Africa/International

The federal job safety agency fined SeaWorld Orlando $75,000 on Monday for three violations uncovered while investigating the February death of a trainer who was grabbed by a killer whale and dragged underwater. The Occupational Safety and…

The Nigerian Police at the weekend busted one Godwin Akpobire, alias ‘Gary Bire’, who allegedly duped a number of churches in Ghana and the UK of various sum of money. Gary whose modus operandi is to promise vulnerable missions of his…

Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE has won a 254-million-dollar contract to build a mobile network in Hungary, reflecting the company's growing strength in Europe, a report said Monday. ZTE had made a breakthrough in Europe this year,…

Trading is down as financial markets open in Australia, following this weekend's inconclusive election. The Australian dollar and government bonds both fell in value. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has held initial talks with independent…

American International Group's (AIG.N) aircraft leasing unit ILFC repaid nearly $4 billion of U.S. loans after raising new debt from investors, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The repayment reduced the principal balance…

WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange said Swedish authorities reached "the height of irresponsibility" by issuing an arrest warrant alleging rape against him, then revoking it less than a day later. "It is clearly a smear…

Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in…

Wyclef Jean, the hip-hop star who had hoped to become Haiti's next president, said Sunday that his lawyers would challenge the recent ruling from election officials that kept him from the list of eligible candidates. He had accepted the…

Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers have a built-in protection against Alzheimer's that could soon become a promising new treatment for the brain disease. The protein GM-CSF plays a role in the defective immune system response that leads to the…

Parts of Britain were hit by torrential rain and gale force winds as summer looked to have come to a rude end. Up to 4cm (1.5in) of rain fell overnight in areas of southern England - more than half the normal monthly total - with 40mph…