Politics

Hong Kong – The clock’s ticking on drivers who keep the engines of stationary vehicles running for more than three minutes. Failing to turn off an engine in that time will mean an automatic fine […] […]

Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller is urging the Government to launch a rescue mission for the nation’s at-risk youths. In a more than two-hour contribution to the 2010-2011 Budget Debate in Parliament yesterday, Simpson Miller […] […]

Moscow, Russia – Arthur Lookyanov is a man of small stature who taught himself to speak carefully enunciated English. For the past six years, he has run a one-man business as a tour guide and […] […]

China’s dominant position in the production of rare earth minerals has long-reaching implications for the U.S. Department of Defense, according to a recent government report. The report from the Government Accountability Office was commissioned by […] […]

Up to a quarter of the 16 Muslim females standing as candidates at the next month’s general elections are in prominent positions to win parliamentary seats for the first time, according to an analysis carried […] […]

There are differing accounts of what caused Ms Bhutto’s death A team of Scotland Yard investigators has arrived in Pakistan to assist in the inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Earlier, […] […]

Some said this debate would be sterile, and strangled by dozens of pre-agreed rules. There were, of course, no lethal blows. None of the three leaders was left battered and bloodied on the floor. But […] […]

Obama to ‘ratchet up’ Iran pressure over nuclear plans Obama told CBS news he intended to “ratchet up the pressure” on Iran US President Barack Obama has vowed to “ratchet up the pressure” on Iran […] […]

A nuclear facility near Isfahan was reopened in 2005 Iran has been subjected to three rounds of United Nations Security Council sanctions in relation to its nuclear programme. In spite of this, it has continued […] […]