International

Austrian scientists find transgenic maize cause lower fertility
11/11/2008 05:00
After long researches and observations, Austrian scientists have discovered that test mice show lower fertility with lighter and weaker offspring after long-term consumption of transgenic maize. (File Photo) The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety...
Obama, Bush deny economic policy bargaining
11/11/2008 05:00
Aides of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and President George W. Bush denied Tuesday there had been any bargaining on economic plans during the two people’s Monday meeting at the White House. L-R: U.S. President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush,...
Grim economic data puts crisis summit in spotlight
11/11/2008 05:00
A vendor sleeps on cabbages while waiting for customers at a vegetable market in Taiyuan, Shanxi province Tuesday. Weak economic readings from China, Japan and Britain and a grim corporate outlook worldwide reinforced...
US home values drop for 7th straight quarter
11/11/2008 05:00
A house sits for sale in North Aurora, Illinois July 24, 20 Home values in the United States posted their seventh consecutive quarterly decline, with nearly one-third of Americans who sold in the past year losing money,...
Russia rejects U.S. missile proposals
11/11/2008 05:00
Cadets in historical uniforms take part in a military parade in the Red Square in Moscow, November 7, 2008. The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected U.S. proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defense system in Europe...
Obama, Bush wrap up talks at White House
10/11/2008 05:00
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and outgoing leader George W. Bush discussed the economic situation and foreign policy at their White House meeting Monday. L-R: U.S. President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and president-elect Barack...
Wall Street falls on economic woes
10/11/2008 05:00
Wall Street fell again Monday as investors’ concern about the mounting global financial crisis offset China’s 586 billion U.S. dollars stimulus package. A trader looks up at stock prices as he works on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange...