International

Japan’s hospitals slam doors on emergency cases
28/04/2009 05:00
Nurses are busy treating a patient at the Kyorin University Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) in Tokyo on April 20. Shinsuke Takasaki’s son Sota is too young to understand that his mother might still be...
Singapore says to improve disclosure on tax evasion
28/04/2009 05:00
Singapore will revise its laws this year to improve disclosure on foreigners evading income taxes in their home countries, the nation’s finance minister told his Japanese counterpart, according to a Japanese official. Singapore agreed at the...
Hong Kong banks sold Lehman notes to mentally ill
28/04/2009 05:00
Hong Kong banks sold notes linked to failed Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to elderly, poorly educated and mentally ill people, according to a central bank probe that may fuel demands for better protection of...
Sarkozy’s visit aims at stronger cooperation on issues of bilateral interests
28/04/2009 05:00
The state visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Spain on Monday-Tuesday was aimed at stronger cooperation on several major issues of bilateral interests. Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (R) and French President Nicolas...
Obama’s "balance sheet" after 100 days in office
28/04/2009 05:00
When assessing the U.S. president’s first 100 days in office, a journalistic ritual beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, everyone seems to have a different version of Barack Obama’s “balance sheet,” a long list of his achievements and setbacks....
Fears of swine flu drag Wall Street
27/04/2009 05:00
Wall Street ended lower on Monday as investors are nervous that the swine flu outbreak could spread and block economic recovery. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 27, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters photo) Fears had...
GM steps up job cuts, offers shares to bondholders
27/04/2009 05:00
Workers assemble a Pontiac Solstice at the General Motors Wilmington, Delaware plant in 2005. General Motors Corp., working to stave off a June 1 US-backed bankruptcy, stepped up dealer shutdowns and job cuts...