LONDON (AFP) - - The price of gold hit a record high above 1,100 dollars an ounce in trading here on Friday following a report that Sri Lanka had joined India in purchasing the precious metal in favour of the US currency.
PARIS (AFP) - - A baby's very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.
FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning Friday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor unleashed a massacre at a US military base, killing 13.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.
NEW YORK (AFP) - - News that US swine flu vaccines, meant to be prioritized for the nation's most vulnerable, are being distributed to Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs sparked uproar Thursday.
LONDON (AFP) - - State-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday reported a net loss of 1.8 billion pounds (2.0 billion euros, 3.0 billion dollars) during the third quarter.
ANNECY, France (AFP) - - Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45 centimetres (18 inches) in two years, experts said Thursday following an official survey.
NEW YORK (AFP) - - General Motors said Friday it will seek a new chief for European operations with Carl-Peter Forster quitting following the automaker's decision to hang on to its Opel/Vauxhall division.
NEW YORK (AFP) - - Law enforcement officials in New York announced charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street.
LONDON (AFP) - - British Airways on Friday said the company's net loss more than quadrupled during its first half, forcing the carrier to slash an extra 1,200 jobs in an "essential" cost reduction programme.