| |   G8 leaders urge Europe to focus on growth rather than austerity at G8 summit
| CAMP DAVID, Md. - The Group of Eight nations are advocating growth rather than austerity in Europe after spending two days of meetings at storied Camp David aimed at containing an escalating fiscal crisis ove...
G-8 leaders put their focus on European financial crisis, amid pressure for growth measures
| CAMP DAVID, Md. - Drawn together in this serene mountain outpost, leaders of the major industrialized nations are prodding Germany to balance its push for European fiscal austerity with doses of stimulus spen...
Twin quakes rock Japan
Japan was hit by two shallow earthquakes in the space of just eight minutes today, one of them measuring a strong 6.2-magnitude, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami alert. | The 6.2-magnitude qua...
India-Japan trade to touch $25 billion by 2014: Study
Tweet NEW DELHI: The trade between India and Japan is likely to touch $25 billion by 2014 on the back of a trade deal that the two countries signed in 2011, a study has said. | During 2010-11, the two-way trade...
Minister-level meeting next month on India-EU free trade agreement
Tweet NEW DELHI: In a bid to fast track the much-delayed negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement between India and European Union, commerce minister Anand Sharma will hold comprehensive discussions w...
Chinese, East Timorese leaders exchange congratulations on anniversary of diplomatic ties
| BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday exchanged congratulations with his East Timorese counterpart Taur Matan Ruak to mark the 10th anniversary of diplomatic relations. | In his me...
Obama: Eurozone 'must focus on jobs and growth'
US President Barack Obama has said there is an "emerging consensus" that European countries must now focus on jobs and growth. | Speaking after the G8 summit of some of the world's leading econom...
How Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission will make Indian cities liveable again
Tweet Indian cities are known more for being urban sprawls than for their civic management. However, some cities give us a glimmer of hope. Powered by the $20-billion Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mis...
Asian stocks wipe out this year's gains
| Singapore: Asian stocks fell, with a regional index posting its worst week in almost eight months, as Europe's debt crisis worsened, US economic data missed estimates and Chinese home prices and investment de...
Stock market will keep losing money
| AS Greece's growing cash crisis cripples global markets, local investors are bracing for a sluggish start when the Australian stock market opens tomorrow. | The S&P ASX 200 index is tipped to open do...
Tamae Watanabe, 73-year-old Japanese Woman, Scales Mount Everest
Tamae Watanabe | KATMANDU, Nepal -- A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest's peak Saturday, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain. | Tamae...
Stock market will keep losing money
| AS Greece's growing cash crisis cripples global markets, local investors are bracing for a sluggish start when the Australian stock market opens tomorrow. | The S&P ASX 200 index is tipped to open do...
U.S. wants car import concessions in exchange for TPP participation
| The United States is pressing Japan to give ground on nontariff barriers to car imports in bilateral talks over Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement negotiations, sourc...
Obama, G-8: Recovery takes both growth and cutting
| CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governments must both spark growth and...
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