Despite signs that the near 2-year US recession may be over, Americans are still finding it hard to get a job. The closely watched unemployment rate soared more than expected to 9.7% in the month of August, a 26-year high, according to the Labor Depa...
A global emissions-reduction deal: that's the ultimate goal of the UN's climate conference in Copenhagen. But with just a hundred days left before it takes place, that deal is looking shaky. In December, Delegates from some a hundred and ninety count...
Thousands of evacuees took refuge in churches and temples in southern Taiwan on Monday, waiting for road repair that would allow a return to their homes. Some fear that could take months or years due to the state of the roads damaged by massive lands...
Although unemployment is very serious soon, which is why we're addressing it, with the ideas and the measures that we are. It would be much much worse if we were not taking the combined action that we as a government and the bank of England have been...
The yeas are 68 and the nays are 31. The US Senate handed President Barack Obama an historic victory Thursday as it overwhelmingly approved his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the US Supreme Court. Senate majority le...
Not long ago, BA was flying high and making millions, but the turbulent global economy has seen its profits plunge. And even the last three months gearing up to the lucrative holiday season have failed to lift the downward trend. Unless this airline...
The Canadian Massed Pipes and Drums provided the traditional soundtrack to the opening of the biggest ever gathering of the clans. Prince Charles was there to represent the Royal Family. This is the centerpiece of Homecoming Scotland, a year-long tou...
As the pandemic grows, so too does the pressure to provide a vaccine, the first samples of the swine flu jab should be ready for trials next month. But its emerged that the vaccine will be made available to the NHS before the full results of those tr...
Actors, politicians, sports stars and other celebrities are thought to be considering suing the News of the World for hacking into their mobile phones. Legal action could amount to millions of pounds in damages, Mark Steven represents two who believe...
In jeans and a T-shirt, Asma al Assad among her people. Shes the London girl who married a president. She has the same name as my daughter. Down to earth and relaxed in crowds of young admirers. The dynamic first lady of a country thats changing. In...
