NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market continued its climb Wednesday, despite a handful of disappointing economic reports. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - A report of slowing manufacturing is getting the stock market off to weak start Wednesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel responded favorably on Tuesday to an apparent softening by Arab states of their 2002 peace plan after a top Qatari official raised the possibility of land swaps in setting borders between the Jewish state and an independe... [Full Article]
It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline approach to Pyongyang is going away, no matter who replaces him. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday he would not soften his austerity programme with a "Plan B" after the International Monetary Fund downgraded its growth forecasts for Britain. "These are difficult times f... [Full Article]
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Wednesday as soft Chinese manufacturing data further undermined investor confidence and as hopes faded for bold stimulus action this week by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to underpin fal... [Full Article]
Israel's national Holocaust memorial has toned down its account of Pope Pius XII's conduct toward the massacre of Jews during of World War II, following a long diplomatic dispute with the Vatican. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Members of Britain's ruling Conservative party repeatedly tried to soften language directed at Rupert Murdoch and his son James in a parliamentary report, before they ultimately decided to vote against it in its entirety. The ... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Making a film about an iconic politician like Britain's Margaret Thatcher is akin to walking into a movie minefield, and casting an American -- even one as revered as Meryl Streep -- is asking for more trouble. Yet the ma... [Full Article]
(AFP/File) - China appeared to soften its stance on a sticking point in UN climate change negotiations, the issue of verifying developing countries' emissions reductions. Beijing does not "believe that increasing transparency will be a probl... [Full Article]