International

Chinese mainland reports nine more confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases
08/06/2009 05:00
Nine more A/H1N1 flu cases were confirmed on the Chinese mainland Monday, bringing the total number to 89. Six new cases were reported in the southwestern Sichuan Province, and the patients were all infected through local transmission, the Sichuan...
Chrysler’s creditors make last-ditch effort to block Chrysler-Fiat deal
07/06/2009 05:00
The U.S. automaker Chrysler LLC’s creditors have decided to file a last-ditch appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in their bid to block the company from selling its good assets out of bankruptcy court to a group headed by Italy’s Fiat SpA. Photo...
Ukraine PM to run for president
07/06/2009 05:00
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced on Sunday that she will run for the country’s president in January 2010. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks during her televised address in Kiev June 7, 2009. Tymoshenko announced...
Center-left parties suffer losses in European Parliament elections
07/06/2009 05:00
Center-left parties seem to turn out to be the biggest losers in the European Parliament elections, which wrapped up on Sunday across the continent, while the center-right group will return as the biggest bloc. Statues are seen in front of a...
With auto aid, US follows industrial policy strategy
07/06/2009 05:00
The rescue of US auto icons General Motors and Chrysler signals a new focus in Washington on preserving a manufacturing sector seen as critical to the fragile economy, analysts say. While the US remains a world manufacturing power, keeping...
Bankrupt GM pins high hopes on India for turnaround
07/06/2009 05:00
A new car rolls out at a General Motors Corp. manufacturing plant in Talegaon, India Even as General Motors struggles to emerge from bankruptcy, the auto giant is rolling out new cars in India whose vast market...
OPEC weekly oil prices rise faster
07/06/2009 05:00
The weekly average prices of OPEC rose faster with the international crude oil prices to 66.94 U.S. dollars per barrel last week, which almost doubled the prices of 34.92 dollars in the last week of 2008. OPEC’s Ministerial Conference on May 28...