Economy & Politics
Nicolas Maduro nears special powers as Venezuela’s president
Venezuela's National Assembly has helped President Nicolas Maduro to move closer to decree powers. Under the new measures Venezuela’s president would be able to govern...
ObamaCare: Barack Obama announces changes to his healthcare law
President Barack Obama has announced a one-year reprieve for millions of Americans facing cancellation of their health insurance policies under his embattled healthcare law. The...
Ireland to exit bailout in December, without seeking precautionary funding
Ireland is to make a clean break from its 3-year 85 billion euro bailout programme in December, without seeking precautionary funding. Irish PM Enda Kenny...
Eurozone economy grew by just 0.1% in Q3 2013
Eurozone’s economy grew by just 0.1% in Q3 2013, down from 0.3% growth in the previous quarter. The figure marks just the second quarter of...
Christian Wulff goes on trial over receiving and granting favors in office
Former German President Christian Wulff will go on trial today over receiving and granting favors in office. Christian Wulff, 54, is alleged to have accepted...
China Third Plenum unveils key reforms
China has unveiled a series of reforms aimed at overhauling its economy over the next decade. In a statement issued after a closed-door summit, the...
EU Budget 2014: Negotiators agree on next year’s spending
Negotiators in Brussels have clinched a deal on the 2014 EU budget after a night of hard talks, cutting spending by about 6% compared...
Bo Xilai supporters set up Zhi Xian Party in China
Supporters of Chinese politician Bo Xilai have set up a political party, and made Bo the party chairman. Wang Zheng said she was inspired to...
Maldives Election 2013: Supreme Court suspends presidential run-off
The Maldivian Supreme Court has suspended the presidential election run-off, after protests from a candidate. On Saturday, ex-President Mohamed Nasheed polled nearly 47%, just short...
Maldives Election 2013: Voters to elect a new president after two attempts fail
Maldivian voters are going to the polls to elect a president after two previous attempts failed. Candidates came to a last-minute agreement earlier this week...
US economy added 204,000 jobs in October 2013
According to the latest figures from the Labor Department, the US economy added a better-than-expected 204,000 jobs in October. There had been fears that the...
US government shutdown cost taxpayers more than $2.5 billion
The Obama administration revealed on Thursday that last month’s 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government cost taxpayers more than $2.5 billion for work...
Standard and Poor’s downgrades France’s credit rating to AA
S&P has cut France's credit rating to AA from AA+. The move comes almost two years after France lost its top-rated AAA status. S&P said it...
US Election 2013: Chris Christie re-elected as New Jersey governor
Republican Chris Christie was easily re-elected governor of New Jersey. Chris Christie was declared the unofficial winner by the US media just minutes after the...
US Election 2013: Terry McAuliffe wins Virginia governor race
Democrat Terry McAuliffe beat Republican Ken Cuccinelli in a very close race for Virginia governor's seat. Republican Chris Christie was easily re-elected governor of New...
NYC Election 2013: Bill de Blasio to become city’s first Democratic mayor since 1993
With almost all votes counted, Bill de Blasio will succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg to become the first Democrat leading New York City in two...
US Election 2013: New Jersey and Virginia to pick governors
US voters are heading to the polls in the first major round of elections since President Barack Obama won a second term one year...
New York City election 2013: Bill de Blasio takes commanding lead over Joe Lhota in opinion polls
New York City is choosing a successor to three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-independent. Tuesday's races are seen as an early test of the Republican...
Belgrade encourages Kosovo’s Serb population to take part in municipal elections
Ethnic Serb communities are encouraged to go to the polls for the first time as the votes are being cast in Kosovo's municipal elections. The...
US cuts food stamps for poor
The US Congress has cut food aid benefits for poor from Friday as an extension of the government programme expires, while legislators fight over...
Robert Mugabe insult law declared unconstitutional by Zimbabwe’s highest court
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional a law which makes it a crime to insult the president. Prosecutors should not be overzealous about charging people...
Forbes World’s Most Powerful People List 2013
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has topped Forbes magazine’s World's Most Powerful People list in 2013. Vladimir Putin has beaten President Barack Obama into second place...
Spain officially out of recession after first quarterly economic growth since 2011
Spain is officially out of recession after first quarterly economic growth since 2011, according to data from the country's National Statistics agency INE. Spain's GDP...
Tadeusz Mazowiecki dies aged 86
Tadeusz Mazowiecki - Poland's first prime minister after the fall of communism - has died aged 86. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski described him as "one...
Giorgi Margvelashvili wins Georgia’s presidential election
Giorgi Margvelashvili - an ally of Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili - has won the country’s presidential election, according to exit polls. The polls give Giorgi...
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