Africa/International

Google is preparing to pick up the gauntlet Microsoft Bing and Facebook threw down with their social search arrangement. Google CEO Eric Schmidt doesn't like private data deals. Microsoft and Facebook have temporarily one-upped Google in…

"It felt like the earth was giving birth and I was the child of the Earth Mother. I was reborn." Omar Reygadas is relaxing in his back garden as he tells me about his journey up the escape shaft from the San Jose mine. His grandchildren…

The US deficit shrank nine percent last fiscal year but still topped one trillion dollars, the government said Friday in a report seized on by Democrats' rivals weeks ahead of mid-term elections. For the 2010 fiscal year that ended on…

A dawn explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed 20 and trapped 17 workers underground Saturday in the country's central region, a national work safety official said. The blast came shortly after the world was riveted by Chile's dramatic…

A major Africa-wide conference highlighting on how the more than 50 nations on the continent can transit to a low-carbon, resource-efficient Green Economy will take place next year in response to the call by the African Ministerial…

The first three rescued Chilean miners out of the hospital celebrated their new lives as national heroes Friday, as word emerged that the 33 want to closely guard their story so they can fairly divide the spoils of their overnight media…

Online advertising revenue set a new half-year record in the US by reaching $12.1 billion for the first half of the year, an increase of 11.3 per cent compared to the same period last year. According to a new report by The Interactive…

With buyout vultures circling the Internet company, Yahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz may have to accelerate her timetable for engineering a turnaround if she wants to save her job. Bartz has said it could take a couple more years to revive Yahoo…

OPEC is expected to maintain its official oil production quota at a ministerial meeting here on Thursday after key members of the cartel expressed satisfaction with the current level of crude prices. Ecuadorian Natural Resources Minister…

The Obama administration is set to report Friday that the federal budget deficit exceeded $1 trillion for the second straight year, providing critics of government spending with fresh ammunition ahead of the midterm congressional…