The Obama administration will delay a deadline requiring polluters to report their greenhouse gases from March 31 to later this summer. The Environmental Protection Agency says it is extending the deadline requiring thousands of businesses to…
Category: Regions
Veils that cover the face to be illegal from next month, with President Sarkozy accused of trying to win far-right votes. From Saudi tourists window-shopping on the Champs-Élysées to Muslim women in a departure lounge…
China is not in favor of setting any preconditions for restarting the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, which have been stalled for about two years, a senior diplomat said Friday. China takes…
The global economy is now expanding after the profound crisis over the last three years, but the recovery is facing several major challenges and risks in the near term, said U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner…
German Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg announced late Monday that he gave up his doctorate title permanently, as investigations are going on over his allegedly plagiarizing large parts of his thesis in 2006. His…
Football is universally and deservedly known as ‘the beautiful game’. But even the most beautiful of things have ugly defects, and football, which is no exception, has racism. Albeit a serious problem, it is one…
More than 100,000 Tibetan Buddhism believers are estimated to have gathered at a monastery in Lhasa Tuesday to mark a traditional religious festival ahead of the Tibetan New Year that begins Saturday. The annual “Sera…
Yahoo Inc is in advanced talks to exit its joint venture in Japan with SoftBank Corp, a move that could lead it to focus on reaching a decision on its China assets. A deal to…
China is likely to launch its first probe to explore the surface of Mars in 2013, a chief scientist said Wednesday. “Mars is the first choice for mankind’s interplanetary explorations as it is the closest…
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi addressed his supporters at a televised public rally in Tripoli on Wednesday, according to the Libyan state TV. Earlier on, Gaddafi replaced two of his ministers who had defected to support…