Dalai Lama “If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. ”
Barack Obama “Those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history.”
Taxpayers around the world still face potentially large losses because governments have failed to act quickly enough to remove toxic assets from the balance sheets of key banks, the world’s leading central bankers warn today.
Despite months of co-ordinated action around the globe to stabilise the banking system, hidden perils still lurk in the world’s financial [...]
JERUSALEM — New details emerged Sunday about Israeli plans to expand Jewish settler enclaves, as Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak prepared to head to Washington to ease friction with the Obama administration over settlement construction.
The Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported that Barak will propose freezing new construction for three months while allowing the completion of late-stage [...]
A century after colonial body snatchers robbed the burial grounds of the Aborigines, British-held remains are finally being repatriated. But how does it feel to find the bones of your revered ancestors in the dusty archives of a Scottish museum?
When Tom Trevorrow was growing up on the banks of the River Murray in South Australia, [...]
Russia is considering a banking bail-out that will go further than measures taken by the US, as fears grow that bad loans could paralyse the economy.
Igor Shuvalov, deputy prime minister, will consider taking stakes in troubled banks when a group of experts on the crisis meets on Friday to discuss ways to recapitalise the country’s [...]
Troops willing to die to stop Iran unrest, general says
4 killed, 32 wounded as 6 Baghdad churches bombed
Wife held in boxing champ’s killing in Brazil
NASA fuels space shuttle Endeavour for launch
Two injured in Pamplona bull run, day after death
Two U.S. soldiers killed, Afghan war heats up
Cheney hid CIA program from Congress: senator