Africa/International

The visiting 13-member delegation from the Chinese Peoples’ Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), on Tuesday, paid a courtesy call on the Central Regional Minister, Mrs. Ama Benyiwa-Doe at her residency. The delegation is in the…

The French government, through the French Development Agency (AFD), on Tuesday said a new format has been developed for developmental support for Ghana to revamp the economy. The support, under the new format, would be channelled through…

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, said Wednesday it plans to return $10 billion to its shareholders after soaring iron ore and copper prices helped its first-half net profit jump 71.5 percent. The Melbourne-based…

Japan and India have signed a free-trade agreement that will see tariffs on 94% of goods scrapped within a decade. It will focus on the textile, drug, auto and services sectors, and comes as trade between the two is sliding. Bilateral…

High-earning migrant workers from outside the EU will be excluded from the Government's immigration cap, Home Office minister Damian Green has said. Bankers, lawyers and anyone else earning more than £150,000 will be allowed in over and…

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei breezing past its 10-month closing high of the day before as the yen weakened, boosting exporters. Oil prices rose to near $85 a barrel after a report showed U.S. crude…

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned governments from China to Syria on Tuesday that blocking the Internet ultimately would backfire, damaging their economies and creating pent-up demands that would boil over in demonstrations…

A British soldier served on the front line in Afghanistan while she was seven months' pregnant, it has been revealed. Sources said Private Kayla Donnelly, 21, did not know she was carrying her baby while fighting in Helmand province from…

Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Busumuru Kofi Annan has warned of imminent civil war in the Ivory Coast should President Laurent Gbagbo be allowed to subvert the decision of the majority as expressed in last November 28,…

Britain's January inflation numbers will make difficult reading for the Bank of England at a time when its inflation-fighting credentials are increasingly coming into question. Figures at 9:30 a.m. are forecast to show annual consumer…