Economy & Politics
Bangladesh opposition in 3-day strike over government’s failure to set up caretaker cabinet
Bangladesh's main opposition party and its allies have decide to begin a three-day strike over the government's failure to set up a caretaker cabinet...
Argentina parliamentary election 2013
Argentina is voting for legislative election - a key test for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The mid-term elections will determine how much control left-leaning...
Georgia presidential election ends Mikheil Saakashvili’s rule
Georgians are going to the polls to vote for a new president, ending a decade in power for pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili. The frontrunner among...
Madagascar holds first presidential election since 2009 coup
Madagascar voters are going to the polls in the first election since the military-backed coup in 2009. Thirty-three candidates are contesting the election, which has...
Australia to raise debt ceiling by two-thirds
Australia plans to raise the country's debt limit by two-thirds to allay concerns it could face a future fiscal crisis. The newly-elected conservative government is...
Turkey’s EU membership accession talks to restart in November
The EU has agreed to resume membership talks with Turkey. The European affairs ministers meeting in Luxembourg said the talks would restart on November 5th,...
US economy added 148,000 jobs in September 2013
According to latest official figures, the US economy added 148,000 jobs in September, lower than analysts had predicted. The unemployment rate fell to 7.2%, down...
Cuba to eliminate dual-currency system in latest financial reform
Cuba has decided to eliminate its dual-currency system in the latest financial reform rolled out by President Raul Castro, official media report. Since 1994 Cuba...
Barack Obama addresses glitches with Healthcare.gov
President Barack Obama has said there is "no excuse" for the glitches that have plagued the rollout of an element of his 2010 healthcare...
Silvio Berlusconi banned from holding public office for two years
Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been banned by Milan court from holding public office for two years, following his conviction for tax...
US shutdown: Federal government reopens for business
President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to re-open the government and extend the debt ceiling, just hours after the House and...
US shutdown: Congress approves debt deal
The US government is to reopen after Congress has passed a bill to raise the federal debt limit, with hours to spare before the...
US shutdown: Senate reaches debt deal
Democrat and Republican leaders of the Senate have struck a cross-party deal to end a partial government shutdown and raise the US debt limit. Their...
US shutdown: Democrats reject House Republicans proposal to reopen government
Democrats have rejected a proposal from House of Representatives Republicans to extend the debt limit and reopen the federal government. The White House criticized what...
White House postpones bipartisan debt meeting
The White House has potsponed a meeting with Democrats and Republicans congressional leaders as lawmakers continue talks on raising the nation's debt limit. The talks...
China: Food prices fuel inflation in September 2013
China’s consumer prices rose more than forecast in September 2013, fuelled mainly by a surge in food prices. Prices rose 3.1% during September, from a...
US shutdown negotiations shifted to Senate
The US shutdown negotiations have been shifted to the Senate. The Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate held direct talks for the first time...
US shutdown: Barack Obama willing to sign short-term debt rise
President Barack Obama has announced he is willing to sign a "clean" short-term increase to the US borrowing limit that is free from Republican...
House of Representatives Republicans meet Barack Obama amid looming debt crisis
Republicans in the House of Representatives have met President Barack Obama amid renewed efforts to avert a looming debt crisis. Both sides described the 90-minute...
Wilfried Martens dies aged 77
Former Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens has died aged 77. Wilfried Martens served nine times as prime minister of Belgium and later led the European...
Barack Obama accuses Republicans of using extortion on debt limit
President Barack Obama has announced he is willing to hold budget talks with Republicans, but not until they agree to lift "threats" against the...
Janet Yellen to be nominated as head of Federal Reserve
According to a White House official, President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve Vice-Chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US...
IMF cuts global economic growth forecast
The IMF has cut its forecast for global economic growth at the same time as lifting its UK growth projection. The International Monetary Fund now...
US shutdown: China warns US to agree debt deal
Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao has warned that the "clock is ticking" to avoid a US default that could hurt China's interests and...
Nicolas Sarkozy’s Bettencourt affair charges dropped
The criminal investigation into Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly soliciting secret campaign financing from L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt has been dropped, French media say. France’s former...
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