A Chinese icebreaker that helped rescue 52 passengers from a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice found itself stuck in heavy ice on Friday, further complicating the 9-day "roller-coaster" rescue operation.
The Snow Dragon had ferried the passengers from the...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday ruled out serving another term after an election due by May and threw his support behind Nehru-Gandhi dynasty scion Rahul Gandhi to lead the country if their party wins the vote.
Singh, 81,...
Asian share markets were under water on Friday after a sudden reversal in some very popular, and thus crowded, trades sparked a bout of global risk aversion.
The net result was a pullback in the euro, sterling, and stocks and...
Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) said on Friday that its U.S. sales climbed 6 percent to 63,005 vehicles in December from a year earlier, bringing its 2013 U.S. sales to a record high of 720,783 vehicles driven by the Elantra compact...
Mexico's oil refining industry, saddled for years with bloated costs, chronic underinvestment and generous government fuel subsidies, ought to be on the verge of a bright new dawn.
A shake-up last month dismantled the state-run Pemex oil and gas monopoly,...
Fiat's (FIA.MI) deal to take full control of Chrysler on better-than-expected terms has cemented CEO Sergio Marchionne's dealmaking reputation, but he might run out of road to channel that drive into operational success for the business.
The toll taken by...
On December 9 and 10, several websites and newspapers published a startling letter that Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had written to President Goodluck Jonathan. In the letter, Mr. Sanusi alerted the president...
New Year’s Day always provides a complete programme of fixtures in the Barclays English Premier League (BPL) in England.
Nigerians usually have a say in matters decided on the pitch in the most exciting football league in the world and...
Lionel Messi will be "like a bull" when he returns after almost two months out with a thigh injury, his Barcelona teammate Cesc Fabregas predicted ahead of Sunday's La Liga match at home to Elche.
Messi flew back to the...
The transfer market has officially opened for South African clubs but in practice, no new signings can be affected until the Premier Soccer League reopens for business on Monday, January 6.
With all Premier Soccer League teams due to return...
Describing the allegations as entirely false, Adedeji said they were the handiwork of individuals determined to discredit him and weaken public confidence in the Tinubu administration.
