SCOTTISH ministers vowed yesterday to introduce an outright ban on airguns and tighten the drink-drive limit if, as expected, new law and order powers are transferred to Holyrood in the wake of the Calman Commission report. Sir Kenneth Calman will unveil ...Read More
VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury yesterday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.
Archbishop Rowan Williams said he came ...Read More
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has admitted he cannot guarantee the future of the assembly. However, the DUP leader said his party would not be walking away from power-sharing with Sinn Fein. Mr Robinson was speaking at the DUP's annual conference, ...Read More
Kazakhstan's state sovereign fund pledged $22 million in financial backing to the Astana cycling team Friday, ensuring the squad stays alive and Tour de France champion Alberto Contador remains in its ranks. Astana's current racing license is due to expire at ...Read More
He beams that every last word of his sermon on independence was penned before the SNP was defeated at the Glasgow North east by-election.
She purrs that she has every intention of voting for Alex Salmond's Referendum Bill, if it ever ...Read More
A three-day United Nations food summit ended in Rome Wednesday without securing substantial new funds to combat world hunger. Speaking to VOA, African ministers said world leaders are not doing enough to reduce soaring hunger levels on the continent.
Participants renewed ...Read More
The temperature was close to zero Monday as I left the house to buy Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life." The book was almost impossible to find in Anchorage before its official release Tuesday. The salesman who finally ...Read More
The presidents of China and the US have declared their determination to tackle climate change together, promising to "take significant mitigation action" but avoiding specifics in terms of emission cuts and other measures.
Following a summit meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, ...Read More
Reporting from Beijing - President Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, agreed to build a stronger relationship and work jointly to combat the spread of nuclear weapons, though differences over trade policies and human rights surfaced during a private ...Read More
(Updates with comments from Vice Chairman Donald Kohn, analystquotes) * Bernanke says Fed eyeing US dollar slide closely * Bernanke repeats low-rate, extended period pledge * 2010 economic growth likely but credit, jobs headwinds * Inflation outlook faces number of crosscurrents NEW YORK, Nov 16 ...Read More
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar traded at almost a 15-month low against the currencies of major U.S. trading partnersas investors questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S.Bernanke’s pledge of support for the greenback. The U.S. currency touched an intraday high of ...Read More
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks and emerging marketscurrencies rose and the dollar began a third week of declinesafter regional leaders pledged to maintain stimulus measures andJapan’s economy grew faster than economists estimated. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.5 percent ...Read More
Asia-Pacific leaders ended their summit in Singapore Sunday with a final statement that pledged a conclusion of the Doha Round of global trade talks in 2010, but removed targets for carbon emissions cuts.
The 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit dropped a ...Read More
Brazil and France have endorsed a common position on fighting global warming before next month's UN climate change conference in Copenhagen.
The countries pledged to pursue the goal of reducing carbon emissions to 50 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050.
Both ...Read More
BRUSSELS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Brazil's pledge to cut climate-warming emissions to 1994 levels over the next decade could help lead to a breakthrough at global climate talks next month, the head of the EU's executive body said on Saturday. "This ...Read More
SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Reuters) - China's Minister of Commerceon Friday called for developed members of the Asia PacificEconomic Cooperation to live up to their pledges of enactingfree trade by 2010. The global financial crisis should not derail tradeliberalisation, Chen Deming said ...Read More
U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Tokyo for the start of his eight-day tour of Asia.
Mr. Obama will hold talks with new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama aimed at improving ties with the longtime U.S. ally. Mr. Hatoyama led ...Read More
President Barack Obama has praised the US armed forces past and present and promised he will "do right by them". Mr Obama was speaking at Arlington National Cemetery as events were held around the world to mark the 91st anniversary of ...Read More
BAGHDAD - While the deal Iraqi leaders reached over the weekend on a new election law may not be perfect, all major political groupings have said they will take part in the elections. That stands in stark contrast to Iraq's first ...Read More
Stocks jumped to new highs for the year Monday as the dollar extended its slide, boosting prices for commodities including gold and oil. Energy and materials stocks led the market higher. Investors bought stocks for a fourth straight day on growing ...Read More
(FT) -- Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10bn in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and defended China's engagement against accusations it is "plundering" the continent's oil and minerals. Mr Wen's pledge at a China-Africa summit ...Read More
