InBev´s pursuit of Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch could be nearing an end after the Belgo-Brazilian brewer reportedly raised its takeover offer for its US rival to nearly $50bn (£25bn).
Israeli police accused Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of fraud on Friday and said an investigation into alleged bribe-taking had been widened to look at whether he made duplicate claims for travel expenses.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is proposing a resumption of stalled reconciliation talks with North Korea.
Georgia´s Ambassador to Russia has been recalled as tensions between the neighbouring countries escalate. The move comes after Russia admitted to flying fighter jets in Georgian airspace earlier this week.
The lower house of Parliament has approved bitterly contested legislation that would grant immunity from prosecution to Italy´s top officials, including Premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Women living in countries where abortion is restricted are using the Internet to buy medication enabling them to perform an abortion at home, but one in 10 need surgery afterwards, according to new research.
Two Swiss nationalist parties gathered enough signatures on their initiative against the construction of minarets to force a national referendum on whether the country´s constitution should be amended to ban the structures, the Swiss government announced Tuesday.
The chief judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia said Tuesday that the US government should make detention appeals by Guantanamo detainees a top priority, and devote all necessary resources to ensuring that the appeals reach trial in a timely manner.
The US Senate Wednesday voted 69-28 to approve a bill amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to grant retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies participating in the NSA warrantless surveillance program.
Tehran: Iran test-fired more long-range missiles overnight in a second round of exercises meant to show that the country can defend itself against any attack by the US or Israel, Iranian state media reported on Thursday.
The Justice Department is investigating whether any crimes may have been committed in the extensive breach of electronic passport files by contractors and government workers, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey told lawmakers yesterday.
South Korean prosecutors asked for a seven-year prison term for Lee Kun Hee, the former chairman of Samsung Group, for tax evasion and breach of fiduciary duty.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a lower court´s refusal to clear the merger of Sony Corp.´s and Bertelsmann A.G.´s (BMG) recorded music units.
German units of L´Oreal SA, Clarins SA, Christian Dior SA and Chanel SA were among nine cosmetics companies fined a total of 10 million euros ($15.7 million) by Germany´s antitrust regulator for sharing market information.
You may be the victim of a major phishing scam that exploits a flaw in the backbone of the web addressing system and not even be aware of it – typing the desired URL directly into your browser could potentially lead you to a fake webpage, said Dan Kaminsky, a security researcher at IOActive.
The upper house of the Dutch parliament voted 50-15 Tuesday to approve the EU reform treaty, formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon.
The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) expressed "great concern" Tuesday over Italy´s decision to dissolve the office of High Commissioner against corruption, effective August 25, 2008.
The US Department of Health and Human Services Monday hosted a discussion with genetic scientists, advocates and direct-to-consumer (DTC) genome mapping companies Navigenics, DeCode Genetics, and 23andMe to discuss regulatory concerns.
Russia will respond to U.S. missile shield plans in Central Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, pledging at the same time that Moscow would not resort to ´hysterics´ over the issue.
Company officials at Air Berlin PLC have been cleared of insider trading charges, the airline said Wednesday. The Office of the Public Prosecutor in Stuttgart dropped the charges for a lack of evidence after more than a year of investigations, Air Berlin said in a statement.
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