Thursday night's protests outside of the Spanish Congress ended with 15 arrests and 29 people suffering light injuries after ending with some scenes of violence.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Wednesday urged Congress to ratify the IMF 2010 quota and governance reform which has been delayed as the United States has not yet given it the green light.
India's ruling Congress party Monday dubbed as "lies" the latest release of diplomatic cables by whistle-blower website Wikileaks which claim that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi may have been a middleman for an arms deal in the 1970s.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his first State of the Union address in his second term to return focus on his "unfinished task" of reigniting the economic growth for middle-class Americans.
U.S. President Barack Obama has insisted on his stance that Congress should increase the country's debt ceiling without delay, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday.
The new U.S. Congress convened on Thursday to swear in members and face those old challenges lingering over the country, including a gridlock at the Capitol Hill.
Markets worldwide rallied Wednesday after U.S. Congress averted the fiscal cliff, but the deal failed to address the massive spending that threatens the world's economic growth engine, analysts said.
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