During the early days of "Abenomics," U.S. businesses were optimistic they could convince Japan's government to make a small change to the nation's tight immigration rules to let more household helpers into the country.
But a year after Prime Minister...
An Islamist opposition leader in Bangladesh won a dramatic stay of execution on Tuesday hours before he was due to be hanged, according to his lawyers, allaying fears for now of a violent backlash less than a month before...
It is no longer news that the Anambra governorship election has come and gone with the official declaration of Dr. Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as winner, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). But...
Within the week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, did not stop at stirring the hornets’ nest; he took a step that has become common with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) operatives, when he pumped smoke into...
Deeds and action speak louder than voice. In triumph, Mandela accepted all rainbows of people in South Africa. If there is any lesson to be learned from Mandela, it’s the act of forgiveness and reconciliation. While Africans finds it...
FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE (L) SPEAKS WITH FRENCH SOLDIERS AFTER HE PAID TRIBUTE TO TWO FRENCH SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED OVERNIGHT, IN BANGUI, DECEMBER 10, 2013.
President Francois Hollande flew into Central African Republic hours after two French soldiers were...
Senior Iranian officials indicated on Tuesday that progress was being achieved in expert-level talks between Tehran and six world powers over the implementation of a landmark nuclear deal.
But they added that the meeting, which began on Monday at the...
Stocks fell on Tuesday, a day after a record close on the S&P 500, with traders looking ahead to next week's Federal Reserve meeting in the absence of market-moving economic data.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 52.27 points...
General Motors Co Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson will step down next month and be replaced by global product development chief Mary Barra, who will become the first woman to lead a global automaker.
The company said on Tuesday that...
U.S. banks will no longer be able to make big trading bets with their own money after regulators on Tuesday finalized the Volcker rule and shut down what was a hugely profitable business for Wall Street before the credit...
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.
