has set up a Facebook page and is asking people to take part in distributed denial of service attacks on Egyptian government web sites.
The Egyptian government should be responsive to its people's aspirations, the White House has said in measured but unusually strong comments about the raging anti-government protests in Egypt which forced the reported fleeing of the president’s son to Britain.
Egypt said on Wednesday it would ban demonstrations and detain protesters, seeking to draw a line under unprecedented protests against President Hosni Mubarak's rule.
Thousands of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters massed on a bridge to the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday as officials sought to stop a flag-raising ceremony that could spark violence.
President Barack Obama reminded Congress in his annual address Tuesday that in the U.S. We do big things, as he urged a united approach to resolving the nation's jobs and economic problems by spending in ways that will boost U.S. competitiveness globally while simultaneously reducing the nation's high deficits.
The future of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hinges on the ability of the country leaders to understand the reasons behind unprecedented protests, a Saudi royal family member said.
World’s most populous country China plans to build 10 more mega nuclear reactors, in addition to 25 currently being built, at an investment of $121.5 billion to boost atomic power generation to meet its energy requirements.
Tunisia's justice minister said on Wednesday an arrest warrant has been issued against deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family.
American Small Business League (ASBL) said President Obama relied on the same tired rhetoric, while continuing to ignore billions of dollars in job killing abuse in small business contracting programs.
Rise in accidents stemming from pedestrian distraction has prompted renewed call for iPod bill. New York State Senator Carl Kruger has re-introduced legislation making it illegal to use an iPod, cell phone, Blackberry or any other electronic device while crossing the street.
Pakistan warned major powers on Tuesday against granting rival India membership of four key multilateral export control regimes that allow trade in nuclear and other materials, as proposed by the United States.
Corporations in China and India have been riding on strong domestic economies, much to the envy of the West, but they now worry that runaway inflation could hit growth.
Wall Street expects Boeing Co to report a smaller quarterly profit on Wednesday on slipping commercial aircraft deliveries, while investors will be on alert for more signs of recovery and clues to the outlook for the long-delayed 787 Dreamliner.
A ministerial reshuffle has signalled India may give sorely-needed focus to the development of its burgeoning cities, whose erratic expansion is seen as a major brake on economic growth.
Thousands of Egyptians across the nation staged protests on the streets against Hosni Mubarak’s regime demanding political concessions including ending emergency laws, freedom for political activity and a limit on the president’s tenure in office.
Embattled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's son, who has been widely seen as his successor, has fled the country, according to US-based Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab.
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's son who is considered as his successor has fled to Britain along with his family, US-based Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab reported.
Twitter said it was blocked in Egypt on Tuesday in view of the protests on Cairo streets which sent the social networking site into an instant information platform with messages coming from all corners.
Results of the 2009 national Science Assessment showed that around 70% of students fell short of science proficiency.
