Bahamas politicians not serious about Turks & Caicos union, says WikiLeaks cable
A secret cable released by Wikileaks has disclosed that the United States Embassy in The Bahamas had expressed the…
Japan agrees record 92.4 trillion yen draft budget
The Japanese government has approved a record level of spending of 92.4 trillion yen ($1.1tn;…
Toyota pays $10m to fatal Lexus crash family
Toyota has paid $10m (£6.5m) to the family of four people killed in a runaway Lexus car in the US…
US consumer spending up again, Commerce Department says
US consumer spending rose modestly in November for the fifth consecutive month,…
Snow paralyses transport in parts of Western Europe
Two thousand travellers have been left stranded at the main Paris airport, Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, as…
Medvedev and Obama hail ‘historic’ nuclear arms treaty
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have hailed the New Start nuclear arms treaty as a…
Assange dismisses threat of extradition to US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said it would be "politically impossible" for Britain to extradite him to the…