Africa/International

Climate-vulnerable developing nations could use international law to break the current deadlock in the intergovernmental negotiations on climate change by taking industrialised nations to court, says a paper published today October 4, 2010…

Oil was steady on Monday after earlier touching a two-month high near $82 on expectations that the slow pace of the U.S. economic recovery will prompt a monetary boost that would spur energy consumption. November U.S. crude fell 1 cents…

Barclays Capital is to advise the Nigerian government on its debut sale of a $500m eurobond while another 10 countries with emerging economies are preparing for similar auctions. Nigeria has selected the investment banking arm of Barclays…

Representatives from about 200 countries start meeting on Monday in China to narrow differences on climate change and grapple with extreme weather such as rising temperatures and melting polar icecaps. The weeklong talks in the…

European and Asian leaders will seek common ground on ways to fix and regulate the global financial market but will likely be bogged down by such issues as market restrictions and trade surpluses during three days of summits. Monday kicks…

Asian stock markets were higher on Monday with Japanese property shares rising on expectations that the Bank of Japan will decide to ease monetary policy further this week, while Chinese shipbuilders rallied in Singapore on hopes of pick up…

Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc are close to settling a Justice Department antitrust probe over credit card acceptance rules, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the negotiations. The settlement, which could…

Cellphone giant Verizon Wireless  said Sunday that it would refund more than $50 million to about 15 million customers nationwide who were mistakenly charged for data usage or Internet access they didn't order. Most users will receive…

A rare advisory for U.S. travelers to beware of potential terrorist threats  in Europe drew American shrugs Sunday from Paris to Rome, but tourism officials worried that it could deter would-be visitors from moving ahead with plans to cross…

The male-female orgasm gap. The sex lives  of 14-year-olds. An intriguing breakdown of condom usage rates, by age and ethnicity, with teens emerging as more safe-sex-conscious than boomers. That's just a tiny sampling of the data being…