International

Yahoo cuts 10% workforce to cut costs
21/10/2008 05:00
Yahoo said Tuesday that it would cut at least 10 percent of its workforce, or 1,500 workers, as its business continued to falter in the third quarter. The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is pictured in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)...
Zimbabwe talks delayed because of opposition leader’s absence
20/10/2008 05:00
Zimbabwean parties’ talks on forming a unity government were delayed by a week because the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai refused to attend a summit held in Swaziland Monday, according to reports of agencies. Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza (C)...
Wall Street surges on lower Libor rates, Bernanke’s testimony
20/10/2008 05:00
Wall Street surged Monday as investors digested declining rate on credit market and testimony from the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Specialist works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Wall Street surged on a burst of...
Livni granted extension for government formation
20/10/2008 05:00
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday granted Kadima leader Tzipi Livni an extension of 14 days to finalize the formation of her new government. Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (L) talks with President Shimon Peres at the president’s official...
21 killed, 11 injured in Mexican prison riot
20/10/2008 05:00
At least 21 prisoners were killed and 11 others injured on Monday in a conflict between rival gangs in prison in the border city of Reynosa in northeastern Mexico, local authorities said. Relatives of inmates scuffle with state police agents outside a prison...
Doctors warn of rash from mobile phone use
20/10/2008 05:00
Experts warned that cell phone users may get a skin rash in reaction to the nickel in their cell phones, according to media reports on Tuesday. Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people’s ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by...
Bernanke says more government stimulus "appropriate"
20/10/2008 05:00
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Monday that consideration of more government stimulus is “appropriate” as the economic outlook is “exceptionally uncertain.” U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is seen in the House Budget...