International

14th ASEAN Summit opens in Thailand
27/02/2009 05:00
The 14th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit opened here Saturday afternoon as leaders of the 10 member countries of the bloc began their annual consultation in the coastal town of Thailand. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan...
JPMorgan to slash 12,000 jobs
26/02/2009 05:00
JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Thursday it will eliminate about 12,000 jobs as part of its takeover of the failed Washington Mutual. People walk past the JPMorgan Chase & Co building in New York, March 17, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters file photo) Chief...
U.S. president to seek $3.606 trillion for first budget
26/02/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to propose a budget of 3.606 trillion U.S. dollars for fiscal year 2010 on Thursday in an attempt to pull the U.S. economy out of a recession. U.S. President Barack Obama (Front) makes a statement about the...
Prehistoric fish pioneered sex
26/02/2009 05:00
Sex has been a fact of life for at least 380 million years, longer than previously thought. Internal fertilization was widespread among prehistoric fish living on ancient tropical coral reefs in the Devonian period, research published in the...
âStress testâ for US banking industry? Not quite
26/02/2009 05:00
Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks to the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The Obama administrationâs much-anticipated stress test for the...
Thai anti-gov’t protesters disperse from rally point in front of Gov’t House
26/02/2009 05:00
A group of Thai anti-government protesters have already dispersed from their rally point in front of the Government House after their leaders on Thursday night announced the protest would end from Friday morning, the website by The Nation newspaper reported...
H7 bird flu case detected in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture
26/02/2009 05:00
The H7 bird flu has been detected at a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, said the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry Friday. Health officials in protective suits inspect a quail firm in Toyohashi, central Japan, Friday, Feb....