Given the jobs of hunting Al Qaeda, tracking nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, and monitoring the civil strife in Iraq, American spy agencies are not lacking for work these days. Should they also take on the task of analyzing global warming?
President Bush told Congressional leaders Thursday that he would veto any legislation that weakened federal policies or laws on abortion.
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to extend hate-crime protection to people who are victimized because of their sexuality. But the most immediate effect may be to set up another veto showdown between Democrats and President Bush.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva issued a "compulsory license" on Friday to override the patent on an AIDS drug made by the U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck.
After more than a year’s discussions, India has succeeded in forming a global alliance on cashewnut along with two other major exporters — Brazil and Vietnam. They have agreed to work together to promote the global cashew trade and help each other in increasing production and consumption.
Canada signed an agreement with the Afghan government on Thursday allowing it unfettered access to any prisoners handed over by Canadian troops, a move that responds to allegations that Afghan authorities were abusing detainees.
Citing the potential for genetic contamination, a U.S. judge on Thursday let stand a ban on the planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa, a genetically modified variety of the crop developed by Monsanto Co.
Turkey´s parliament on Thursday brought forward general elections to July 22 to try to end a standoff between secularists and ex-Islamists that has exposed deep political faultlines in the EU candidate nation.
Across Britain, voters went to the polls today in a mid-term regional vote likely to set the tone for Prime Minister Tony Blair’s expected resignation next week.
A Dutch court ruled Thursday that ABN Amro must seek shareholder approval before it can proceed with the proposed $21 billion sale of its Chicago-based LaSalle Bank to Bank of America.
Kurdish and Sunni Arab officials expressed deep reservations on Wednesday about the draft version of a national oil law and related legislation, misgivings that could derail one of the benchmark measures of progress in Iraq laid down by President Bush.
The Justice Department has begun an internal investigation into whether a former senior adviser to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales improperly tried to fill vacancies for career prosecutors at the agency with Republicans loyal to the Bush administration, department officials said Wednesday.
Brazilian television network TV Cultura has reached a joint venture agreement with Castalia Communications for the distribution of its children’s channel TV Rá-Tim-Bum in the U.S. and Canada.
Brazil´s mining Company Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announced Wednesday that it had signed a freight contract with Norway´s Bergesen Worldwide Ltd (B.W. Bulk) to develop an exclusive Brazil-China shuttle service.
Nufarm Ltd., an Australian supplier of agricultural chemicals, agreed to take full control of Brazil´s Agripec Quimica e Farmaceutica SA to expand sales in the world´s largest sugar producer and second-largest soybean grower.
The United States and the European Union have signed up to a new transatlantic economic partnership at a summit in Washington.
Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko has signed decrees to dismiss two judges of the country´s Constitutional Court over "oath violations," local media reported Tuesday.
President George W. Bush today offered support for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and said congressional approval of a U.S.-Colombian free-trade accord would help Uribe fight drugs and violence in Colombia.
President Hugo Chávez on Tuesday seized control of the last remaining oil projects in Venezuela controlled by large American and European energy companies.
Tens of thousands of people pressing for immigrants’ rights demonstrated on Tuesday in dozens of cities. But with advocates splintered over tactics, the crowds paled in comparison with the turnout last year.
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