International

Whitney Houston finds love?
18/04/2009 05:00
Whitney Houston has a new man.The singer - whose ex-husband is Bobby Brown - was spotted with the hunk outside the Beverly Hills Hotel after allegedly spending the night there. A source said: “There looked very, very happy together. After...
US dollar deposit pressures opened to flood the market
17/04/2009 05:00
The State Bank has indirectly forced local banks to withdraw sizeable dollar deposits from the authority’s safe, as banks home to idle dollars are facing mounting pressure to lower dollar deposit interest rates. Moves are afoot to take the gloss...
Bernanke says financial innovation must be regulated properly
17/04/2009 05:00
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that financial innovation can make financial system more efficient but must be regulated properly. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers a lecture to a group of economics students...
Boao annual conference opens
17/04/2009 05:00
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) officially opened here in the scenic Boao town of south China’s Hainan Province on Saturday, focusing on the role of Asian countries amid the global financial crisis. Leaders take a family photo before the opening...
Obama vows to seek "news beginning" with Cuba
17/04/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama said here Friday that he seeks “a new beginning” in relationship with Cuba and pledged to launch new chapter with the Latin America as a whole. U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the opening ceremony of the Fifth...
Serbia submits Kosovo independence legality motion to UN court
17/04/2009 05:00
Serbia submitted on Friday a motion on Kosovo to the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ), including legal documents contesting the legality of the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of Kosovo’s independence. Serbian President...
IMF chief says recovery could emerge in 2010
16/04/2009 05:00
The global recession may be ending and a recovery could emerge next year, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn said here on Thursday. China’s exports figures plummeted 25.7 percent in February from a...