International

China’s Susan Boyle: oldest contender yet for "Happy Girl"
29/05/2009 05:00
She is at least three times older than many of her competitors. She was not even sure what she was competing for when she first stepped onto the stage. But once she opened her mouth, judges and audiences were blown away. Meet 79-year-old Wu...
Deal reached for Magna to take over Opel
29/05/2009 05:00
Germany’s finance minister said on Saturday that all sides have reached a deal for the Canadian auto parts maker Magna to take over General Motor’s Opel unit. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier addresses the media upon his arrival at...
OPEC keeps production unchanged, sees demand recovery
28/05/2009 05:00
Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, Angola’s oil minister and OPEC president (L) and Abdalla El-Badri, OPEC secretary-general, arrive for a news conference in Vienna, Austria, Thursday. OPEC decided to keep...
Record stimulus budget passes Japan’s parliament
28/05/2009 05:00
A record extra budget worth at 13.9 trillion yen (147 billion U.S. dollars) was passed in Japan’s parliament Friday, setting to reverse the downward trend of the recession-hit economy. The Japan’s largest-ever extra budget was blocked at the...
World even closer to H1N1 pandemic, says WHO chief
28/05/2009 05:00
Currently the world is still not in a full H1N1 pandemic, but it is even closer to a pandemic than last week, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Margaret Chan said on Thursday. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General...
U.S. gov’t to own 72.5% of GM
28/05/2009 05:00
U.S. taxpayers soon may own 72.5 percent of General Motors stocks after GM reached an amended debt-for-equity deal with bondholders on Thursday. A General Motors dealership is seen in Vienna, Virginia, May 27, 2009. General Motors Corp moved...
CEO: Yahoo willing to sell search business
27/05/2009 05:00
Yahoo’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Carol Bartz on Wednesday said the company is willing to sell its search business to Microsoft if the software giant offers “boatloads of money.” Carol Bartz, newly named chief executive of Internet company...