Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) One of the worst hit nations, the US is gearing up for a second wave of the swine flu virus fearing a new attack that could lead to major disruptions in ...More

United Nations, Aug 13 (IANS) Young men and women are being adversely impacted by climate change and rising unemployment, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said in a statement ...More

London, Aug 13 (IANS) Nepal's former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has left for Belarus after telling supporters in London his Maoist party in Nepal is certain to us...More

Washington/Toronto, Aug 13 (IANS) A US judge has ordered Microsoft to stop selling its popular Word document creation application in the country in 60 days after finding that the ...More

Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) The US has asked the Sri Lankan government and the American Tamil community to seek opportunities to engage one another on political reconciliation and t...More

Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke says Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's elimination last week was a 'very big deal'...More

Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) President Barack Obama has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honour, to 16 people who have made a difference in th...More

Riga, Aug 13 (DPA) The Amber Coast sanatorium, located in the Latvian seaside resort of Jurmala, features a dacha where Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev would greet his guests. A clo...More

Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) US President Barack Obama bestowed the highest US civilian honour to Archbishop Desmond Tutu and US Senator Edward Kennedy and 14 others at the White Hous...More

New York, Aug 13 (DPA) US stocks rallied Wednesday after two straight days of losses, buoyed by the Federal Reserve's more upbeat assessment of the state of the country's economy....More

Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) The birth rate among US teenagers is twice the average for all developed nations and has increased in recent years, according to a report released Wednesd...More

Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates at near 0 percent Wednesday and showed no signs of changing course as it said the US may be emerging from a 20-...More

Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was 'out of bounds' by suggesting that golf was a bourgeois sport, the US State Department has said, defending the sport ...More

New York, Aug 13 (DPA) The family of the first fatal swine flu victim in New York has filed papers in court with the intention of suing the local government for $40 million, news ...More

Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near 0 percent Wednesday and showed no signs of changing course as the US begins to emerge from a ...More