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. More »
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. More »
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.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.
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.
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.
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - - The United States said on Friday it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.
PARIS (AFP) - - A baby's very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - - UN climate talks headed into their final sessions here Friday amid scant progress towards a post-2012 pact and anger that a timetable to conclude the deal next month could slip by up to a year.
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.
LONDON (AFP) - - Royal Bank of Scotland reported on Friday a net quarterly loss of 1.8 billion pounds (2.0 billion euros, 3.0 billion dollars) and said it expected a slow recovery, despite massive state support.
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.
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.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - A judge ordered a California online music service to stop delivering Beatles songs to users, according to a copy of the ruling posted online.
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.
PARIS (AFP) - - Scientists reported Thursday that nano-particles used in medical applications can indirectly damage DNA inside cells by transmitting signals through a protective barrier of human tissue.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election as he voiced frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements and delivered a major blow to Washington's Middle East peace efforts.
FRANKFURT (AFP) - - The European Central Bank and Bank of England both kept interest rates at record lows Thursday, but the ECB was more upbeat on economic growth while the BoE planned to pump billions more pounds into Britain's recession-hit economy.
BERLIN (AFP) - - Angry German workers on Thursday protested General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and its plans to cut 10,000 jobs, moves slammed as a slap in the face for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation on Thursday urged people not to drop their guard over the swine flu pandemic and insisted on the value of vaccination despite the broadly mild symptoms of the virus.
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.
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