There is likely to be little movement in the Doha world trade talks by the end of this year and progress in 2011 will hinge on the outcome of November’s US mid-term elections, India’s commerce secretary has declared
US Republican state Senator Russell Pearce, a long-time fixture in Arizona politics but until recently a virtual unknown elsewhere, never expected to singlehandedly shake up national politics, let alone get under the skin of the White House
Pentagon spending on major weapons programmes
The Obama administration will put food security at the heart of its Africa policy, as it seeks to enhance ongoing US efforts on trade, investment and HIV/AIDS on the continent, a top US diplomat has announced
On a Pacific beach in Costa Rica, a researcher whispers the number after counting the slimy, round white eggs just laid by a rare leatherback turtle in a hole dug in the sand under bright moonlight
From southern Europe’s debt crisis to US banking reform, politics has emerged as a driver of volatility in Western markets this year in a way normally more associated with emerging economies
With speculation swirling that Google Inc will soon announce the closure of its China-based internet portal, the reaction from some Chinese has been hurry up and leave, or simply: so what?
A US high-powered airborne laser weapon shot down a ballistic missile in the first successful test of a futuristic directed energy weapon, the US Missile Defense Agency has announced
The World Economic Forum returns to Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, between January 27-31. Lyndon Driver profiles the annual meeting
Google Inc’s deal with Beijing to end a censorship dispute removes one irritant in U.S.-China relations, but the two countries still face deep divisions over the internet’s future
World wheat price rises are not yet sufficient to trigger global food inflation, an economist at the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation has announced, even though they almost doubled in the space of two months
Regional hubs give al Qaeda global reach, attacks show al Qaeda menace is evolving while there is a danger of the West overreacting, some experts say
