Economy & Politics
Bangladesh elections 2014: Awami League wins boycotted poll
Bangladeshi ruling party Awami League has won a violent general election whose outcome was never in doubt, after a boycott by the main opposition...
Liz Cheney drops out of Wyoming Senate race
Liz Cheney has decided to drop out of the Senate primary after her bid to unseat Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi sparked a round of...
Bangladesh election 2014: Clashes in boycotted poll
Bangladeshi opposition activists and police clashed as the country is holding a general election boycotted by the opposition. At least three people were killed in...
Manmohan Singh to retire after polls
India’s PM Manmohan Singh has announced that he will not stay in the post if his Congress party wins the next election, due in...
Rob Ford files re-election paper for Toronto municipal poll
Disgraced Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has filed re-election papers. Rob Ford - who admitted to once smoking crack cocaine while in a "drunken stupor" -...
Latvia joins eurozone on New Year’s Day
Latvia has joined the eurozone as of 1st of January 2014, becoming the 18th member of the group of EU states which uses the...
Bill de Blasio sworn in as New York City’s new mayor
Bill de Blasio, the first Democrat in more than two decades, has been sworn in as the new mayor of New York City. Bill de...
ObamaCare health reforms come into effect
Millions of people in the US receive health insurance cover for the first time as ObamaCare healthcare reforms - Affordable Act Care - come...
France: 75% tax on high income gets approval
France's highest court has approved a 75% tax on high income. The new tax is one of President Francois Hollande's signature policies. The initial proposal to...
Cuba eases restrictions on loans to private borrowers
Cuba has decided to ease restrictions on loans to private borrowers in the latest measure aimed at boosting the island's troubled economy. Individuals and small...
Millions of jobless Americans to lose unemployment benefits in 2014
An estimated 1.3 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits after an emergency federal program expired on Saturday. Lawmakers failed to agree on an extension...
Turkey: PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces major cabinet reshuffle
Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a major cabinet reshuffle after three ministerial resignations over a corruption inquiry. Recep Tayyip Erdogan named 10 new...
ObamaCare help offered amid run-up to deadline
The US government has offered help to people who missed the December 24 deadline to enroll for the ObamaCare. The government said anyone who failed...
Mexico: President Enrique Pena Nieto signs oil and gas law
Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto has signed a controversial law that allows foreign companies to drill for oil for the first time since the...
Cuba relaxes conditions on buying foreign-made cars
Cuba has decided to ease restrictions on people buying foreign-made new and used cars, according to state media. Cubans will no longer need government permits...
World stock markets rise after Fed stimulus trim announcement
Global stock markets rallied after the US Federal Reserve's commitment to keep interest rates low offset its decision to taper its stimulus programme. Germany's Dax...
Russia cuts gas price for Ukraine
Russia has decided to cut the price of the gas supplied to Ukraine from more than $400 (291 euros) per 1,000 cubic metres to...
Angela Merkel confirmed as Germany’s chancellor for third term
German parliament (Bundestag) has confirmed Angela Merkel as the country’s chancellor for a third term, at the head of a grand coalition. The coalition between...
Sebastian Kurz becomes Europe’s youngest foreign minister at 27
Sebastian Kurz has become Europe's youngest foreign minister, after Austria swore in its new coalition government. Sebastian Kurz, 27, was one of 12 ministers confirmed...
Michelle Bachelet wins Chile presidential election for second time
Michelle Bachelet has won Chilean presidential election for a second time, defeating her run-off rival Evelyn Matthei by a wide margin. With nearly 90% of...
Chile elections 2013: Michelle Bachelet favorite in presidential run-off
Left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet appears as the favorite in the presidential run-off in Chile. She faces Evelyn Matthei, a former minister in the governing centre-right...
US Congress budget committee reaches agreement to fund federal services
The US Congress budget committee has reached an agreement to fund federal services, after October government shutdown. The proposed deal finances the government for two...
Venezuela local elections 2013: Nicolas Maduro’s socialist party ahead in polls
According to Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, the governing United Socialist Party (USP) has won the greatest share of the vote in Sunday's local elections. With...
Yingluck Shinawatra to dissolve Thai parliament after opposition resignation
Thailand’s PM Yingluck Shinawatra has announced she will dissolve parliament and call an election, after sustained protests in the capital, Bangkok. The move followed the...
Bundesbank raises Germany’s economic growth forecasts
The Bundesbank has raised its forecasts for Germany’s economic growth from 0.3% to 0.5% for 2013 and from 1.5% to 1.7% for 2014. "The German...
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