Reuters
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 00:00
Investments in Brazil jumped 6.3 percent last year, but as percentage of GDP it remains stuck at only 18 percent, which is less than half of China's investment rate.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 09:29
Clashes in northwest Nigeria between suspected Fulani cattle rustlers mounted on motorbikes and local youth vigilantes from the rival Hausa ethnic group left at least 72 people dead, police said on Monday.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 08:23
Mali's government has resigned and town planning minister Moussa Mara will become prime minister, a presidential spokesman said on state television late on Saturday.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:26
Iran said it hopes enough progress will be made with major powers this week to enable negotiators to start drafting by mid-May a final accord to settle a long-running dispute over its nuclear program.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 08:14
The alleged attack on the neighborhood of Jobar in the capital Damascus comes a week after the Syrian government sent a letter to the United Nations claiming it had evidence that rebel groups were planning a toxic gas attack in the same area.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 00:00
The center-left Penalosa, who ran the capital city from 1998 to 2001, would finish 26 percent to 18 percent behind Santos in the first ballot on May 25, but beat him in a June runoff.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 00:00
Some investors are betting that the dapper senator from the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party has a decent chance of winning
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:27
"The influx of a million refugees would be massive in any country. For Lebanon, a small nation beset by internal difficulties, the impact is staggering," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
It appears - at least for now - to have escaped the violence and turf warfare that followed similar building takeovers in Caracas over the last decade, often launched under the banner of the late Chavez's self-styled revolution.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:00
Thirteen Bahrainis were sentenced to life in prison after they were convicted of trying to kill two policemen by attacking their vehicle and of taking part in an illegal protest, their lawyer said on Monday.