TOKYO (AFP) - - Yuriko Koike emerged Wednesday as a possible contender to be Japan's first female prime minister, with heavyweights in the ailing ruling party urging her to challenge conservative favourite Taro Aso. More »
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - - Mexican police discovered an air-conditioned drug-smuggling tunnel less than 60 meters (65 yards) from the US border in northwest Mexico, state police said. More »
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said the city remains vulnerable and asked hundreds of thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav to wait a little longer before returning home. More »
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - - Argentina announced Tuesday it will pay off its 6.7-billion-dollar debt to the Paris Club of international creditors, as the South American country slowly regains its footing following the disastrous economic crash of 2001. More »
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - - Swedish researchers said Tuesday what women have suspected all along: that marital woes can often be attributed to men's genetic make-up, according to a study linking a common male gene to relationship problems. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Google on Tuesday launches its own internet browser, Google Chrome, in a new challenge to Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox. More »
PARIS (AFP) - - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday raised its forecast for US economic growth this year but cut its estimates for Japan and the eurozone, and said Britain faced recession. More »
LONDON (AFP) - - The euro on Monday fell below 1.45 dollars for the first time since February as the market anticipated lower interest rates in the eurozone, with inflation concerns easing amid tumbling oil prices. More »
SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia's central bank cut interest rates Tuesday for the first time in over six-and-a-half years, pushing them down 25 basis points to seven percent amid signs of cooling economic growth. More »
SYDNEY (AFP) - - Any decision by Australia to scrap a deal to sell uranium to Russia to protest its action in Georgia would be "politically biased" and economically harmful, Moscow's envoy to Canberra has reportedly warned. More »