Australian officials have warned that the death toll from wildfires that have already killed 135 people in the state of Victoria is likely to rise further.
The Italian government has adopted an emergency decree that could prevent doctors from removing the feeding tube of a comatose woman who has been at the center of a national debate on the right to die.
US President Barack Obama has described the Senate\'s delay in passing his 900 billion dollar economic stimulus package as inexcusable and irresponsible.
Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is calling for the world\'s wealthiest countries to solve their financial problems before they cause severe difficulties for emerging economies.
US President Barack Obama is set to disclose details of new rules limiting executive pay to 500 thousand a year for firms benefiting from the taxpayer bailout.
US President Barack Obama has instructed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to prepare a set of guidelines for banks which are set to benefit from the stimulus package.
Hundreds of people in France\'s Caribbean territories have now joined the biggest strike the country has seen since President Nicolas Sarkozy took office.
A military judge at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba has rejected a request by US President Barack Obama to suspend the trial of a detainee.
Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is maintaining that he did nothing wrong in trying to sell the seat vacated by Barack Obama, when he became US president.
British trade union leaders want banks, which have received government help to deal with the financial crisis to reveal their level of involvement in offshore low-tax centres.
