Global temperature rise could exceed "safe" levels of two degrees Celsius in some parts of the world in many of our lifetimes if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, two research papers
First the good news: European leaders are nearing a strategy to counter the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis. Now, the less good news: it has some apparent flaws and may fall apart.
Libyans filed past Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body for a fourth day on Monday, to see for themselves that the dictator was dead, while talks dragged on among emerging local factions over disposing
Greek seamen ended on Monday a week-long anti-austerity strike which stranded ferries and passengers at ports, hitting the key tourism sector and disrupting food and fuel supplies to islands. Greece's Socialist government
Nissan Motor Co will launch a plug-in hybrid vehicle developed in-house in 2015 as part of its new five-year environmental plan, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said on Monday. Japan's No.2 automaker also
Physicians treating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez disputed on Saturday claims made by a former doctor of the socialist leader that he would die within two years from his undisclosed cancer. In the
"Cutting Greek debt must be voluntary" — Greece's debt must be lowered and banks must share part of the burden, the country's prime minister George Papandreou said on Sunday, following a meeting
European Union leaders made some progress towards a strategy to fight the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis on Sunday, nearing agreement on bank recapitalisation and on how to leverage their rescue fund
Ruling party candidate Rosen Plevneliev is set to lead in the first round of Bulgaria's presidential election on Sunday, but probably will need a run-off to secure the position after a campaign
Argentina's center-leftist president, Cristina Fernandez, won a landslide re-election victory on Sunday as voters credited her unconventional policies for a long economic boom. The result marks a dramatic change of fortunes for
