Claims over remote South China Sea rocks certain to be a flashpoint
Fragile democracies, ailing leaders and political tensions will be other concerns in the year ahead.
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Fragile democracies, ailing leaders and political tensions will be other concerns in the year ahead.
When Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos got word of a project at Google Inc to scan and digitize product catalogs a decade ago, the seeds of a burgeoning rivalry were planted.
Egypt's main opposition has demanded an inquiry into the referendum on the draft constitution, citing fraud.
The powerful U.S. gun rights lobby went on the offensive on Friday arguing that schools should have armed guards, on a day that Americans remembered the victims
Deutsche Bank’s reputation is besmirched, bringing a little light relief to Europe’s Greek tragedy.
Michigan's legislature set off a vociferous debate by passing a bill last Thursday to allow licensed pistols in schools, churches and college facilities -- the day before the tragic shooting in Connecticut.
Two senior US Democrats have called for stricter gun control following the elementary school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut
The Global Mail investigates how Australian authorities are co-operating with corrupt local authorities who bend the law to keep would-be refugees trapped in a country that they desperately want to escape.
Facebook has made it official: its users will no longer get a vote in how the social network handles their personal information.
With the fiscal cliff looming, taxpayers are wringing their hands about all sorts of things. Income taxes might rise, dividends might get walloped, lifetime gift-tax exemptions might