Russia's foreign minister is to meet representatives of Western powers, including US secretary of state John Kerry and Foreign Secretary William Hague, to discuss the crisis in Ukraine at a summit in Paris today.

BEIJING: China sent its strongest signal yet that its days of chasing breakneck economic growth were over, promising to wage a "war" on pollution and reduce the pace of investment to a decade-low as it pursues more sustainable expansion. In a State of the ...

For anyone seeking guarantees that the West would stand up to Russia over Ukraine, the recent comments from Nato's top military commander were perhaps less than reassuring. Interviewed on the day that armed pro-Russian gunmen siezed government ...

Yahoo is planning to push users of its online services to register for a Yahoo ID to access its services — and will be removing the extant option for users to sign in with Google or Facebook credentials. Noting the change earlier, Reuters reports that the shutting ...

Professional boxer Kevin Lerena took the stand at Oscar Pistorius's murder trial in the High Court in Pretoria. Save & Share. Tweet · Email · Print. Related News. Pistorius witnesses biased: Roux · Pistorius witness gets flooded with phone calls · A man's life is ...

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a work report during the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. China's top leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, ...

China said it would bolster its military spending by 12.2 per cent in 2014, continuing an almost unbroken string of double-digit annual increases over the past two decades. The government said that the official defence budget would grow to Rmb808bn ...

American satellite NOAA 18, operated by Singapore, detected 48 wildfires across Sumatra on Tuesday, 27 of which were located in Riau. The fires have been causing thick haze that has blanketed parts of Riau for the last month, posing serious health risks to ...

NEW DELHI: Eating a diet rich in animal proteins - both meat and dairy products - during middle ages causes as much risk of cancer as smoking, a new study has found. This startling result emerges from a two decade long study of over six thousand people ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Wednesday he wanted to press for a peaceful solution to the conflict with Russia. On arrival in Paris for international talks on the conflict, Andrii Deshchytsia said: "We want to say a few things to the Russians ...

Neither Facebook nor drone maker Titan Aerospace has publicly confirmed that Facebook is looking to buy the company. But Facebook's interest in bringing Internet access to developing nations is well documented. With such an acquisition, Facebook could ...

Oscar Pistorius places his hand over his face while sitting in the dock in court on the third day of his trial at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva ...

KIEV (Reuters) - Russia's deployment of forces in the Crimea region is having an "extremely negative" impact on the country's economy, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday. He also said at the start of a government meeting that the situation ...

PARIS - Top diplomats from the major players trying to find an end to the crisis in Ukraine are gathering in Paris on Wednesday as tensions simmered over the Russian military takeover of the strategic Crimean Peninsula. The envoys from Russia, Ukraine, the ...

China on Wednesday extended its spending spree on the world's largest armed forces, unveiling a 12.2 percent increase on the 2014 defence budget in a trend that has provoked concern in Asia and the US. Beijing has for years been raising spending on the ...

MEDIA STREAMING OUTFIT Roku announced an updated version of its Streaming Stick on Wednesday that will suport all HDMI enabled TVs. A Roku Streaming Stick has been available in the US for a while, but the firm today unveiled an updated model ...

John Travolta is upset about his embarrassing gaffe at the Oscars where he pronounced Idina Menzel as Adele Dazeem while introducing her at the 86th Academy Awards. The 'Pulp Fiction star, however, hopes that the Broadway star would forgive him for ...

JUBA: Gunfire erupted inside the main military barracks in the South Sudanese capital Juba on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, almost three months after fighting between soldiers in the city sparked a broader conflict. The body of a government soldier ...

BEIJING – The head of China's top economic planning body voiced confidence on Wednesday that the world's second-largest economy would meet its growth targets, though he acknowledged some risk factors including the red-hot property sector.

... Off. • Markets take solace from Putin's retreat • China maintains 7.5pc growth target. Latest. China maintains 7.5pc growth target for 2014. 07.52 The Chinese government has left its growth target for 2014 unchanged from last year at 7.5pc, but vowed to ...