Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she expected leaders from the Group of Eight industrialised nations to endorse a goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Thursday for the expansion of the Group of Eight (G8), saying that leading emerging economies should be included.
US President Barack Obama will focus on Iran's issues during his visit to Russia and the G8 summit in Italy next week, a senior US official said here Wednesday.
Oscar winner Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed character actor acclaimed for film roles in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront before gaining TV fame as a leading man in The Streets of San Francisco, died on Wednesday at age 97.
A crisis is a terrible thing to waste, shrewd financial investors often say while trying to rake a fortune from the rebound after market crashes.
The sole survivor of a Yemeni jet that plunged into deep water on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros was reunited with her father back in France early on Thursday.
A federal judge sentenced a retired University of Tennessee professor to four years in prison Wednesday for passing sensitive information from a US Air Force contract to two research assistants from China and Iran.
Next week's G8 summit in Italy may briefly take the spotlight off the personal scandals dogging Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, but will also put to the test his claims of leadership on the world stage.
The investigation into Michael Jackson's death deepened late Wednesday with word that federal authorities will step in to help local police take a look at Jackson's doctors and his medications.
Michael Jackson's funeral is being scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, sources said.
The Briton who won a competition for the "Best Job in the World" arrived on Australia's idyllic Hamilton Island Wednesday to begin his leisurely six-month posting in the tropical paradise.
An Australian man who choked and raped a Chinese student and left her to die on a Perth roadside was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday.
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