Australian new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave his first speech in the Parliament House on Thursday and praised his predecessor Julian Gillard.
U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has a chance to receive political asylum from Moscow if he requests it, a Russian official said Thursday.
There would be no quick decision from the Ecuadorian government on whether to grant asylum status to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino Aroca said here Wednesday.
"As a photographer or videographer, I'm not better than my colleagues who do only one that job, but I know if I'm put into the environment, I can provide everything to the audience on my own," said Kevin Sites, also known as the "granddaddy of backpack journalists", for his versatility in writing, video and photo taking and online transmission in warzones by himself.
Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed plans for the United States and Russia to further cut strategic nuclear warheads during a landmark speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Italy's highest court on Wednesday rejected an appeal of former premier Silvio Berlusconi who argued that a 2010 hearing of a trial which convicted him of tax fraud should never have taken place due to his right to "legitimate impediment" that was denied.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas formally handed in his resignation to President Milos Zeman on Monday in the wake of a corruption scandal that has engulfed his government.
Bangladesh's cabinet Monday approved a proposal to sign a "controversial trade pact" with the United States, mostly likely later this month.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that he is looking forward to meeting members of the new Chinese leadership and he hopes to see "an even bigger and stronger partnership" between the United Nations and China.
Given the economic difficulties facing all the members of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations, their influence has been "considerably" diminished as a result, says Irish political observer Brendan Halligan.
A local student survey shows that young people in Hong Kong are generally dissatisfied with the current development of the education system, giving a rating of 4.10 on a 0-10 scale with 10 being the highest.
A local commentator said on Friday that NSA leaker Edward Snowden did make careful planning before coming over to Hong Kong.
Australia must introduce game- changing strategies to become Asia's food bowl and reach its potential in feeding the 9 billion people predicted to be living on Earth by 2050, said some Australian agribusiness experts.
The 46th Stanley International Dragon Boat Championship kicked off on Thursday. Over 240 local and overseas teams with approximately 5,000 paddlers fought for the championship of the contest in celebration for the Duan Wu Festival.
European wine producers said they have been shocked at the arrival of a Chinese anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into wine imported from the European Union announced by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday.
The Spanish economy may be over the worst of the economic crisis, but there is still a long way to go before the country is on the way to recovery. The government needs to take care not to stifle any recovery by imposing too many taxes.
A legislation requiring real-name registration for HIV testing in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has drawn criticism from experts and AIDS patients despite officials' promises to protect patients' privacy.
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